Veronika Hapchenko (b.1995, Kyiv) is living and working in Krakow. Her practice spans painting and object-making, exploring the myths and ideologies of the former USSR through revolutionary art, esotericism, and militarism. Her recent focus is on modernist mosaics from Ukraine and other Soviet republics, many now destroyed in the war. Shelter (2022), a triptych inspired by Alla Horska’s Windfighter mosaic in Mariupol, was shown at K1 Kanal Pompidou and the Dhaka Art Summit. In Interloper (2023, Warsaw Gallery Weekend), she responded to Ivan Lytovchenko’s monumental works from Pripyat. Against the Grain (2024, New York) explored the Soviet Northern River Reversal Project. Reconstruction, Time out of Joint (2024, Piraeus) reflected on the 1944 forced deportations of ethnic groups in the USSR. Her works were also presented at the Future Generation Art Prize (2024, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv).