Mental States

This series explores the complexity of inner psychological states and the tension between what is experienced internally and what remains visible to others.

In these works, collage becomes a way of constructing and deconstructing an inner world. Fragments of images, objects, memories, and symbols are brought together into unstable compositions, reflecting the fragmented nature of perception and the difficulty of translating an internal experience into an external form.

The work PTSD addresses trauma as an invisible presence that can shape a person's relationship with memory, safety, identity, and the surrounding world. Rather than attempting to illustrate trauma literally, I use visual fragmentation and juxtaposition to evoke the experience of living with something that cannot always be seen from the outside.

At the same time, the work considers the tension between vulnerability and resilience. The figure is not defined solely by what has been experienced, but also by the capacity to remain connected to the world, to form relationships, and to create structures of support.

The composition therefore becomes a space where vulnerability and strength coexist. Personal experience is transformed into a visual language of fragments, symbols, contrasts, and connections - making an internal state visible without reducing it to a single narrative.

Exhibition context

PTSD was presented as part of the 2026 online exhibition "Unadorned", organised by Meta-senses Gallery, Ukraine.

Presented within a virtual exhibition environment, the work entered a shared space of contemporary artistic practices exploring personal experience and states of being. The digital format allowed an intimate and psychologically focused work to be encountered by viewers beyond the physical studio and gallery space.