My Land and Liberty, a Quartet of Paintings

The four-part series My Land and Liberty explores the intertwined notions of belonging, displacement, and freedom through abstract expression. Rooted in the memory of Eastern Ukraine and the experience of rupture and transformation, the work reflects on how identity is shaped by both attachment to a place and its loss or alteration over time.
Rather than illustrating narrative events, the series engages with memory as a shifting and unstable process — one that carries traces of the past while constantly being redefined by the present. It speaks to the tension between rootedness and exile, between what remains and what is changed.
My Land and Liberty considers freedom not only as a political or geographical condition, but also as an inner state: the ongoing effort to preserve dignity and a sense of self in the face of displacement. It positions personal memory within a broader collective experience, where individual histories echo stories of migration, loss, and resilience.