VALERIA GOGINA IS AN ARTIST WHOSE PAINTINGS UNFOLD
AT THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN REALITY,
METAMORPHOSIS , AND DREAMS.
AT THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN REALITY,
METAMORPHOSIS , AND DREAMS.
METAMORPHOSIS
120 x 100 cmOil on Canvas, Zürich, 2026
explores renewal as a slow and often painful act of transformation. Emerging from a discarded body, a young tree becomes both wound and promise -
an image of identity taking root after loss. The surrounding garden offers abundance and fragile beauty, where crystals, flowers and
fruits suggest the quiet potential hidden within moments of uncertainty. Created during a period of migration and personal change,
the painting reflects the possibility of rebuilding a life without abandoning the traces of what came before.
PRICE 7’000 CHF
CHART
40 x 50 cmOil on Board, Zürich, 2026
Third artwork belongs to “ arrival” triptych. The structure recalls the geometry of crystals, molecular formations,
and living cells, suggesting that both human identity and the natural world
are shaped through the same universal principles of growth, connection, and transformation.
PRICE 600 CHF
ARRIVAL
30 x 40 cmOil on Board, Zürich, 2026
First artwork belongs to “ arrival” triptych. This series explores the emergence of a new life form as a metaphor for human becoming.
The creature passes through three states: it is born from mineral matter, gradually merges with its surroundings, and eventually begins to construct a world of its own.
Crystals, plants, and organic structures are no longer depicted as separate objects; instead, they become the material from which identity is assembled.
Rather than representing a single transformative event, the works present metamorphosis as a continuous state of becoming, where the self is
shaped through an ongoing dialogue with the world.
PRICE 600 CHF
ABSORB
40 x 50 cmOil on Board, Zürich, 2026
Second artwork belongs to “ arrival” triptych.
PRICE 600 CHF
CARRYING CONTRADICTIONS
120 x 100 cmOil on Board, Zürich, 2026
In process
Inspired by the landscapes and abandoned villas of northern Italy, this painting reflects on the fragile relationship between beauty, labor, and identity.
The crouching figure embodies the tension between the body's vulnerability and the relentless expectations placed upon it, while fragmented classical sculptures evoke ideals of permanence,
perfection, and rational order. Set within a landscape where nature quietly reclaims the remnants of civilization,
the work questions what remains of beauty when it is no longer protected, and how identity is negotiated between endurance and surrender.
PRICE 6’000 CHF
REBORN
25 x 25 cm
Oil on Canvas, Frauenfeld, 2021
The Ouroboros serpent speaks of the process of rebirth - it hatches
from the egg of life and ends its cycle by withering away.
An endless circle.
PRICE 500 CHF
DREAMS
25 x 25 cmOil on Canvas, Frauenfeld, 2021
Dreams are not presented here as illusions, but as another state of perception. A crystalline formation anchors the composition while an organic network hovers above it,
recalling both neural pathways and the branching patterns found throughout nature. Together they suggest that imagination is not separate from the world - it grows from the same structures that shape memory, sensation, and life itself.
The shifting landscape resists fixed distance, expanding and contracting like a remembered place. Reality becomes fluid, transformed not by fantasy but by attention, emotion, and memory.
The work reflects on the quiet possibility that the worlds we dream and the worlds we inhabit are shaped by the same consciousness.
PRICE 500 CHF
GUARDIAN
25 x 25 cm
Oil on Canvas, Frauenfeld, 2021
An eye rests within an open hand, reimagining an ancient symbol of protection as an image of quiet presence. Sight and touch merge into a single gesture,
suggesting that perception itself is a form of care. The work reflects on the belief that true touch begins with attention - that to truly encounter another being,
a landscape, or oneself, one must first learn to see. The gaze neither judges nor defends; it simply remains present.
PRICE 500 CHF
FRUIT OF FORGOTTEN PLEASURES
100 x 70 cm
Oil on Canvas, Zürich, 2026
A light that looks almost artificial—reminiscent of a smartphone flash—picks the strawberry out of the darkness.
At first, the fruit appears succulent and alluring, until the eye notices that its seeds have been replaced by tiny skulls. The work speaks to the fragility of pleasure:
happiness is captivating, yet fleeting and finite. The unnaturally oversized fruit becomes an image of excess—an attempt to fill an inner void with pleasure,
where the enjoyment itself already holds a reminder of its own end.
2´500
MATTERHORN
60 x 80 cmOil on Canvas, Frauenfeld, 2025
Inspired by the iconic Swiss mountain, this painting transforms the familiar landscape into something simultaneously geological and organic.
Bathed in crimson light, the mountain oscillates between monument, living body, and dormant volcano, revealing nature not as passive scenery but as a force that is both beautiful and overwhelming.
It is a meditation on the sublime - where awe emerges from the uneasy coexistence of attraction and latent violence.
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