Karina Sunlife

Karina Sunlife is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural practitioner, and explorer of life. The artist works at the intersection of drawing, cognition, and self-organizing systems, whose work explores the intersection of perception, cognitive structure, and internal movement.

* Laureate of The International De Richelieu-2023 Award (Ukraine, Germany, United States): nomination "The Contest in a Competition" for the artwork series "I Choose Life."

* Recipient of the City of Graz Cultural Grant (2025) for intercultural artistic research.

Her practice positioned within contemporary discourse on perception and structure. It is a study of life as a dual reality: the external atmospheric fact (photography) and the internal structural response (drawing).

She states:
“My photography is a quiet dialogue with light and the subtle transitions of nature. I capture moments between states: night and dawn, storm and calm. Through the lens, landscapes become spaces of reflection and inner silence—a 'musical pause' in a fragmented world.

In contrast, my drawings—Soft Neuro-Organic Abstraction—are visual protocols of intention. I move beyond the algorithmic frames of neurographics to develop a personal language where the line is not a gesture...

Master degree in Management of Organisation since 2010.

06/2024 "Curatorial Lessons 2.0" educational program by the Association of Curatorial Education. A course with a certificate. Graz, Austria.

05/2023 – 06/2023 "Curatorial Lessons" educational program by the Association for Curatorial Education. A course with a certificate. Graz, Austria.

09/2025 – 10/2025 "Creation of the Personal World." My project was implemented with the support of the Graz city administration.
Art Workshops for Unlocking Creativity create a space for emergence — where something new, unifying, and life-affirming can take shape.

06/2024 Art exhibition of Ukrainian artists in ZIEGEL art atelier. Graz, Austria.
Three my artworks from the series “I Choose Life” was presented there.

12/2023 Christmas Art Event 2023 at Galerie Centrum Graz, by Office Ukraine Graz and Galerie Centrum Graz, Austria.
▪ My artwork was presented at this exhibition (7 drawing & 7 photos).
▪ My workshop “Art modeling of goals” was on 21.12.23.

12/2023 “Emotions, moving, and an environment in event photos,” my presentation at “Über:arbeiten,” the 3rd discussion platform about photos in Raumgraz, Graz, Austria.

10/2023 Solidarity Art Event 2023 in ROTER KEIL by Office Ukraine Graz, Rotor and ROTER KEIL group. Graz, Austria.
▪ My artwork was presented at this exhibition (7 drawing & 7 photos).
▪ My workshop “Images and words for our desires” was on 14.10.23.

09/2023 “I Choose Life.” Personal exhibition (2 roles). Graz, Austria.
▪ Artist – artwork was presented at appart. exhibition (7 drawing).
▪ Cu...