Kristina Mos

Kristina Mos is a visual artist from Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. She is a member of the MYPH group and Ukrainian Women Photographers Organization. Her interest in visual art began in 2020. Currently, she focuses on still life and self-portraits, and is exploring interests in collage, installation, and alternative printing methods.

Throughout her artistic practice, she has had several public exhibitions and publications in Italy, Germany, Ukraine and France. Her work is held in private collections in the United States, Ukraine, France, Germany, and Italy.

In her work she focuses on themes of vulnerability and sensitivity that reveal certain states and reflections on the world around her, and she is interested in exploring aspects of form and the body from the perspective of the object, moving away from its primary function, prompting reflections on mental health, anxiety, the concept of corporeality and one's own spontaneous space.

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Kristina's photo projects

Handbook of fragility

My grandmother told me how they were constantly moving, but this did not stop her from collecting many things that have now become symbolic for me. I would call each stage my perception, my transformation from childhood, naivety to complex realities, hopes and disappointments. All of this taught me to accept the current stage and move on, to look for myself, to burn out and be reborn.

This photo project reflects the journey from childhood to adulthood. It is about how we gradually learn to accept our vulnerabilities and and turn them into strength. Each photo is a metaphor for these stages of life, which, like the phoenix, help us to burn out and be reborn again. This is a study of how, when faced with life's challenges, we discover new facets of ourselves, grow up and become more complete individuals.

artwork Kristina Mos - - Handbook of fragility

Metamorphosis

The state of metamorphosis, a powerful symbol of transformation, reflects one aspect of the psyche's encounter with its development: a radical change in form, function, character, and state of being. The imagery leads to thoughts of the liberation of the soul or psyche or true realization. Metamorphosis often occurs hidden from view, indicating an unconscious dynamic at work. Under the cloak of invisibility, at night under the influence of “disturbing dreams” or wrapped in a cocoon, the radical changes caused by metamorphosis occur through intense incubation and release.

This project was created during my journey, which turned from a game into a whole important story about the internal processes of transformation. Everything is mixed up, which is hard to explain, but there is only a path to all this, and this path is about transformation and finding yourself in this world of new realities.