Current Residents Polina Verbytska
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Verbytska, Sensitive spot, 2025
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Verbytska, Sensitive spot, 2025
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Verbytska, Nomadic diary, 2025
Polina Verbytska is a graphic artist, sculptor and curator based in Kyiv. Her practice explores the subconscious, fragility of perception, and the tension between public and private worlds. Verbytska’s works often emerge from materials tied to memory and domestic rituals, transforming them into poetic reflections on intimacy and silence.
During the USRP residency, I plan to develop a series of graphic works alongside several small-scale sculptural pieces. The two-month period will allow me to focus on a consistent body of drawings while also experimenting with three-dimensional forms. In my sculptural work, I intend to incorporate found natural materials from the surrounding environment. This approach is central to my current practice, where I explore the interaction between the human body and external reality. I am interested in how a person attempts to integrate lived experience into their inner structure.
Polina Verbytska’s residency at AARK is realised in the context of the Ukraine Solidarity Residencies Programme. The current partners of the programme are AARK, Art Centre Salmela, Fairres, Goethe-Institut Finnland, HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, Nelimarkka Museum, Pro Artibus, The Finnish Darkroom Association, The Finnish Illustration Association Kuvittajat, Vantaa Artist Association, and Värtsilä Art House Residency. The continuation of the programme is possible due to the support of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and Nordic Culture Point. This residency is supported by Vantaa Artist Association, and the Ukraine Solidarity Residencies Programme.