When Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022 Anna Sarvira was visiting Germany. She has not yet returned to live in Ukraine but instead tries to do everything in her power and capabilities by further organizing exhibitions of Ukrainian illustrators in Europe. Anna Sarvira’s own graphic work and illustrations have been awarded and exhibited worldwide. She has illustrated more than 30 books.

Since Anna co-founded the Pictoric Illustrators Club with Oleg Grishenko and Olena Staranchuk one decade ago, she has tried to give people in Europe an idea about Ukrainian culture and history through illustrations of daily life in Ukraine.

During the past nearly three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the war became part of daily life in Ukraine. Showing a broader and deeper picture of Ukraine is one of the main goals of Anna and her colleagues at Pictoric: «We don't want Ukraine to be just associated with the war. We are trying to also show the culture and history that is behind us because I think that it's much easier to support people or countries if you know something about them.»

While being more than 1600 kilometers away from her hometown, Kyiv, Anna has found purpose amidst the war by spreading knowledge about Ukrainian culture.

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Website: https://annasarvira.com/

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Pictoric Illustrators Club: https://www.instagram.com/pictoric.ua/

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