When we were leaving Ukraine to save our daughter, we never thought it would be for so long. Now, because I'm so far away from my country and it looks like I live another life, I try not to think about it, to deny it, to drive this pain into the depths of my consciousness and give myself more time to reflect on it.
Starting from scratch here in the UK with the status of a refugee, it was very important for me to stay in the profession because I felt like I lost my voice and my language, so it was important for me not to lose my professional identity.
I knew the market and society there, but I was invisible and nobody knew me here, so the first step was to show up to let people see me and become visible.
The honorary membership of the Royal Society of British Artists was an exciting and unexpected surprise... so it felt like a birthday gift.
#ukrainian-sculptor #royal-society-of-british-artists #art-residency #refugee-artist #cultural-adaptation
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