Svetlana Askenazy

Artist statement

My work inhabits the heat of becoming, where inner pressure builds, and identity exists in flux, suspended between states, desires, and forms. I am drawn to moments of tension, when emotion burns, smolders, or erupts into transformation. Figures emerge, dissolve, or rise within abstract and elemental environments that reflect vulnerability, resilience, and release. Using multiple techniques and layered processes, I allow material and gesture to mirror psychological and physical change. These works hold heat as both energy and sensation, inviting viewers to experience becoming not as a destination, but as an ongoing, embodied unfolding.

Svetlana Askenazy