A New Day
2023
Solo show, Spas Setun Gallery, Moscow, Russia

A New Day is a graphic investigation of how an artist navigates the social and psychological architecture of the contemporary art field. Structured as a fragmented graphic novel, the project follows an alter-ego moving through a world of shifting alliances, coded behaviors, and overlapping narratives.


The fast, interrupted drawing style reflects the instability of attention and the simultaneity of inner and outer experience. Rather than constructing a linear story, the work foregrounds noise: half-formed thoughts, stray images, and competing interpretations. This polyphonic structure becomes a way to articulate uncertainty and self-observation within a collective environment.


The project positions drawing not as illustration, but as a diagnostic tool — a method for registering how perception is shaped by context, memory, and the speed of contemporary life.

installation view #1
installation view #2
Chapter 8
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
detail of Chapter 8
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Chapter 12
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Chapter 4.2
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
detail of Chapter 4.2
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Chapter 10
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
installation view #3
installation view #4
Chapter 6
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
installation view #5
Chapter 5
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Experiment during investigation 3/12
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
installation view #6
installation view #7
Chapter 2
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Landscape 8
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
installation view #8
Landscape 2
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
Landscape 1
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
Landscape 3
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
Landscape 5
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
Chapter 1
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Chapter 3
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Landscape 12
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
installation view #9
installation view #1
installation view #2
Chapter 8
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
detail of Chapter 8
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Chapter 12
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Chapter 4.2
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
detail of Chapter 4.2
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Chapter 10
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
installation view #3
installation view #4
Chapter 6
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
installation view #5
Chapter 5
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Experiment during investigation 3/12
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
installation view #6
installation view #7
Chapter 2
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Landscape 8
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
installation view #8
Landscape 2
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
Landscape 1
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
Landscape 3
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
Landscape 5
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
Chapter 1
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Chapter 3
paper, ink / 42 x 30 cm
Landscape 12
paper, ink / 30 x 42 cm
installation view #9
photo @NataliaMelikova.photo