6 x 8” | wood, acrylic, charcoal | 2025 | gallery wrapped on cradled wood panel
Kateryna Kostelna’s practice centres on domestic objects, particularly those found in the kitchen. Furniture, food, dishes, and daily tools become portals into rituals formed in times of scarcity or fear — habits created to maintain a sense of control. Her imagery is vivid and recurring: lavishly set tables, religious icons, ornate carpets. These are not only symbols of familial warmth; they also hold inherited anxiety. A persistent question echoes through her work: Could this ever happen again? When the fears of her childhood re-emerged as lived reality, she turned to painting, translating personal history into a visual memory-scape.
