Air Siren All Clear

Anna Prykhodko is a Ukrainian artist working with themes of memory, forgetting, local identity, and temporality. Her chosen materials include acrylic and canvas. 

Summary of Anna Prykhodko

In her works, the artist portrays abandoned, marginal spaces and utilitarian locations where individuals lose their sense of self-identification. Prykhodko’s paintings have been featured in numerous exhibitions and are held in private collections both in Ukraine and internationally.

Biography of Anna Prykhodko

Born in 1984 in Kyiv, Anna Prykhodko attended the National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts, graduating in 2012. She received her PhD in Art Criticism in 2016. 

The artwork of Anna Prykhodko has been featured in various exhibitions, including "As It Is Today" at IMB Hall Art Gallery in Kyiv (2019), the ART BREAD Biennale of Contemporary Art (2019), "Observation 2020" at Center for Contemporary Art "White World" in Kyiv (2020), "Popcorn" at Imagine Point Gallery in Kyiv (2021), "The First International Triennial of Drawing exhibition: Glory to Ukraine!" at CAC "White World" in Kyiv (2023), and "Levkas Miniatures" at CAC "White World" in Kyiv (2024). 

Currently, the artist lives and works in Kyiv. 

Anna Prykhodko’s Famous Paintings: Exploring Abandoned Spaces

Prykhodko's art is focused on the issue of urban artifacts frozen in time. Paintings of Anna Prykhodko include the series "All Siren All Clear" (2022), which offers a stark and somber portrayal of multi-story residential buildings damaged by shelling caused by the russians. The buildings are shattered and burned, with empty eye sockets where windows once were, standing as a haunting reminder of war.

The artist is also fascinated by the railway. In her works, it is portrayed as static despite being typically associated with movement and progress. The railway cars, abandoned at the depots, symbolize a frozen, hopeless moment in time. The imagery of decay, captured from everyday life, reveals the temporal nature of objects and the depletion of existence. Prykhodko’s original paintings "Base" (2020) and "Out of Use" (2021) are examples of her exploration of this theme.

Anna Prykhodko’s Art Style

The artist portrays abandoned, marginal spaces and utilitarian locations where individuals lose their sense of self-identification, becoming faceless occupants of transient, "nobody's" spaces. Many of her works are inspired and feature urban artifacts and functional objects of urban development. Stores with irrelevant showcases and self-organizing kiosks possess unique transit and functional characteristics that shape our interaction with them, influencing our specific attitudes toward them. Once decommissioned from everyday use, they become phenomena that have escaped their original purpose, embodying "pure being".

The artist has also created a significant body of work devoted to industrial places, further exploring the intersection of function, decay, and the passage of time. Anna Prykhodko's paintings for sale are available on the UFDA website.