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Artphilein presents Sonechko, Yak Ty? (Darling, how are you?), a solo exhibition by Varvara Uhlik, winner of the Full Project Award of the Liquida Festival in Turin, with which Artphilein is pleased to collaborate.
As part of this award, the artist presents her project at Artphilein La Piscina in Paradiso.

The exhibition opens on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at 11:00 am and will remain on view until April 9,
2026.

Sonechko, Yak Ty? unfolds as a visual diary in which Varvara Uhlik reworks memories of her childhood in Ukraine to question the present. Through an intimate gaze and a delicate use of light, the artist reflects on identity, memory, and trauma, addressing the legacy of the Soviet past in the construction of the self.
The images weave together personal and collective dimensions: everyday gestures, family rituals, and domestic spaces become charged with historical and cultural meaning, forming fragments of a shared memory.
What emerges is an affective counter-archive, in which photography becomes an emotional gesture, a document of everyday life, and a form of quiet resistance — restoring memory as a living, transformative matter.