There’s a feral beauty in Tetiana Odegova-Nebogatykh’s work — raw, red, and unflinchingly direct. Born in Ukraine in 1983, the former choreographer and fashion art director turned to painting in 2021, just before the Russian invasion forced her to flee with her two daughters. Self-taught and self-possessed, she uses art as both weapon and wound, confronting sexual violence and the trauma of war through stark, blood-red figures on white backgrounds. Her pieces pulse between grace and brutality — bodies caught in trance, defense, or ecstatic defiance — a visual language that recalls prehistoric cave art yet feels urgently modern. Now based in Germany and supported by Vienna’s Atelier 10, Odegova-Nebogatykh’s art stands as an act of feminist resistance: unapologetic, uncomfortable, and utterly alive.
