Tamara Safarova

Tamara Safarova (1992) is a Ukrainian artist of Azerbaijani origin based in Kyiv.
In her practice, she addresses themes of cultural and personal identity, mental and physical trauma, stereotypes, personal and collective memory. Her work brings to the surface what often remains hidden or beyond conscious perception.
Recently she has been paying particular attention to the body as a carrier of experience. She works with media such as graphic, painting, comics, digital art, photography, and performance.

EXHIBITION HISTORY — SOLO SHOWS:

2024 — LOST BELIEFS, Powder Tower. Lviv, Ukraine; IMPULSE OF SELF-DISCOVERY collaborative project, Cult Motive. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2023 — LOST BELIEFS, Baznyk Studio. Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine; POSTCARDS FROM UKRAINE, Tower of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2022 — POSTCARDS FROM UKRAINE, series of exhibitions: Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany; Match Bistro, Kyiv, Ukraine; Malevich Bar, Kyiv, Ukraine; Café Ukraina, Berlin, Germany.

EXHIBITION HISTORY – GROUP SHOWS:

2025 — ART GROOVE, Otel, Kyiv, Ukraine; “FEMGAZE”, Pride hub, Kharkiv, Ukraine; “FRAGMENTS”, Eye Sea Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2024 — “FEMGAZE”, Manivets hub, Kharkiv, Ukraine; NRAVYTSIA ART FESTIVAL, VDNG, Kyiv, Ukraine; KHARKIV SEA ART FESTIVAL, DRUK, Kharkiv, Ukraine; TEMPORALITY, Liubotyn, Ukraine; FREI ВІЛЬНІ, VogelfreiRaum, Rankweil, Austria; APOLIDIA, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Venice, Italy.
2023 — THE ART IN TIMES OF WAR, Nuremberg Pop Festival, Nuremberg, Germany; THE ART IN TIMES OF WAR, Folk museum, Chabanivka village, Ukraine; THE ART IN TIMES OF WAR, Baznyk Studio, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine; THE ART IN TIMES OF WAR, Poltava Art Museum, Poltava, Ukraine, RISOFACTURA, Kyiv Book Fest, Kyiv, Ukraine; THE ART IN TIM...