Yuma Radne

Primarily working with painting, Yuma Radne’s practice is rooted in the Indigenous Buryat culture to which she belongs. Growing up within an Indigenous community, her work engages with the histories of colonisation and Sovietisation, exploring how these legacies can be addressed through humour—sometimes subtly embedded in symbolic forms, and at other times articulated as open visual jokes.

 

Her practice examines questions of culture and identity alongside broader reflections on what it means to be alive. Rather than depicting national symbols, Radne deliberately leaves space for a more universal experience. She avoids direct references to existing myths or legends; instead, her paintings suggest narrative fragments that unfold within a self-contained world, where characters often reappear across works.

 

These figures—frequently otherworldly beings or alien-like entities—are drawn from the artist’s dreams and imagination. Through this process of world-building, Radne constructs a coherent visual universe that allows her to articulate her perspective on the world with continuity and emotional resonance.