lisa marty
lisa marty
Multidisciplinary Ukrainian artist, 18 y/o, studying art at Reading College.
I tell stories about how war shapes young lives,
exploring themes of resilience, identity, and transformation through clay and digital media.
Multidisciplinary Ukrainian artist, 18 y/o, studying art at Reading College.
I tell stories about how war shapes young lives,
exploring themes of resilience, identity, and transformation through clay and digital media.
the crack / 2025 / clay
the crack / 2025 / clay
This piece explores how trauma shapes both our bodies and our inner selves. Each of us carries these invisible wounds, held in the body — sometimes they quietly begin to heal, and sometimes, they split us open
This piece explores how trauma shapes both our bodies and our inner selves. Each of us carries these invisible wounds, held in the body — sometimes they quietly begin to heal, and sometimes, they split us open
While being fired, the piece experienced its own trauma — cracking in several places. In a way, it became even more human, now it carrying visible marks that made it feel even more connected to the story it tells.
While being fired, the piece experienced its own trauma — cracking in several places. In a way, it became even more human, now it carrying visible marks that made it feel even more connected to the story it tells.
Exhibited at the Mall Galleries as part of the Origins Creatives 2025
Exhibited at the Mall Galleries as part of the Origins Creatives 2025
the weight / 2025 / digital
the weight / 2025 / digital
Artwork exploring the emotional complexity of growing up—carrying the weight of loss, fear, and loneliness. It captures the unsettling confusion of not knowing how you're supposed to feel, as fear silently becomes part of you, stealing away your face and identity.
Artwork exploring the emotional complexity of growing up—carrying the weight of loss, fear, and loneliness. It captures the unsettling confusion of not knowing how you're supposed to feel, as fear silently becomes part of you, stealing away your face and identity.
lost / 2025 / digital
lost / 2025 / digital
An exploration of the primal hunting instinct that connects all living beings, created for a college project inspired by the theme Lost and Found
An exploration of the primal hunting instinct that connects all living beings, created for a college project inspired by the theme Lost and Found
how it feels / 2025 / digital
how it feels / 2025 / digital
These pieces are a visual attempt to express what those who’ve lived through
war carry within them
This piece is a visual attempt to express what those who’ve lived through war carry within them
oxidation / 2024 / clay
oxidation / 2024 / clay
This sculpture explores transformation, memory, and identity through surreal forms. Inspired by the idea of oxidation as a metaphor for life.
This sculpture explores transformation, memory, and identity through surreal forms. Inspired by the idea of oxidation as a metaphor for life.
Exhibited at the Everything Then is Now - Alter Peckham as part of the London Design Festival 2025
Exhibited at the Everything Then is Now - Alter Peckham as part of the London Design Festival 2025
blood is not a sin / 2024 / digital
blood is not a sin / 2024 / digital
This piece is about the body, about vulnerability — about how pain doesn’t make you weak.
I often wonder why we’re taught to hide our tears, clench our jaws, endure in silence. As if feeling is already a mistake. As if something leaking out of you means you’re broken.
This piece is about the body, about vulnerability — about how pain doesn’t make you weak.
I often wonder why we’re taught to hide our tears, clench our jaws, endure in silence. As if feeling is already a mistake. As if something leaking out of you means you’re broken.
matchstick / 2023 / digital
matchstick / 2023 / digital
This piece came about by accident, i stumbled upon a photo online, and it just wouldn’t leave my mind. it inspired me.
This piece came about by accident, i stumbled upon a photo online, and it just wouldn’t leave my mind. it inspired me.
what was home / 2022 / salt dough
what was home / 2022 / salt dough
This small sculpture was made out of salt dough —
it was the only material I had at the time.
I made it right after leaving the occupation.
The face here represents Kharkiv. My city. A city breaking apart from the inside because of the war.
As if it’s crying — not with eyes, but with streets, buildings, and cracks in memory.
It’s about how a place that once was home becomes pain.
Not because you stopped loving it, but because it’s suffering.
And you suffer with it.
light between oceans / 2022 / digital
light between oceans / 2022 / digital
This piece is about love. The real kind — the one that aches, the one you lose, the one where no choice feels right, and every path hurts. I wanted to show how a feeling so strong can be both light and storm — how it can save you and break you at the same time.
This piece is about love. The real kind — the one that aches, the one you lose, the one where no choice feels right, and every path hurts. I wanted to show how a feeling so strong can be both light and storm — how it can save you and break you at the same time.
works in progress
