Karyna Synytsia
is an artist who specializes in painting and collage.
Karyna (Born 1999, Severodonetsk, Ukraine) graduated from Kharkiv Art School in 2019 with a degree in Fine Art. She is currently studying at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. In her work, she reflects on the nature of loneliness and alienation. Using half-destroyed architectural mirages from her memory, Karyna reproduces these feelings on the canvas. It is only in the fictional worlds she creates that she can reconcile the weight of her feelings, the feelings of a whole generation of young people
Lives and works in Kyiv.
Works
“Letters Series”
9 canvases series, acrylic on canvas
Inspiration borrowed from a Health Magazine (1989-1990) article “YOU, I, WE” in which people submitted stories about how they met one another.
Karyna expresses her gratitude to Inna, Arina, Lena, Oleg, Vlad, Maria for help in rewriting the texts.
“Fast, easy memory transfer”
Acrylic on paper
It is impossible to remember all the rooms where you lived and the beds where you spent the night. It is easier to continue to roam, to leave no dust behind. It is easier to live constantly expecting life to change, expecting the terrain to change along with it. Ready at any time to collect yourself, collect your memories in a small bag, and escape.
“Reinforced concrete is crying”
Acrylic on paper
During the war, it is difficult to think about painting; such things begin to lose meaning. Living in the context of the horrors you know are happening somewhere nearby (in cities you’ve managed to visit, or even to live in)– it’s hard to put your feelings together in a painting. The series “Reinforced concrete is crying” came to mind not immediately, but through many trials. In a way, the concrete blocks are a metaphor for the nervous system of a healthy person: strong enough to survive an attack, but, nevertheless, experiencing a range of negative, sorrowful feelings.
“What is happening on earth?”
Acrylic on paper
This series of paintings depicts panoramic images of a conditional field (earth). Each of the works represent an element of human instinct during wartime: protect, escape, protect. The individual artworks are named as follows: “At first there were tears,” “Take care of yourself,” “But always be prepared,” “Nowhere,” “Germination.”
