Sviatlana Petushkova ^{Emerging artist}

Artist is based in: Lithuania

Svetlana Petushkova is an interdisciplinary visual artist, born in 1990 in Minsk, Belarus. In 2020, for protest art, active civic position and participation in protests against dictatorship and violence in Belarus, she was subjected to political repression and forced to flee Belarus, now she is a political refugee in Lithuania. In Minsk, Sviatlana worked as a curator and founded the Belarusian Graphics House, the only graphic printing studio in Belarus. She also served as a curator at the Republican Art Gallery and actively contributed to the development of Belarusian contemporary art by organizing art festivals and cultural events. In 2022, due to her support for Ukraine and political position, Sviatlana was expelled from both the Belarusian Union of Artists and the Belarusian Union of Designers. Since 2022, she has been a member of the Lithuanian Union of Artists, where she actively develops her career, participates in competitions and exhibitions, and continues her creative work and civic engagement. Her artistic practice spans multiple media, including analog photography, printmaking, and spatial installations, exploring themes of migration, identity, acculturation, and the concept of home in a global context. Her art reflects a profound investigation into belonging and security, shaped by her experience as a political refugee and active participant in cultural dialogue. Education 2023 – 2025 – VDA, Master of Graphics 2009 – 2015 – Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Graphics, Bachelor of Arts 1997 – 2009 – Minsk State Art Gymnasium-College, College of Arts, Textiles, Specialist Solo exhibitions 2025 – Personal exhibition “Confession”, Bernardino Church, Vilnius, Lithuania 2024 – Personal exhibition “ARTIFACTS”, GODO gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania 2024 – Personal exhibition “Detailing”, Create Culture Space, Vilnius, Lithuania 2023 – Personal exhibition “Footprints”, GODO gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania 2022 – Personal exhibition “Project 27”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vilnius, Lithuania 2022 – Personal exhibition “Make Love”, GODO gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania 2021 – Personal exhibition “Project 27”, Lukiškės Prison, Vilnius, Lithuania Awards 2024-finalist Nida OFF –“NIDA. Meet Photography” 2024. 2020 – Finalist Second International Biennial of Lithography, Belgrade, Serbia 2017 – Main Prize of Vogue Italy Minsk Fashion Week 2016 – Main Prize of Minsk Art Week Recent group exhibitions 2024 – “Photography Weekend, National Art Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania 2024 – Group exhibition “Arte in Esilio”, RFK INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, VIA GHIBELLINA, 12, FIRENZE 2024 – Group exhibition “Arte in Esilio”, Palazzo d’Accursio – Bologna, Italy 2024 – Vilnius Analog Photography Festival, Vilnius Photography Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania 2024 – Group exhibition “Takumas”, Culture and Leisure Centre – Stakliskes, Lithuania 2024 – Group exhibition “Graphics Value/s”, Lithuanian Artists’ Union Project Space 2023 – Group exhibition “Mokritura”, GODO gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania 2023 – Photography Weekend, Vilnius, Lithuania 2023 – Group exhibition “Interwoven”, Belarusian Culture Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania 2023 – Brussels Art Fair, Belgium 2022 – Group exhibition, Menų Zona art residency, Nida, Lithuania 2022 – Group exhibition “New members!”, Lithuanian Artists’ Union Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania 2022 – Support auction “Help Ukraine”, Restaurant Bohema, Vilnius, Lithuania 2021 – Support auction “For your and our freedom!”, Lithuanian Artists’ Union Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania 2021 – “Art Minsk 2021”, Republican Art Gallery, Minsk, Belarus 2021 – “Why is freedom a woman?”, Belarusian Culture Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania