Kateryna Seheda, Multidisciplinary Artist, UA

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In the basis of my work is the research of the nature of violence: both in the context of my own life and in relation to the political state of my birthplace. I focus on the unity of mental and physical states. 

When my mother was pregnant with me, doctors tried to “cure” her infertility with electric shocks, thus hurting me being an embryo.

My genetic memory has recorded this violence. Further on I became a hostage of domestic violence in my family, which lead to the constant feeling of insecurity. 

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In 2014 my home - Crimea, was annexed by the Russian Federation.

This even became a peak of my feeling of vulnerability and exposure. Together with he loss of the unity of my state, I have lost my identity.

Thus the main focus of my creative endeavours became the ability of the humankind to resist all sorts of violence.

All my artistic themes are bound by one topic - the wistful longing for the freedom and the desire to get rid of the illness, annexation and gruesome childhood memories. 

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I use various mediums: painting, textiles and ceramics. I experiment with the idea of corporeality, intrauterine development.

For that I use textile as the most fitting material for this kind of objects: with it’s flexibility and elasticity it reminds of the human skin and body. When I paint, I work around the topics of the human life evolvement, and through the color spots I explore my inner processes. When I work with clay, I enclose the ideas ad thought in the shapes that I build. This Combination of techniques and artistic approaches allows me to create the desired effect of materiality and tactility.