Anna Shkinder
Visual Artist
I am a Ukrainian artist based in Lutsk, working primarily with abstract painting. I graduated from Lutsk Art School and the Volyn Professional College of Culture and Arts named after Igor Stravinsky with honors.
My practice is rooted in intuition and explores emotional states, memory, presence, and the human connection to nature and sensory experience. Working with fluid acrylic on raw canvas, I create atmospheric works through movement, spontaneity, and observation of the material itself.
Through color, texture, and abstraction, I aim to create spaces where viewers can pause, feel, and reconnect with their own inner experiences.
Artist statement
My artistic practice is intuitive and rooted in the exploration of human experience, emotion, and the essence of being. Through abstraction, I move away from literal imagery, creating space for personal interpretation and emotional connection.
I work primarily with fluid acrylic on raw canvas, allowing the material to behave freely and unpredictably. Process plays a central role in my work — I am interested in observing how color moves, blends, dissolves, and forms its own visual language. Rather than fully controlling the outcome, I collaborate with the medium and respond to what emerges naturally during the painting process.
My works often originate from memories, emotional states, and sensory experiences connected to nature, light, warmth, and presence. They reflect quiet moments that are deeply familiar yet often overlooked — sunlight on skin, silence after rain, the feeling of being fully immersed in a place or state of mind.
My ongoing series expand different aspects of these themes.
“There, where we feel good” explores feelings of calmness, belonging, and connection through landscapes and atmospheric memories.
“Quintessence” focuses on pure sensation and presence, reducing imagery to its emotional and physical essence.
The “Vases” series shifts inward, using the vase as a metaphor for the inner human space — what we carry, preserve, and allow to grow within ourselves.
“There, where we feel good” explores feelings of calmness, belonging, and connection through landscapes and atmospheric memories.
“Quintessence” focuses on pure sensation and presence, reducing imagery to its emotional and physical essence.
The “Vases” series shifts inward, using the vase as a metaphor for the inner human space — what we carry, preserve, and allow to grow within ourselves.
Through color, texture, and abstraction, I aim to create contemplative spaces where viewers can pause, feel, and recognize something personal within the work.
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