AR-Artist Bios

This list is meant to be representative only, and is by no means complete. Artists at Risk (AR) has relocated hundreds of artists and cultural workers over the space of almost 10 years.

AR-Resident Veronika Syrotkina

Biography Veronika Syrotkina (b. 1991, Odesa, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian artist based in Kyiv. Working primarily in painting and drawing, her practice explores the relationship between memory, perception, and lived experience, translating personal and collective narratives into expressive visual language. … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Natalie Holub

Born in 1995, Natalie Holub holds a BA in graphic arts and book illustration from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. She works across painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, video art, artist books, and object-making. Her body of work … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Margaryta Shatynka

Margaryta Shatynka is a Ukrainian interdisciplinary artist from Odesa working across analogue photography, cyanotype printmaking, video, sound design and live electronic performance through which she develops a practice that moves fluidly between image-making and sonic art. She studied scenography at … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Yevheniia Laptii

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 … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Iryna Beschetnova

Iryna Beschetnova is an author, translator, stage director, performer, and visual artist from Kharkiv. Her work focuses primarily on the war in Ukraine, experiences of displacement, and feminism. Beschetnova holds a Master’s degree in Scenic Arts from the Kharkiv State … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Lilya Petrova

Born in 1995, Petrova works across graphics, illustration, text, comics, zines, and ceramics. Drawing inspiration from folk art practices, she develops a distinctive visual universe where naive, often fragile creatures confront the immensity and absurdity of existence, asking essential questions … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Karina Synytsia

Born in Siverskodonetsk (Luhansk region, Ukraine) in 1999, Karina Synytsia currently lives and works in Kyiv. From 2015 to 2019, she studied at the Department of Fine Arts at Kharkiv Art College, specializing in painting. In 2023, she graduated from … Continue reading

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AR-Resident JKM Rambo

Biography  JKM Rambo is a musician, singer-songwriter, performer, beatmaker and activist from Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. His music blends hip-hop, reggae, and contemporary African sounds to deliver powerful messages of peace, social justice, resilience, and … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Daryna Olinkeyvch

Daryna Olinkeyvch (b. 2001, Western Ukraine) is a visual artist based in Kyiv. She is currently in her third year of studying Painting at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. After initially studying law, she turned to painting. … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Asya Yakovlieva

Asya Yakovlieva was born in 2001 in Luhansk. In 2016, she moved to Dnipro due to the Russian occupation of her hometown. In 2023, she graduated from Oles Honchar Dnipro National University with a degree in “Fine Arts, Decorative Arts, … Continue reading

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