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 explores presence and absence, memory, mortality, and fractured identities, navigating the space between documentary, poetic, and performative approaches. Artist books are central to her work, with projects shortlisted for the Dummy Award, PhotoEspaña, and Encontros da Imagem. 

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

Sveta lives and works in Haarlem.