Anna Chkolnikova’s conceptual work spans site-specific installations, art-in-architecture, and multimedia projects exploring themes of memory, hidden traces, and the tension between forgetting and renewal. Her artwork revolves around conceptual theme of transience. She layers physical objects, texts, and architecture to uncover hidden or suppressed stories, characterising a fluid, floating intermediate state in her creations. Her installations invite viewers to follow subtle signs into a sensitive and elusive space where familiar perceptions shift and a sense of belonging can emerge.

Anna Chkolnikova: I would describe my art as the creation of a sensitive space in which, with parts in my installations, I create small signs, like the breadcrumbs in fairy tales, that one can follow to a place where the air feels expansive — the true way home. In this space, there is no certainty, and yet it is absolutely clear that this state exists—though it is impossible to describe. My work is a subtle conduct to that place.