Etnodim Embroidery Prize — The Results
24 30.10.2026
Etnodim Embroidery Prize — The Results
We’re announcing the results of the Etnodim Embroidery Prize, an initiative launched to support new artistic projects that place embroidery at the heart of artistic expression. This year’s three winning artists explore experiences of war through their work.
First place went to Eva Alvor for Roots of Water, a project exploring the transformation of the Dnipro River, particularly in the aftermath of the Kakhovka Dam disaster.
Eva Alvor is an artist from Zaporizhzhia who shifted from painting to textiles and hand embroidery in autumn 2022. The change became a way to navigate anxiety and find a more authentic artistic voice, using colour, lines and texture to explore tactility, sensitivity and vulnerability.
First place went to Eva Alvor for Roots of Water, a project exploring the transformation of the Dnipro River, particularly in the aftermath of the Kakhovka Dam disaster.
Eva Alvor is an artist from Zaporizhzhia who shifted from painting to textiles and hand embroidery in autumn 2022. The change became a way to navigate anxiety and find a more authentic artistic voice, using colour, lines and texture to explore tactility, sensitivity and vulnerability.
Second place went to Polina Zapolska for her research into sites of memory, focusing on the Syvash railway station.
Polina Zapolska is a Kyiv-based artist who explores memory and identity through textiles, installations and performance, with a particular focus on southern Ukraine. Her practice brings embroidery into dialogue with contemporary media, alongside her work on cultural and educational projects.
Second place went to Polina Zapolska for her research into sites of memory, focusing on the Syvash railway station.
Polina Zapolska is a Kyiv-based artist who explores memory and identity through textiles, installations and performance, with a particular focus on southern Ukraine. Her practice brings embroidery into dialogue with contemporary media, alongside her work on cultural and educational projects.
Third place went to Olya Fedorova for a series of works titled Maps of the Missing, Maps of the Erased, Maps of Defence Lines, Wounds and Scars and Tablets of Rage, depicting the outlines of destroyed cities.
Olya Fedorova is an artist from Kharkiv who works across textiles, text, photography and video, exploring landscapes and her own experience of war. After being forced to evacuate in 2022, she turned her attention to the concept of “ghost landscapes”: places in the Kharkiv region lost to the war, which she explores through the lens of longing and grief.
Third place went to Olya Fedorova for a series of works titled Maps of the Missing, Maps of the Erased, Maps of Defence Lines, Wounds and Scars and Tablets of Rage, depicting the outlines of destroyed cities.
Olya Fedorova is an artist from Kharkiv who works across textiles, text, photography and video, exploring landscapes and her own experience of war. After being forced to evacuate in 2022, she turned her attention to the concept of “ghost landscapes”: places in the Kharkiv region lost to the war, which she explores through the lens of longing and grief.
The final presentation of Eva Alvor’s Roots of Water project will take place in 2027.
