Escapism: A Path of Reflection, Healing, and Exploration
by Ksenja Oksin
Solo exhibition
Part of the RELATE Festival, (Autumn–Winter 2025)
3-13 October | Opening: 3 October, 18:00
EVOHK artist-run space, Larnaca
Visual Voices, (CY), Generation for Change (CY), l’atelier des artistes en exil (FR) and EVOHK artist run space invite you to Escapism: A Path of Reflection, Healing, and Exploration by Ksenja Oksin.
Through a series of AI-enhanced portraits, paintings, and video work, Ksenja Oksin explores both physical and psychological dimensions of escape, examining how individuals respond to adversity. What does it mean to escape? A fleeting breath, a desperate flight, or a quiet rebellion?
Structured in four acts, the exhibition unfolds as a narrative inquiry:
• Act I: The Personal Pulse – Escapism as emotional necessity
• Act II: The Social Mirror – Escapism as cultural symptom
• Act III: The Human Face – Escapism as survival
• Act IV: The Reflective Return – Escapism as healing
By intertwining trauma and resilience, the works illuminate emotional landscapes shaped by displacement and longing. The project does not offer escapism as an answer—but rather as a question:
Is it a sanctuary or a trap?
A necessity or a privilege?
When does escapism shift from an individual experience to a political consequence?
Are we escaping toward growth, healing, and transformation or away from truths that demand confrontation?
Ksenja Oksin is a multidisciplinary visual artist, whose work spans installation, digital art, photography, video art, and fine art, using materials such as wood, soil, medical needles, light, and sound. Her work addresses trauma, identity, and the emotional complexity of displacement, and is profoundly shaped by her personal experience of displacement due to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ksenja holds a bachelor's and master's degree in architecture from Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, along with a course in contemporary art at the Modern Art Research Institute of the Art Academy of Ukraine. Her notable exhibitions include Border of Reality A4 Ballpen at NordArt, Düdelsdorf, Germany (2021); Artefact from the Inner-Space at the Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv (2022); Ukrainian Art Week in Belgium at Jan Garemijnzaal, Brugge (2022); Anniversary of Non-Indifference at the Ukrainian House International Convention Center, Kyiv (2023); and the Larnaca Art Biennale (2023).
Website: www.oksin.art
Ksenja Oksin is a resident artist of RELATE (REveaL – Art To Exchange), where she benefits from the mentorship of Lia Haraki, a leading figure in Cyprus’s contemporary dance and performance scene, whose guidance supports the development of Ksenja’s artistic practice throughout the programme.
RELATE supports Cyprus-based migrant artists through mentorship, production support, public showcases, and transnational networking opportunities. It is led by Visual Voices (CY), Generation for Change (CY), and l’atelier des artistes en exil (FR). It is co-funded by the European Union through the CERV programme.
DURATION & HOURS
The exhibition will be open from 3 until 13 October 2025
Monday 10:00-14:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00-14:00 pm
Wednesday 15:00-19:00 pm
Thursday 10:00-14:00 pm
Friday 15:00-19:00 pm
Saturday 10:00-14:00 pm
Sunday 10:00-14:00 pm
LOCATION Pavlou Valsamaki 9, 6026 Old Market, Larnaka - Cyprus
CONTACT +357 24 006175 | evohkartistrunspace@gmail.com
