Anna Konrad depicts a face emerging from the intricate mesh of a Bila Tserkva crochet balaclava in white lines on black paper, eyes wide and piercing through patterned voids. The balaclava,  handmade by Ukrainian women artisans during war, covers yet reveals its lattice symbolizing resilience from Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region’s cultural heart where defiance felled a Russian Il-76 in Vasylkiv’s battle. Star-flecked shoulders add cosmic depth, fusing anonymity’s armor with Anna’s expressive, stylized realism.

Measurements: 30 × 44 cm.  

Paper: Cartolina Nettuno Natural, 215 g/m² (pure cellulose, fiber-sized, felt-marked both sides, mass-tinted). 

About the Artist

Anna Konrad is a German leisure artist studying fashion design in Berlin. Drawing has been a constant in her life since childhood; since 2013, she’s pursued it consciously alongside other creative outlets like jewelry-making to channel feelings, document daily experiences and express her personality. Memories and music fuel her greatest inspirations, manifesting in diverse media from traditional drawing and collage to digital, though she favors mixed media on paper. Her style flexes with mood and project,typically comic-like or stylized realistic, and draws from manga, animated series, video games and school art lessons.

Donation

40% of the sale proceeds will be donated to Voices of Children, a Ukrainian charitable foundation providing psychological support, rehabilitation, art therapy and humanitarian aid to children impacted by war.