PAINTING
NADIYA SPILLER
 
DETAILS
Wood, texture paste, acrylic and oil colors
Diameter 60 cm
2025
 
DESCRIPTION
In Offline, the human presence has disappeared, and precisely through this absence the moment becomes visible. The sunset takes center stage, free from distraction. Light and color unfold, the clouds carrying the glow calmly through space. The pixel structures feel more balanced, less insistent, almost breathing. Nothing competes for attention. The gaze can linger. The moment is allowed to resonate.
 
BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
Nadiya Spiller (born 28 July 1979 in Donetsk, Ukraine) is a Berlin-based ophthalmologist and contemporary artist. Originally trained as a medical doctor in Donetsk and Dresden, she has worked in ophthalmology in Germany since 2007 and became board-certified in 2021. In 2025 she earned her doctoral degree from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Alongside her medical career, Nadiya has pursued art since receiving the title Artist of Ukraine in 1997. In 2021 she developed her distinctive pixel-texture painting technique, which has been exhibited in Cairo and Berlin, including the solo shows Timeless Pixels (2022) and Art as a Weapon (2024).
She speaks Ukrainian and Russian natively, is fluent in German, and has good command of English. Nadiya lives in Berlin with her husband and three sons.