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About
 

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Anna Yuschuk is a contemporary artist working in painting, drawing and fine print media.

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Exploring human consciousness through complex paintings that bridge the gap between representational and abstract works, Anna compels the viewer to focus on the act of seeing itself. Her work emphasizes mindfulness and quality of the direct experience rather then describing 

an exterior world.

 

Anna was born and studied art in Lviv, Ukraine, graduating from Lviv State Academy of Fine Arts in 1989.

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In 1990, just before the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Yuschuk immigrated to Canada.

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Since her move to Toronto she showed her artwork in over forty exhibitions in commercial and public galleries. She received artist's grants from Ontario Arts Council and Mississauga Art Council. Anna's paintings can be found in private and public collections in Canada, USA, Australia and UK.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

At the beginning of the 20th century, the artist Franz Marc stated, “The art of the future will give formal expression to our scientific conviction.” At that time, nuclear physics had just begun to uncover the mysteries beneath the atom. Today, quantum physics provides compelling evidence of a unified field of energy underlying all physical reality. Ancient spiritual traditions have long proposed the unity of all things and the illusory nature of perception.


My work is a visual inquiry into the invisible and intangible—what lies beneath form, beneath the skin. It explores a field of energy made of flashes of light and empty space, an essence that eludes the eye but is deeply felt.
Through my process, I pose questions: What does this field look like? How does it behave? What is my relationship to it? How can I express it?
These questions guide an exploration of duality—perception and identity, the inner and outer self, the nature of time and memory. I attempt to imagine the minimal world of the quantum field and to give symbolic form to what is unseen through intuitive mark-making.


To “make a mark” is to leave a trace—a trajectory through space and time. It is an act of participation in the field of life. Each mark made on canvas or paper becomes a metaphor for presence, a moment of mindfulness. This process values direct experience, introspection, and self-awareness.


My practice is rooted in repetition and accumulation, reminiscent of stitching and embroidery—art forms deeply tied to my Ukrainian heritage. These methods honor tradition while evoking a contemporary meditation on presence and energy.
The resulting compositions resemble shimmering fields of fluctuating energy, dancing between the ethereal and the material. Layers overlap and interfere, creating visual depth that echoes subtle bodily movements—breathing, listening, pausing. Like the meditative gestures of Eastern calligraphers, this manual process generates dynamic visual rhythms.


The artworks are intended as shifting surfaces—evocative, mysterious, and ever-changing—inviting the viewer to engage imagination and discovery through a personal lens.


Informed by scientific inquiry and philosophical reflection, my work seeks to transcend conventional visual experience. By blurring the boundaries between abstraction and representation, I invite viewers to contemplate the hidden patterns of existence—and their own place within this interconnected matrix.

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