Dzvinya Podlyashetska (Dzvi)
Ukrainian Artist based in Vienna
My work grows out of emotion, intuition, and the need to transform inner experience into visual form. Through painting, I explore the instability of the psyche, the complexity of human relationships, and the fragile balance between vulnerability, instinct, and resilience.
Moving between tenderness and grotesque, absurdity and beauty, my paintings create psychological spaces where inner states become visible. Rather than illustrating emotions, I am interested in how they reshape the body, perception, and our way of existing in the world.
“Life in Humor and Sadness”
This works is a visual journey through the contrasts of human existence, where laughter and pain, naïveté and the harshness of reality intertwine in a shared space. Grotesque characters, organic forms, and vibrant colors create a dynamic scene in which every element tells its own story. Here, humans and nature merge into one, absurdity and reality coexist, and love becomes the force that unites even the most opposing elements. Through irony and metaphor, the painting explores the paradoxes of the world, inviting the viewer to discover their own meanings within this chaotic yet harmonious universe.