My name is Aneta-Viktoriia Ivanova.
I am an artist and a servant.
For me, creativity is a way to live life more deeply and with meaning.

From a very young age, my love for art was clear.
At four years old, I started with ceramics.
Later, I went to music school and theater, and I also tried dancing.

In my local church, I had space to express myself through creative projects.
There, I found close friends and the person I love.
But painting was always closest to my heart.
Over time, my father, a professional painter, taught me the basics.
Together, we prepared for college, where I studied painting for four years.
Later, through online courses, I found my own artistic style.

At the same time, I was growing in music.
In this way, two important parts of my life grew together — art and service.
This journey was not easy.

Pandemic, war in my country, the loss of loved ones, years of distance with my fiancé ,
and seasons when I had push through wall, and start again from something small.
That is when I learned something important:
Joy begins with gratitude for what you have here and now.
With simple things. With one small step.

Prayer and worship taught me to thank God even in hard moments.
To receive strength and hope from Him.
And the studio became a place where the stories on the canvas became a powerful messages.

My art is about how something greater can grow from small things —
one day, one canvas, one prayer.
Delight in small, aspire to great.
This is how I live.
This is how I create.