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Four Questions to the Artist: Veronika Cherednychenko

Galerie SLP

We had a conversation with a Ukranian artist Veronika Cherednychenko, whose solo exhibition "Re:generation" is now on view in Galerie SLP.

Re:generation is juxtaposing organic forms with industrial materials, reflecting the tension between humanity’s need to control. The exhibition invites the viewer to see how beauty survives upheaval and to understand that the act of resurgence is as much about resilience as it is about hope. Each piece feels like an intimate act of care, yet it speaks to a larger, shared experience of survival and persistence.




Describe your artistic journey, what are the key points in your practice?

Hi, I'm Veronika Cherednychenko, an artist from Ukraine. I work with drawings and digital media, and explore fragility and strength in life through nature in my practice. I like to work with natural dynamics and forms, especially botanical and zoomorphic. There are flowers and roots in my artworks, and I see it as a metaphor for resilience. We're experiencing war and destruction right now in Ukraine, but I believe that it is just for now and eventually life and nature will win, and renewal will come to us again. This is why the drawings are colorful and I believe they have the quiet strength of nature.


How do you start your drawings, do you have a structural or a more intuitive approach?

As an artist I work with different media I am always looking for new techniques which is why I'm using digital media and also exploring virtual realities. But I always come back to drawing with simple materials like pencil and paper - it gives me the greatest freedom and pure creativity because I can feel the material better. The process itself is intuitive, and though sometimes I have sketches for the artwork, I don't use them while working on larger formats. I usually find inspiration in nature and books with botanical illustrations, encyclopedias and National Geographic shows.

To create the series I usually need space and time, but while creating diptychs (Floral Composition II, III and IV) I didn't have much of either. During motherhood, I had 3 hours a day for this, but before I worked a lot in my studio, almost every day. Now I'm trying to find the atmosphere of not thinking and not generating ideas, but rather moving with the state of flow, finding the right form and shape for my drawings. I want them to be both abstract and realistic at the same time.

Flower Composition III, 2024
Flower Composition III, 2024

Since your work often incorporates abstract forms and organic elements, could you tell us about the role of colors, movement and composition in expressing your themes?


There are periods of color in my practice: in the previous project I used only black and white, and it was enough. Eventually, I got tired of it and the next series called GARDEN is bright and colorful. As soon as I finished with the botanical series, I moved to creating 'cows' (Cleave and Graze, Resting Form) in black and white.

Resting Form, 2024
Resting Form, 2024

Why did you decide to depict cows on your drawings, is there a story behind the choice of animals?


All my cows are from my childhood when I was living in Kherson, which is a small city with a large field. Although it is a city I saw lots of cows there, especially on my way to school everyday. Even apart from the city life, those animals are a big part of agriculture and culture in general. I see lots of strength in those big animals and lots of love as well.



Galerie Sara Lily Perez Team

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