Traces of Aggression

• Prize
  Bronze in Special/Digitally Enhanced
• Photographer
  Yana Gryniv
• Agency / Studio
  Yana Gryniv Fine Arts
• Photo Date
  2022

Homes are destroyed. People are killed. Each and every one is injured. Russian aggression injures us deeply, leaving a vivid deep trace in our souls. I have learned to live with it. Those traces go deeper and deeper, forming a road map of new reality. Our reality influences our tomorrow. Our tomorrow is today. Each action leaves a trace. The basis for this series has become my nude and abstract light photography. They were two separate worlds: one is more real; one is more abstract. However, at some point this boundary was annihilated. The vision has been inverted. They merged together.

Art for Yana Gryniv is an opportunity to be heard and to encourage others to think. Her artistic path began with pottery and silk-screen printing, then she turned to stained-glass painting and later added painting, photography and installation art to her circle of activities. In 2022 in Vienna she founded a curatorial platform Art Contact Ukraine. The platform facilitates collaboration between artists, cultural/governmental/diplomatic institutions, and activists. The scope of activity is defined through conceptual art, burning issues and cultural heritage.