Lena Chetverik
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I am fascinated by communication. As an artist, I connect with a feminine way of creating art — through bodily experience. But the world is diverse, and beyond the physical body, there are also virtual incarnations, virtual realities, mythological spaces, and different ways of telling stories, all of which are of interest to me.
I try not to construct hierarchies between different ways of thinking and narrating; for me, none is more valid than the others. I like the way they interweave. In my art, I want philosophical theories to intertwine seamlessly with mythological thinking, poetic perception, personal experience, and everything that conveys the sensation of life. I seek to create opportunities for new connections — without hierarchy or domination.
I try not to construct hierarchies between different ways of thinking and narrating; for me, none is more valid than the others. I like the way they interweave. In my art, I want philosophical theories to intertwine seamlessly with mythological thinking, poetic perception, personal experience, and everything that conveys the sensation of life. I seek to create opportunities for new connections — without hierarchy or domination.
Artist statement
Lena was born in 1988. She graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Moscow Pedagogical State University (2010) and the Illustration Department of the British Higher School of Art and Design (2015).
Lena creates illustrations, comics, and prints; she is also a performance artist and an educator.
While studying at the British Higher School of Art and Design, she teamed up with three fellow students to form an art group, which they named Tipatzeha. Together, they began organizing exhibitions and publishing the zine Bumazhno, which explores the power of graphic arts to tell stories with or without accompanying texts.
As an illustrator, Lena has collaborated with various media outlets and brands. She normally draws by hand, using pencil or pastel on paper, but sometimes also enhances her drawings digitally. In 2022, her project was shortlisted for the World Illustration Award in the Exploration category.
As an artist, Lena focuses on archetypal narratives in a contemporary context and themes related to femininity — particularly the experience of the body, family, lineage, and environment. She works with charcoal, pastel, Indian ink, graphite, drypoint etching, and mixed media. In her art, women’s material world becomes part of a natural universe, giving rise to a fascinating mythologized space. Slavic mythology is also a key inspiration in many of Lena’s series.
Lena creates illustrations, comics, and prints; she is also a performance artist and an educator.
While studying at the British Higher School of Art and Design, she teamed up with three fellow students to form an art group, which they named Tipatzeha. Together, they began organizing exhibitions and publishing the zine Bumazhno, which explores the power of graphic arts to tell stories with or without accompanying texts.
As an illustrator, Lena has collaborated with various media outlets and brands. She normally draws by hand, using pencil or pastel on paper, but sometimes also enhances her drawings digitally. In 2022, her project was shortlisted for the World Illustration Award in the Exploration category.
As an artist, Lena focuses on archetypal narratives in a contemporary context and themes related to femininity — particularly the experience of the body, family, lineage, and environment. She works with charcoal, pastel, Indian ink, graphite, drypoint etching, and mixed media. In her art, women’s material world becomes part of a natural universe, giving rise to a fascinating mythologized space. Slavic mythology is also a key inspiration in many of Lena’s series.
2023
A Lot of Pain, but Also. A solo performance at the artist’s studio, Moscow
Coincidence. A performance choreographed by Anton Vdovichenko. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Workshops, Moscow
Coincidence. A performance choreographed by Anton Vdovichenko. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Workshops, Moscow
2022
My Home Is Your Castle. An exhibition-ritual held as part of the Art Space Hopping Festival, Moscow
Laboratory by SAAD 1+1 dance company. Choreography by Albina Vakhitova. Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Laboratory by SAAD 1+1 dance company. Choreography by Albina Vakhitova. Moscow Museum of Modern Art
2019
-KA Art Fem Fest. Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Tipatzeha art group’s exhibition. Gauguin Café, Moscow
Tipatzeha art group’s exhibition. Gauguin Café, Moscow
2018
Sarjakuvakeskus Feminist Comics Festival, Helsinki
2017
4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg
2016
Hunting Scenes. ART re.FLEX Gallery, Saint Petersburg
Selected exhibitions and performances
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