The work “All I know about grandmother Anya” is the beginning of a nascent project.

From childhood about the woman in the old portrait I knew only that it was my grandmother Anya, and that she somehow died early, leaving two small children. My dad never talked about his mom. And somehow it became clear that it was better not to ask him anything. As an adult I regretted many times that I did not ask him any questions. But now there was no one to ask them…

Nobody talked about her, nobody remembered anything.

After 20 years I found a portrait in the family archive with the feeling that I knew this stranger. I created a new image of her for myself. For my children. For the past, present and future.