Current Residents Anastasiia Sviridenko
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Anastasiia Sviridenko, No title, 2024
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Anastasiia Sviridenko, photo of the Elbow Zeal book, 2023
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Anastasiia Sviridenko, Someone was here (fragment), 2023
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Anastasiia Sviridenko, Passage under arms, installation view, 2023, photo by Julius Salo
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Anastasiia Sviridenko, Now these thoughts haunt me. Thinking of you, installation view, 2023, photo by Julius Salo
Anastasiia Sviridenko (1996) is a Ukrainian painter and draughtswoman currently based in Finland. She works at the interface between figurative representation and abstraction. Her work examines the role and gradation of will, pleasure, nature and self. When assembling exhibitions, Anastasia’s practice focuses on domestic and marginal objects with an appeal to natural materials.
I imagine that Suomenlinna landscapes will lead me into discussions about nature and its sexuality, bodies and their absence. It is nature that makes me plunge into the feelings and experiences of distant memory. I am fascinated by the physical and metaphysical aspects of water and wood, as I come from a place surrounded by sea and naked land. My work on the island of Suomenlinna will be to face the unknown and translate it into the language of painting.
Anastasiia Sviridenko’s residency is realised in the context of the Ukraine Solidarity Residencies programme.
The programme has been realised in partnership with AARK, Art Centre Salmela, Connecting Points programme, Fairres, Goethe-Institut Finnland, HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, Kristinestad Art Residency, Loviisa Art Support Association, Nelimarkka Museum, Pro Artibus, Tahmelan Huvila, The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, The Finnish Illustration Association Kuvittajat, and Värtsilä Artist Residency.
The programme has been supported by Kone Foundation and Nordic Culture Point. The continuation of the programme in 2024 is possible due to the support of the Ministry of Education and Culture.