'Ukrainian Archaeology' is an experimental sculptural book made of bones; each of the bones serves as a page telling the story of Ukrainian repressed history and represents physical evidence of the culture hidden within. Embedded within the bones are organic and symbolic materials—moss, ash, bread, the artist’s blood—each carrying its own charge of memory, ritual, and resilience.

Tamara Ustenko (b. 2000, Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian artist based in London, just completed her MA in Photography at the Royal College of Art.

Working across sculpture, moving image, photography, and installation, her practice explores suppressed histories, collective memory, and the quiet resilience of cultural identity. Drawing on national trauma, she constructs layered, archaeological narratives: a sculptural book made of bones, a walkable floor sculpture with hidden strata of historical resistance buried beneath tarmac, and staged forensic photographs printed on wallpaper—each work unearthing what has long remained concealed beneath the surface.