3.7.2025 | Culture

Ukrainian Artist’s Exhibition Opens in Narva

Text Susanna Poikela 
Photos A-Art Galleria, Eesi Raa

Narva’s A-Art Gallery, Astri Centre, will open its exhibition “Põimumine”, or in English, “Intertwining”, by Ukrainian contemporary artist Viktoria Berezina on 11 July at 17:00. The exhibition is curated by Eduard Zentsik.

The exhibition consists of collages that deal with the connection between humans and nature, as well as the themes of memory, the present, and inner experience. The works feature elements in which the human body merges with the landscape, for example, hair turns into branches or hands reach towards the light like roots. The artist uses these images to symbolise human vulnerability, renewal, and introspection.

Nature in the exhibition does not only serve as a visual backdrop, but is an active part of the narrative. It represents a place to which one can return when the inner world is unbalanced. In the works, nature acts as both a place of respite and a resource in the midst of crises.

Viktoria Berezina—multidisciplinary artist and curator

Viktoria Berezina, born in 1994 in Kherson, Ukraine, is an artist, graphic designer, and curator based in Tartu. Her works deal with, among other things, the relationship with nature, loneliness, and current events. She has published two books, “On the Other Shore” (2021), and “My Kherson: Letters from Ukraine” (2023), the latter of which is a wartime diary.

She received the Kultuuri Tegu Prize in 2022 for her documentation of the Ukrainian war, and for curating the “Päästik / Trigger / Тригер” exhibition. In 2025, her solo exhibition “A Face Assembled from Noise” was selected for the Young Tartu series at the Tartu Art Museum. Berezina is a member of the Tartu Artists Union, and is the founder of the Cultural Horizon cultural association.