
Reliance or resistance
In a new series of works, Yulianna Verba explores the subtle, almost invisible realm of internal choice — the moment when we decide, every day, every moment, to rely or to resist.
These paintings are like a state, like an invitation to a dialogue with ourselves.
The artist speaks the language of symbols, color, and rhythm, however, the focus of her attention is on the psychic and spiritual dynamics of a person: where tension ends and trust begins, where resistance turns into a ground for acceptance and resources.
Through various images, Yulianna poses the question to the viewer:
What is support for you? And what has become a habitual, but imperceptible resistance that exhausts?
Under each work, the artist leaves space — a field of reflection, an invitation to pause internally. The viewer can independently feel where his attention is directed: to what supports or to what restrains. After all, attention is the most powerful tool for creating reality.
The series Reliance or resistance is a gentle but profound reminder:
We always have the opportunity to choose our state, and it is this that shapes our internal landscape, and later our external one.
BIO
Yulianna Verba is a Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist born in Radyvyliv, Rivne region. She currently lives and works in Lviv.
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2011 – 2015 Graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Visual Design and Art.
Yulianna Verba's work combines art, philosophy, and deep research into inner states. She works with various mediums, visualizing the connection between subtle levels of consciousness and the material world, because in Yulianna's worldview, every manifestation in reality is a reflection of inner processes.
CV
Solo exhibitions
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2025 - Intellias Art Point, Lviv, Ukraine
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2024 - 2025 - Beyond Visibility, Vlossy Creative Space, Los Angeles, USA
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2024 - Dzyga Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
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2024 - Yuna Gallery, Drohobych, Ukraine
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2023 - Performance “Light of Our Hearts”, Lviv, Ukraine
Group exhibitions
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2025 - LA Art Show, Snisarenko Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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2025 - She unbroken project, LA Art Show, Snisarenko Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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2025 - Crossing The Line, Mriya Gallery, New York, USA
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2024 - Ukraine. Residence of Freedom project, Rigas dome, Riga, Latvia
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2024 - For the sake of life, project Mariupol Reborn platform, Lviv, Ukraine
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2023 - Cosmogony of Senses project, Korsak Museum, Lutsk, Ukraine
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2023 - From the People project, Svitlo Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
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2023 - Expand project, Motanka Festival, Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Publications
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https://artcurrently.com/exhibitions-to-see-before-year-ends
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https://24tv.ua/trends24/la-art-show-2025-artshou-vpershe-predstavili-roboti-ukrayinskih_n2758189