Sviatlana Lamaka

Sviatlana Lamaka is a contemporary figurative artist based in Berlin, Germany.

Working primarily with acrylic and oil pastel, she creates paintings that explore presence, emotional restraint, and quiet inner strength. Her practice focuses on the human figure as a vessel for psychological and emotional states rather than narrative.

Through simplified forms, restrained color relationships, and an architectural approach to the body, Sviatlana investigates moments of stillness, self-awareness, and connection. Her figures often appear suspended between vulnerability and stability, inviting viewers to slow down and engage with subtle emotional experiences.

Her work is informed by the legacy of figurative painters such as Paul Cézanne, Egon Schiele, and Alice Neel, whose approaches to form, presence, and the human condition continue to resonate with her practice.

For Sviatlana, painting is a process of observation and reduction — a search for what remains when unnecessary details fall away.

Based in Berlin, Sviatlana maintains an active studio practice focused on figurative painting and drawing. Her work develops through ongoing research into form, color relationships, and the psychological presence of the human figure.