Yevheniia Laptii is a 34-year-old Ukrainian artist and photographer born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts with a degree in Art History. Laptii began her artistic career in photography in 2016, developing a visual language inspired by romanticism, rural landscapes, and the relationship between the human body and nature.
Her work often explores mythology, symbolism, and the body as a medium of interaction with the world. Through digital manipulation and constructed imagery, she creates fictional visual spaces where the body exists in harmony with the environment and challenges established cultural taboos.
After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the focus of her work shifted toward reflections on war, trauma, and displacement. Her village in the Kharkiv region, where she began her artistic practice, was occupied, and she spent 20 days under occupation. This experience deeply influenced her artistic practice, leading her to explore themes such as the loss of home, the impossibility of return, constant fear, and the invisible danger of landmines.
Laptii has participated in numerous exhibitions across Europe, including in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, and Portugal. She is a laureate of the NonStopMedia Festival (2018) and participated in the Circulation(s) Festival in Paris (2024).
Residence(s):
- Art in Lov, Finalnd (2026)
