ANNA VERIKI
Artist
Vereshchaka Anna, the artist’s pseudonym Anna Veriki. Anna was born in the city of Chernihiv, Ukraine. Currently lives and works in Kyiv. The works are mainly on canvas, the artist works in various media, mainly painting and graphics.
The works are in the state collection of Ukraine in the fund of the National Art Gallery. Anna's paintings are in private collections in Ukraine, Austria, USA,
Poland, Czech Republic, Spain and Portugal.
Education
2019
Shevchenko State Art School, faculty of painting( Kyiv)
2022
National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, faculty of painting ( Kyiv)
Personal exhibitions
2021
"Enamel" MC "Chocolate House", curated by Oleksandr Kukhar(Kyiv)
2024
Group exhibitions
2021
"Corners" auction house collective exhibition "Space around, space in me"(Kyiv)
2022
Residency and exhibition "Untitled Tbilisi"(Tbilisi, Georgia)
2023
"Unbreakable", Ukainian institute of America(New York, USA)
"Future Present" gallery "Ryan Graff Contemporary"(San Francisco, USA)
"Shelter" gallery "Pellas"(San Francisco, USA)
2024
"Vienna Art Parallel"(Vienna, Austria )
2025
Publications
2021
Interview for VONO magazine
2022
Playboy_ART 2022 war issue
2023
Interview for "Oko.press" 2023, Warsaw
2024
Catalog "Anna and Her Animals" from a solo exhibition, San Francisco, Ryan Graf Gallery
Publication in PLAYBOY magazine in the Art section, September 2024
NVRMIND paper 19(Kyiv, Ukraine )
Artist statement
Anna Vereshchaka focuses on depicting animals and the human body in combination with naive elements.
Anna explores the theme of primordiality.
“For me, primordiality is something at the beginning — basic settings, simple emotions. It is a state unburdened by circumstances. It is something that can be divided into black and white.”
For the artist, animalistic subjects represent sincerity. Anna portrays her naked body as an image of openness to the viewer — and importantly, she does not present it as a self-portrait.
“My nudity in the works is both literal and metaphorical. When an artist shows their work, they expose themselves to the viewer,” she says.
Anna works in monochrome, which emphasizes the narrative.
“I like to present an intermediate, expressive, raw thought — as if transferring an emotion directly onto the canvas,” the artist explains.
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