Ievgeniia is a painter born in Kyiv, Ukraine and working and living in Tkaronto/Toronto. Studying at OCAD University in the Drawing and Painting program, she mainly works with oil paint and encaustics. Cherednikova has participated in group exhibitions exploring mental health and Indigenous worldviews. Her recent work include a fundraiser for mental health, volunteering for a Peruvian artist Olinda Silvano for an Indigenous mural and the Iranian “Women Life Freedom” exhibition. She is planning to participate in “Brain on Art” exhibition for mental health, support more human rights initiatives and utilize her Ukrainian heritage. Cherednikova is planning to delve deeper into her Ukrainian heritage, mysticism and landscape research and further explore the materials and media of painting to create change.
artist statement
Recently, my painting style has been changing from an ancestral introspection to following what I found meaningful and joyful in progress of intuitive making in response to my surroundings. I pay attention to textures and colour in my paintings which result in a sculptural style. These sculptural effects are in direct response to my position and consideration of the joyful spaces I inhabit. I work with photoshop as well as with beeswax encaustic, oil paint, and collage. My favourite medium currently is beeswax. As I work sensitively to my present environment, I still have a connection to the past techniques of this ancient practice, which are essential in my process, and I find encaustic painting balances the two. I continue to research various techniques and properties of the medium while continuing to experiment in its additive and subtractive applications.