Biography

Sveta Kaverina (b. 1977, former USSR) is a visual artist working with photography, video, and text. With a background in cultural studies and a PhD in philosophy, she previously worked as a political journalist in Moscow before relocating to the UK in 2014 and settling in the Netherlands in 2021.

Her practice operates within conceptual photography, using metaphor, staged imagery, and performative strategies to explore memory, identity, and contemporary political narratives. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, she examines historical and personal memory, as well as the ways narratives shape perception.

Artist books are central to her work, extending the projects’ conceptual framework, with several shortlisted for the Charta Award 2026, Dummy Award 2025, PhotoEspaña 2025, and Encontros da Imagem 2025.

Her work has gained increasing international visibility, including selections for the Biennale della Fotografia Femminile in Mantua, a first-place award at the World Biennial of Student Photography in Novi Sad, and a Dutch Talent Grant supporting her exhibition at the Rotterdam Photo Festival.

Sveta lives and works in Haarlem, NL.