Visual Art – San Francisco

Ukraine born multi-media artist with a foundation in dance/performing arts. I find that art is my favorite form of therapy, whether it's visual or performing; it heals me. It has saved me over and over in this lifetime. There's no better cure to a bad mood of mine, no better way to learn about myself and introspect, than being in my artistic zone and/or in nature. My love for all things naturalistic definitely translates into my work and movement. At times I'm the subject in the work, I have dabbled in modeling. Most of the time I choose to be behind the lens or reference my own pictures of others for pieces. I find great solace in having multiple creative outlets and love to share that passion with others around me. However, I'm not in it for how many people know who I am, I'm not for Instagram popularity. I have mixed opinions when it comes to social media and society's use of the Internet. I see that it is practically imperative to market yourself and document your work online these days. It can be amazing, I recognize that, but, I also see a lot of inauthenticity, inflating egos, and lack of originality as this becomes a norm, and it doesn't resonate with me. I don't want to feed into that aspect of it as much as I can. I've retracted greatly in sharing what I do in that way, and I feel I've been growing greatly having now removed the need to constantly present what I'm doing to the cyber world. It's been an adventure, finding my solid artistic voice, and I don't think it's over. I hope to constantly evolve. I'm a young woman driven by quality over quantity, simplicity, rawness, and conceptual depth with my work. I love to make people think. I have a deep appreciation for artists who combine their craft with a desire to promote social change. This was a major philosophy of the dance community I grew up in. I hope to improve and expand in all my areas of artistic interest, and continue to combine that with my love of studying human behavior and helping people heal. I realize that before I am ready for that in it's fullest form, I must continue to strengthen and develop myself first. That's where I'm at: in construction, and willingly riding the crazy wave that is life.