Svetlana Bogatcheva

Svetlana Bogatcheva (b. 1986) is a multidisciplinary artist from Vaasa, Finland. Bogatcheva creates collage, word art, installation and sculpture, emphasizing experimentation as a critical part of the making. Sometimes her ideas come out of visions and dreams that are patiently awaiting their moment. Other times, she begins her process by looking for materials in industrial and urban skips, flea markets and hardware stores. Thereafter she develops new ways of working with the unconventional materials, often combining various media and techniques.

Bogatcheva creates works characterized by a strong sense of materiality - a play on dimensions that harness time, gravity, heat, and light. Her works are powerfully rooted in our time and simultaneously explorative of the eternal questions about purpose, identity and transformation.

The Rebirth series is one of Svetlana’s most iconic works, boldly engaging the spectator’s attention in interpreting the rich formations in texture and colour. The form is dictated by the process and expresses the journey taken by the post-consumer materials. Fused with the artist’s desire to create works that capture light from multi-faceted perspectives, the intricate sculptural forms exude the energy, possibility, and positivity of the start of new life. The Rebirth sculptures are beacons of creativity and innovation that continually inspire and generate new forms in an ongoing, dynamic interplay as the spectator moves around them.

Bogatcheva has studied New Media and Innovation at Hyper Island, Sweden (2007) and worked in digital media and innovation in the UK, Sweden and Italy. Bogatcheva has exhibited in Finland and internationally as a part of her art career, most notably at The Royal Academy of Arts in London and CICA Museum in South Korea. Bogatcheva is currently preparing for a dual exhibition at Vasa Kunsthalle, titled “You’ve changed”.