Rooted in a background of film and storytelling, Aliaksandra Markava approaches painting as a quiet continuation of her search for meaning through image. Born in Belarus and originally trained in Screen Arts, she worked as a director and documentary filmmaker before turning toward the tactile and contemplative world of visual art.Her multidisciplinary practice includes painting, drawing, collage, ceramics, photography, and video. Influenced by literature, mythology, and nature, her works unfold like visual poems—intimate, symbolic, and emotionally resonant. A childhood shaped by books and a family culture of creativity continues to echo in the lyrical atmosphere of her art. Recurring throughout her work is the presence of the sea—not as a landscape, but as an emotional space. Each coastline she has encountered becomes a memory, a tone, a rhythm. Light and shadow drift across her surfaces with cinematic sensitivity, revealing landscapes of inward reflection. Whether working from life or through abstraction, Markava seeks to capture something ephemeral and true. Her recent explorations in mixed media and video reflect an evolving yet grounded voice. For her, art is not only an act of expression, but a gentle, attentive way of being—one that listens, heals, and remembers.