“A central theme in my work is the impact of technology on human connection and perception. I explore how technology can both connect and isolate — creating access to the world, while deepening a sense of distance. This tension is personal to me. My oldest sister, who became physically disabled the year I was born, experiences life primarily through a digital lens. Television, films, and screens provide her with a window to society and the illusion of participation. Yet this virtual world highlights her painful longing for real, physical interactions that remain out of reach.

This paradox — between connection and isolation, presence and absence — shapes my artistic practice. I am interested in thresholds and spaces of transition, where boundaries blur and perception shifts. My work explores what is seen and what remains hidden, and how moments of silence, stillness, or absence can hold emotional weight. My paintings invite viewers into these spaces, making them participants in completing the narrative. The artwork evolves through their presence, reflection, and interpretation.

At the core of my practice is the exploration of contrasts: control and spontaneity, intimacy and vastness, the digital and the physical. Technology creates a bridge to distant places and people, yet it also pulls us away from lived experiences. I explore these contrasts through layered compositions — building and erasing marks to reflect the tension between permanence and change, visibility and concealment.

I see my paintings as conversations that capture the overwhelming noise of modern life, punctuated by moments of quiet reflection. They are about searching for connection in a fragmented world, navigating between the real and the virtual. My process mirrors this experience — balancing chaos and order to create immersive, emotional spaces where viewers are invited to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the present moment.

Ultimately, my work asks what it means to be human in an increasingly digital world. It explores how we balance connection and solitude, reality and illusion. Through my paintings, I seek to open a space where these boundaries dissolve, and new forms of connection can emerge — offering viewers moments of presence within the fleeting, fragmented experience of contemporary life”.

Alina Pecherskaya holds a BA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London (2018). She received an Art Excellence Award in 2020 and her work is included in the private collection of David McKee, art dealer, founder and co-director of McKee Gallery, New York who used to represent Philip Guston, John Chamberlain.