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BIO

Julia Liko is a contemporary artist of Russian origin who has lived and worked in Berlin since 2009. She graduated from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts and continued her studies in Berlin.

In her practice, Julia combines painting and illustration, reflecting on identity and the way people define themselves through everyday objects. Her work moves between personal observation and the shared experience of contemporary life. Objects in her paintings are not only attributes but active participants that mirror human presence and the shifting relationship between people and their surroundings.

Her work does not seek clear answers. Instead, it reflects the world as it appears today: shifting, uncertain, and in those moments when the personal becomes collective.

AS

In today's reality, where attention is scattered and man defines himself through objects, the artist Julia Liko finds in this fragmentation and change a source of inspiration. The human desire to describe oneself through objects, these tiny particles of consumer society, becomes a key point in her art.

In her work, the artist explores attributions and objects as symbols of contemporary existence. In analogy to Renaissance portraits, where each object has its own meaning, today's objects become attributes that characterise us in this ever-changing reality.

The complexity of the contemporary system, where objects are impermanent and subject to obsolescence, creates a sense of confusion in the individual. However, it is in this shift and change that the artist finds beauty. The ability to capture moments in this fluid flow becomes the source of its creativity.