Marianna Tarish

Hello, and welcome art-lovers! 🎨
I am an artist, muralist, and tattooist, born in Kherson, Ukraine. I have been living in Sweden since 2022, because of war in my country.
I work with graphics (mixed media), painting, digital art, and ceramics. I am a pacifist and an agnostic, and my works use symbolism to explore the inner states of the world and people, with a focus on the impact of war and global issues.

I was invited to be evacuated to Sweden under the program for artists from dangerous regions of Ukraine – Artists at Risk.
Here, curators from the national organization SWAN (Swedish Artist Residency Network) have already supported me and invited me to an artist residency.

Now I live in Sweden, and I have fallen in love with this country, but my heart remains in Ukraine, in my hometown of Kherson—not only because I am Ukrainian but also because my mother is still stayed in the frontline city of Kherson.
For several reasons, she cannot evacuate, and from here, I help her in every way I can.

My work reflects the influence of the world on my inner life, and recently, the war in Ukraine has had a major impact on my art. I try to capture traumatic experiences through symbolism and visual language, where simple forms hold deep me...

Education
• 2008: Graduated from Kherson State Gymnasium №3.
• 2009: Graduated from Kherson Design Lyceum.
• 2011: Kherson State University, Department of Fine Arts.

Residencies:
• 2015: 3-month international artist residency at PIER2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• 2016: 2-month artist residency at “Freezer” Cultural Center & Theater, Hellissandur, Iceland.
• 2022 (May–June): Borderland Art Residency – Pogranicze, Sejny, Poland.
• 2022 (July–December): SWAN – Swedish Artist Residency Network, TAG Residency, Oskarström (Halland), Sweden.
• 2023 (August–September): Residency and mural project “Concrete Flower” in collaboration with ArtPlatform, Boländerna Center, Uppsala, Sweden.
• 2024 (February–March): Participation in the residency project “Lament of Kherson Region,” Estonia.

Solo and Group Exhibitions:
• 2024: Exhibition and project presentation “Lament of Kherson Region,” Tallinn, Estonia.
• 2023: Exhibition “Children of Hileya,” Tranås City Hall, Sweden.
• 2023: Exhibition “Garden,” Jönköping County Museum, Sweden.
• 2022: Exhibition “Emergency Suitcase,” Jönköping, Sweden.
• 2022: Exhibition “The Fragments” at Tranås at the Fringe Festival, Tranås, Sweden.
• 2022: Exhibition “Glosy” (The Voices), Sejny, Poland.
• 2021: Exhibition at Mycelium Festival, Kherson, Ukraine.
• 2019: Solo exhibition “Circulation Cycle,” Gallery of the National Union of Artists, Kherson, Ukraine.
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