Varvara Uhlik

b. 1997, Ukraine. Based in London.

Varvara Uhlik is a visual artist, whose work explores the inherited complexities of post-Soviet identity, rooted in her personal history and the landscapes of her upbringing in Eastern Ukraine. Through sculpture, installation, photography, and video, she navigates themes of generational trauma, cultural memory, and the enduring shadow of Russian imperialism.

‘The main themes I work with are Post-Soviet identity, the decolonisation of Ukraine, and the fragile, shifting nature of memory - especially the ways we attempt to hold onto it as it transforms or disappears.’

Recent projects

Exhibitions include reGeneration, Photo Élysée Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025 and her solo show at Liquida Photofestival, Turin, Italy, 2025. Varvara received the Kenneth Armitage Young Sculptor Prize 2025 and was selected as British Journal of Photography's "Ones to Watch" 2024.

Artist website