Love and Be Young

Love and Be Young Love and Be Young: Where Ukrainian Heart Meets Swiss Precision I was born in Mariupol — a city that no longer exists as it once was. That trace is what I follow.

Sea, sand, and silence became ash, absence, and memory. Yet even what disappears leaves a trace. Now based in Zurich, I work with matter that has already lived: paper, clay, straw, soil, bark, ash. These are not materials chosen, but what remains — what endures. My vessels and wall sculptures are companions of dust and silence — fragile, yet enduring. They speak in the language of Arte Povera and

wabi-sabi, where memory, time, and imperfection remain visible. Swiss-based contemporary artist working with organic sculptural forms and material memory. Visarte (CH) • IAA/UNESCO. Represented on Singulart.

21/05/2026
New work. Quiet presence 🌿
07/05/2026

New work. Quiet presence 🌿

New publication.Matter is Always in Motion.A conversation with Natalia Tykhoniuk on living matter, surface, memory, crac...
27/04/2026

New publication.
Matter is Always in Motion.
A conversation with Natalia Tykhoniuk on living matter, surface, memory, cracks, time, and sculptural process.

Natalia Tykhoniuk's artistic practice revolves around the exploration of materials that embody the passage of time and memories, such as bark, ash, and clay. Her work reflects a deep connection to nature and memory, influenced by her origins in Mariupol and her current practice in Switzerland. Tykho...

Singulart Expert Review — François Lavaud“...a superb multidisciplinary technique… objects imbued with both finesse and ...
26/04/2026

Singulart Expert Review — François Lavaud

“...a superb multidisciplinary technique… objects imbued with both finesse and brutality.”

A curatorial review of my work by François Lavaud, Gallery Manager at Marivaud Studio.

The review reflects on material, form, and the development of a personal sculptural language.

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The review of Natalia Tykhoniuk's work, conducted by François Lavaud, highlights her exceptional multidisciplinary technique in sculptural art that blends finesse with raw qualities. Her mastery over her chosen mediums and tools allows her to create sculptures reflecting her personal history, trans...

“In the studio, I do not look for a moment when the work “comes alive.”I observe how the material moves through change.C...
21/03/2026

“In the studio, I do not look for a moment when the work “comes alive.”
I observe how the material moves through change.
Clay dries, contracts, and cracks.
Ash settles, absorbs into the surface, darkens.
Paper mass deforms and forms its own relief.
Matter is always in motion. I simply accompany the process.
There is a moment when the surface no longer asks for my involvement.
The form becomes autonomous.
It no longer obeys the hand; it develops its own logic, its own rhythm.
I feel this physically – through the resistance of the material, its weight, its silence.
Any further action becomes unnecessary.
At that point, the work is finished.
It no longer looks made.
It looks as if it has happened.”

Article by Vasya Kavka .delusion, The Ambrosia Journal

“Time is the great sculptor,” wrote Marguerite Yourcenar in her renowned essays. This selection of 29 works is an aesthe...
17/03/2026

“Time is the great sculptor,” wrote Marguerite Yourcenar in her renowned essays. This selection of 29 works is an aesthetic pilgrimage through the layers of memory and the persistence of beauty. Inspired by the literary depth of the first woman elected to the Académie Française, this curation explores the dialogue between the ephemeral and the eternal. Opening with the gilded, contemplative stillness of Brigitte Dravet’s Voyage immobile, we seek the “human trace” in the stone and the silent breath of ruins. From the monumental presence of AirDaryal’s Sfinge II to the intricate embroideries of Alessandro Delsere, the “beauty of the past” is not a relic, but a living force. This is a sanctuary where time finally ceases its erosion to become pure form.”

TIME, THE GREAT SCULPTOR: A Tribute to Marguerite Yourcenar - curator

“The ground is not beneath us. It continues through us. What forms the landscape also forms the body: branching, circula...
16/03/2026

“The ground is not beneath us. It continues through us. What forms the landscape also forms the body: branching, circulation, repetition. The same lines appear again and again − in the spread of veins, in the growth of trees, in the quiet geometry of leaves, in the whorls pressed into skin. Patterns travel through matter without asking where one life ends and another begins. Nothing stands apart from this movement. Everything participates in it. The planet grows through cycles rather than directions. What rises returns, what disappears becomes material again. Expansion, contraction, unfolding, return. The spiral is everywhere − in growth, in memory, in time itself. It does not close; it continues. To live here means to recognize that the boundary between the human and the world has always been porous. The body is not an observer of the landscape but one of its temporary shapes. Earth becomes breath, flesh, thought, and eventually returns to its wider rhythm. There is no distance to overcome, no lost connection to repair. The relationship was never broken. The human soul emerges from the same field of matter as stone, root, and water. To exist fully is not to resist this world, but to enter it without fear and shape oneself from it, again and again.”

𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙒𝙀𝙍𝙀 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙎𝙀𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙊𝙄𝙇 - curator

https://www.singulart.com/en/collection/𝙔𝙊𝙐-𝙒𝙀𝙍𝙀-𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍-𝙎𝙀𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙀-𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈-𝙏𝙃𝙀-𝙎𝙊𝙄𝙇-31262

“A quiet excavation of inner voice, Buried Monologues brings together works that hint at thoughts left unspoken. Layered...
13/03/2026

“A quiet excavation of inner voice, Buried Monologues brings together works that hint at thoughts left unspoken. Layered surfaces, dark palettes, and fragmented forms suggest narratives hidden beneath time, memory, and silence. The curation explores the weight of what remains internal—where emotions settle into the depths, and the traces of solitary reflection slowly rise to the surface.”

Buried Monologues - curator

https://www.singulart.com/en/collection/buried-monologues-31919





The earth writes its history.Ridges and fractures are the lines where time becomes visible.I look at the mountains with ...
09/03/2026

The earth writes its history.
Ridges and fractures are the lines where time becomes visible.

I look at the mountains with admiration.
For me, they are silent observers.
They were here before me and will remain after — guardians of time.
Time leaves its traces in layers, shifts, and fractures, often almost invisible to the eye.
Lines of movement pass slowly and deeply through their form.
A fracture does not destroy the form.
It becomes a boundary before a new movement.

https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/natalia-tykhoniuk-ridges-i-2576200


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