Sviatlana Vetrava

Fairy-tale Artist.

By exploring ethnography and mythology, I form patterns of the ethnos. Drawing on the ancient wisdom of folk tales and contemporary scientific research in psychology, sociology, and philosophy, I seek mythological metaphors that reflect the relationship between humans and their environment. In their unity and opposition, I see both immense potential and limiting factors for the development of an individual.

Speaking on behalf of the archaic feminine divine entity — Yaga-Roga, I search for sacred meanings in ordinary things and everyday life. I personally walk the paths of my characters, embrace them, and change alongside them.

My artistic universe exists within the field of relational aesthetics. I work in acrylic painting, enhanced with elements of mixed media. By combining techniques of grisaille and polychrome, abstraction and figurativism, image and text, I create my own individual language. Performance, installation, and happening help me establish personal contact with the viewer, receive immediate feedback, and make them a co-participant in the creative process.

In this way, I create my own myth, and by immersing themselves in it, the viewer can uncover the ancient wisdom of their ancestors and find w...

2024 – Art Communication School by Yulia Syslova.

2012 – Individual training in Belarusian folk weaving under the guidance of Maria Vinnikova, Minsk, Belarus.

2001 – Web Design courses at the Nestor Educational Center, Minsk, Belarus.

1985–1989 – Vitebsk Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of Arts and Graphics and Faculty of Theater, Vitebsk, Belarus.

1983–1985 – Art and Design Training Center, specializing in "Design" under the guidance of Nikolai Atrakhovich, Minsk, Belarus.

Solo Exhibitions:

2024 – Solo exhibition "Monte Inkognita", Aesthetic Space of Ekaterina Ritvinskaya "Plava kuća", Virpazar, Montenegro

2020 – Open-air solo exhibition "Belarusian Folk Rituals and Beliefs", ethnographic festival "Svjata Sonca", Dudutki, Belarus

2019 – Solo exhibition "The Circle of the Year", Maxim Bogdanovich Literary Museum, Minsk, Belarus

2019 – Traveling solo exhibition "Portrait with a Cat", Sergey Dolgoruky Gallery, Belarus

2019 – Open-air solo exhibition "The Sepia of Trinity Suburb", Maxim Bogdanovich Literary Museum, Minsk, Belarus

2010 – Solo exhibition "Personal Mythology", art café "Kind Thoughts", Minsk, Belarus

Group Exhibitions:

2019-2020 – Cycle of exhibitions and meetings "A Wreath of Friendship", Maxim Bogdanovich Literary Museum, Minsk, Belarus

2018 – International exhibition-competition "The Free Song of Estonian Ornament", Narva Art Museum, Estonia

2018 – International exhibition of the Asia-Pacific region "Vladivostok-158", Primorsky Branch of the Russian Artists' Union, Vladivostok, Russia

2018 – Open-air exhibition, street art festival "On Seven Winds", Vitebsk, Belarus

2017 – International exhibition "Snow Is Born in Winter", Narva Art Museum, Estonia

2008-2023 – Installations...