ARTISTS STATEMENT. VISUAL ARTIST. OLGA ZHDANOVA

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

THE BODY is a place of transformation, emotion as an act of sacred rite. Through the flesh — to revelation. Art is about the feelings it evokes. 

The alchemy of the body is a path to meaning.

An invitation not to look, but to feel. 

Not to observe — to participate. 

My art is an act of transformation, where the body becomes not an object of photography, but a living language of experiences. The body as a laboratory of internal alchemy — here fears disintegrate into components, passion and pain are distilled into pure form. Everything that once hurt becomes the source material for new meaning. Each work is a ritual of healing and exposure, a sign of strength.

I do not strive for beauty for the sake of aesthetics. Beauty is a side effect of deep honesty. My images do not pose, they confess. I work with flesh like a sculptor with clay, letting emotions color every gesture. In a space where the inner becomes visible.

«Alchemy of the Body» is a path through vulnerability, where armor is born, not for protection, but for truth.

It is a mirror. The language of those who know how to listen to the silence within themselves. An invitation to a place where feelings are not hidden. They take shape, and in this shape is strength, intimacy and truth.