Maryna Semenkova is a Ukrainian multimedia artist, researcher, and performer based in Berlin. Her interdisciplinary practice explores existential philosophy, collective memory, and her concept of eco-mind feminism. Through performance, photography, and video, she creates works that invite viewers not only to observe, but to emotionally witness difficult realities.

At the center of her work is the question of how political systems and historical violence shape human psychology and behavior. Growing up in the late Soviet and post-Soviet cultural environment influenced her artistic approach, which connects personal trauma with larger historical processes. In her work, Russia’s war against Ukraine is understood not only as a political tragedy, but also as a manifestation of unresolved historical trauma that continues to exist inside societies and state structures.

Another important aspect of her practice is eco-mind feminism. She connects the environmental crisis with patriarchal systems of thinking and explores the relationship between mental health, gender structures, and the future of the planet.

In photography and collage, Semenkova works through fragmentation and reconstruction of images. She dissects everyday visual reality in order to reveal hidden meanings and challenge social stereotypes. Her artistic language combines destruction and healing at the same time.

Originally trained in law, Semenkova has also practiced psychotherapy and meditation since 2008. These experiences strongly influence her artistic research and analytical approach. Living in India for three years further shaped her long-term interest in how women create inner freedom within different cultural systems.

Since leaving Ukraine in 2022 after the full-scale invasion, her work has increasingly focused on exile, inherited trauma, and the persistence of oppressive historical structures in the present. Through her practice, Semenkova approaches art as a space for uncovering silenced experiences and giving voice to suppressed histories.