Trees behind the glass are willing to escape, but the outside world conditions are unsuitable for their lives. The leaves of the plants touching the misted glass resemble the fingers of people willing to leave this artificial environment which is at the same time their home and the key to their life. The species that grow in greenhouses usually cannot survive in the climate where the greenhouse stands. People should change their attitude toward nature because ruining the ecosystem is much easier than reviving it. We would not be able to build a greenhouse for a whole planet.
Anna Korbut (b. 1989) is a visual artist from Ukraine working with photography and mixed media, currently based in Switzerland. She explores the relationships between humans and nature and deeply engages with Anthropocene issues, starting a dialogue with science at a time of advanced climate change. Anna also delves into the individual's inner world and interpersonal connections. She experiments with digital and analogue techniques, drawing inspiration from mountains' beauty, Augusto Giacometti's and Helen Frankenthaler's vivid colours, Auguste Rodin's sculptures, and Erich Fromm's texts.
Awards Awards
Aesthetica longlisted artist, 2024
Silver Tokyo Photo Awards, category Science-Environment, 2023
ND Awards Honourable mention, 2023
Pro Helvetia Artlink Residence grant, 2023
Lane Kirkland Scholarship, 2019-2020
Finalist of HIPA contest "The Moment», 2018
Exhibitions
2024
«Aesthetica Art Prize», group show, York Art Gallery, United Kingdom
«Changing Landscapes», solo show, Literaturhaus Zurich, Switzerland
2023
«Changing Landscapes», solo show, Art House Zurich Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
«Connections», solo show, Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, Switzerland
«Healing Nature» online group show ArtDoc Magazine
2020
"The Man and the Machine», group show, gallery Millepiani, Roma, Italy
2019
"Maydan. 5 years after", group show, Stromsund, Sweden
2018
"Surfaces", group show, gallery Millepiani, Roma, Italy
"Abandoned buildings", group show, Athens, Greece
"Travelers", group show, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
CIP international festival, Chania, Greece
2016
"Face of Islam», solo show, Ukraine: Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Sumy, Dnipro
2013
"Day", group show, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
"Masters enter to", group show, Sevastopol, Ukraine
2010
"Stop cruelty», group show, Kharkiv, Ukraine
"Sound and Color", group show, Kharkiv, Ukraine
"Human rights", group show, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2009
"Chronicle of light", group show, Lviv, Ukraine
2008
"A look at Age", group show, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2007
"Physics behind the scenes" group show, Kharkiv, Ukraine
