Painting, textiles, wearable forms of resistance.

We are proud to present Darya Siamchuk, known artistically as Cemra — meaning “darkness” in Belarusian — whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, object, and ready-to-wear. Born in 1990 in Grodno, Belarus, and now based in Warsaw, Cemra’s work navigates themes of trauma, memory, identity, and transformation, grounded in personal experience and collective histories.

Forced to flee Belarus in late 2022 under political pressure, Cemra’s relocation informs the urgency and depth of her work. Her visual language is deeply material: plaster bandages, resin, oil, pastel, and lacquer create raw, textured surfaces that evoke both wounds and healing, body and memory. Her canvases feel sensate — physical spaces where pain is not hidden, but witnessed and processed.

Her approach expands beyond canvas into wearable pieces that function as soft armor — extensions of the same narrative: fragile, protective, visceral. These objects are not merely garments but gestures of continuity between art and body, trauma and transformation.

Cemra’s work has been recognized internationally through residencies and grants, including:
– Kulturvermittlung Steiermark & City of Graz Artist-in-Residence (Austria, 2025)
– “Adradzhenne” National Revival Scholarship (Belarus, 2024)
– ArtPower Belarus Grant, supported by the EU (2023)
– Dukley European Art Community Residency, Montenegro (2020)

Influenced by artists like Teresa Margolles, Cemra works with an ethics of presence — giving visual and tactile form to what is often unseen or silenced.

We are honored to represent her ongoing practice, across both fine art and limited-edition wearable works.