VOKIANA (Natalia Voronkina) is a Ukrainian artist currently living and working in Rome. After graduating from Lviv Polytechnic University in 2013, where she earned a Master's degree in Management of Foreign Economic Activities, with a thesis on investments in artworks as a stable form of financial investment, she began pursuing her artistic career.
Between 2012 and 2013, she represented the Lazio region at the National Exhibition of Artistic Nativity Scenes in Massa Martana, Umbria, presenting oil paintings inspired by sacred themes. In 2020, she moved to Baku, Azerbaijan, where she studied and painted at the Turan studio-gallery. Immersed in the city's historical layers and cultural diversity, she expanded her artistic journey, exploring portraiture and delving into the relationship between memory, tradition, and generational perspectives in creative expression.Now residing in Rome, VOKIANA continues her work exploring themes of identity and humanity's relationship with nature. Her art addresses environmental destruction—with a particular focus on the devastating effects of military activity on landscapes—and grapples with pressing social and ecological issues. Following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, her work has taken on a new urgency, focusing on the crisis in the Ukrainian agricultural sector and its international repercussions. She is currently developing the Harvest series, dedicated to the agricultural landscape and its role in world history through the cultivation of wheat, where each grain becomes a symbol of peace, unity, prosperity, and the enduring bond between humanity and the earth.VOKIANA's art invites us to recognize our shared responsibility toward nature, transforming fields, colors, and memories into symbols of peace, renewal, and a future founded on harmony between people and the earth. Her works celebrate the profound connection between humanity and nature, exploring how cooperation with the land has shaped culture, history, and collective identity.
Through a vibrant use of color and form, she evokes emotion and reveals the resilience of cultivated landscapes—emblems of unity, growth, and prosperity. Her artistic research also delves into the complex relationship between sociopolitical forces and the perception of beauty, highlighting both the resilience and fragility of social structures.
As a Ukrainian artist, her recent projects address the crisis in Ukraine's agricultural sector and its international repercussions, positioning her art as an active voice of awareness and action. Her practice increasingly reflects on environmental destruction and the consequences of war. Inviting reflection, her art demonstrates how societies thrive when they live in balance with nature, and how creativity can foster a renewed vision of peace, harmony, and a sustainable future for generations to come.
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