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Tania Stupnikova
Shit Happens
Acrylic on canvas
60×60 cm
2026
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 720 EUR

Sure, you can hope for the best. Good luck with that thankless hobby.

I’ve never hoped — and the world hasn’t let me down once. Everything I prepare for, traditionally, happens.

The helmet is a metaphor for the kind of vigilance that slowly becomes a way of life: expecting impact, rehearsing disaster, staying ready even when nothing is happening. It is absurd, excessive, and strangely comforting at the same time.

So yes, maybe the helmet is a metaphor. But good luck sneaking up on me.

720 EUR – catch it before it dives.

Tania Stupnikova
Uprooted
Acrylic on canvas
20×20 cm
2025
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 95 EUR

Not everything pulled out bleeding is a bad thing. What am I even saying — surgeons make fortunes off exactly that!
And even if you leave a red trail behind you, that’s usually a pretty cheap price tag. Let’s be honest: a new life starts exactly like this.
P.S. Blood being a cheap price for a new life doesn’t mean I’m selling this painting cheap. And the price you see is just for now — later it’ll be more.

Tania Stupnikova
The heart in tiny paws
Acrylic on canvas
round 30 cm
2025
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 199 EUR

They say we are all born hollow. Our chests echo like empty shells. We walk, we talk, we laugh, but inside us there is only silence. No true heart, only a space that waits.
The old stories claim that gods forgot to finish us. Others say it was punishment. But the cats know better. They walk between our bones like gardeners in a field. They carry seeds that no one can see.
When a cat chooses you, it climbs into your ribs. It curls in the hollow, its fur brushing the walls of bone. In its small paws it begins to shape something red and fragile. At first it looks like a knot of yarn, trembling and wet. Then it starts to beat.
The kitten guards it. It sleeps with one eye open, tiny claws resting on the growing heart. It feeds the heart with purrs, with warmth, with the sharp needle of its teeth. Slowly, what was once nothing becomes the center of you.
Most people never notice when it happens. They only realize later, when they cry and feel the ache, or when they love and feel the fire. They say: I have a heart now. But it was always the cat’s work.
That is why, when a cat sits on your chest and stares into your eyes, you cannot look away. It is not playing. It is measuring. It is checking if the heart it built still beats as it should.
Do not laugh. Do not push it away. You may think you own the cat. But the truth is simpler, and darker: the cat owns your heart.
And remember—many still walk among us without one.

Tania Stupnikova
Let’s Play
Acrylic on canvas
40×40 cm
2025
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 224 EUR

Every game begins with laughter. But not every game ends that way.
The first steps feel light, the kind a child takes without fear. Then the weight begins. Choices arrive, and each one leaves a mark. The ground itself starts keeping score.
They said it was only a game. But games remember. And this one never ends.
The message does not change. Neither does the price.
Here, rules are not written down. They arrive in bills to pay, in doors that close, in sudden silences at night. You learn them too late, often by losing. And every loss costs more than toys.
Still, there is no retreat. Once you step inside, you are already playing.
So you walk. You stumble. You carry scars that no one claps for. And those who remain learn to fight for small victories, stubborn enough to survive.
You cannot leave the game. But you can endure it. You can even win a place inside it—stronger, sharper, more alive than before.
And if you last long enough, you will understand the truth:
What began as play was only the mask.

Tania Stupnikova
Rhythm 2.0
Acrylic on canvas
80×80 cm
2024
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 1395 EUR

In 1974, artist Marina Abramović performed a radical piece called “Rhythm 0”. For six hours, she placed her body in a gallery space alongside 72 objects—ranging from a rose and a feather to knives and a gun with a single bullet. She offered herself entirely to the audience, refusing to resist anything they chose to do to her, turning herself into an object. The results were shocking: at first, people acted cautiously, but over time, their actions escalated into violence. The performance exposed the darker sides of human nature, forcing us to reflect on the boundaries of morality and responsibility.

“Rhythm 2.0” brings this concept into the modern age, replacing the artist with a figure of artificial intelligence—silent, powerless, and fully at the mercy of those around it. Surrounding it are some of the same objects used in Abramović’s original performance.

We are often worried about AI threatening us, but we rarely stop to think about the boundaries we cross in how we use it. In this case, it is the object, and we do with it whatever we wish.

“Rhythm 2.0” is not only an homage to the iconic performance but also an invitation to dialogue. What makes us human? What do we choose when limitless possibilities are placed before us? And are we ready for the moment when technology, like nature, might respond to our interference?

Tania Stupnikova
Roots of Unease
Acrylic on canvas
30×30 cm
2025
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 144 EUR

I always try to show that no matter how scary or unsettling the imaginary world might seem, it’s probably still not as bad as some of the things reality throws at us. Who knows, maybe we should just take a vacation in a forest like this—it might even be better than certain places on Earth. And honestly, if you think about it, maybe we should start expecting something good to come from the “outside.” What if it’s not as bad or terrifying as we imagine? But here’s a thought: if you walk up to a little pine tree with an axe, planning to chop it down, take it home, and decorate it with tinsel, well… that pine tree might have a surprise for you. So yeah, maybe don’t bring an axe to the trees. 😉

Tania Stupnikova
Lessons of Happiness
Acrylic on canvas
60×60 cm
2024
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 720 EUR

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there was a war. The neighboring kingdom bombed its peaceful towns and villages. There were no bomb shelters, so people hid wherever they could, often in basements. When the alarms sounded, children went down to school basements and continued their lessons there.

Then the queen decided to help the children. She introduced “Lessons of Happiness” in schools. She did not build bomb shelters or stop the war. Instead, she decided to teach the children how to be happy.

But somehow, the smile of happiness would not stay on their faces.

Perhaps that is not how happiness works.

Tania Stupnikova
The Land of the Free?
Acrylic on canvas
80×80 cm
2024
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 896 EUR

At first, I envisioned this painting as an allusion to the war and its consequences. For people, it’s as natural to protect themselves and their families as it is for an octopus to live in the water.
But as I began studying octopuses to better understand their anatomy and behavior, I discovered that all octopuses sold as food are caught in the wild. Now, the fact that we need to eat other living beings is already a troubling reality, but when we’re capturing intelligent creatures to consume — that’s something we shouldn’t accept.
Octopuses represent an entirely different branch of evolution. Their intelligence is not like ours, and their way of perceiving the world is vastly different too. Yet, we don’t eat creatures like monkeys or dolphins, for instance. So, if a species is intelligent but distinctly “alien” to us, we somehow find it acceptable to consume them.
To me, this challenges the very idea of freedom — especially in a world where we talk so much about rights and liberties, while at the same time stripping them away from other beings.
I hope that anyone who looks at this painting will reflect on their impact on the world around them and understand how crucial it is to respect all forms of life — even those who can’t fight for themselves.

Tania Stupnikova
Sorry, I have nowhere to go home to
Acrylic on canvas
60×60 cm
2024
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 720 EUR

This painting began with a red leaf.

During my first year in a new country, I noticed it lying among dark green ivy. It came from a different plant. Its bright red color made it impossible to blend into its surroundings, no matter how naturally it seemed to lie there. I recognized myself in it.

Later, the leaf became a small dragon. He is trying to blend in, but there is an obvious problem: he is pink.

Migration changes the meaning of home. You may be welcomed in a new place, learn how everything works and build a life there, but you did not grow there. And if you return, the place you left has changed — and so have you.

Perhaps home is no longer a place. Perhaps it is where your people are.

Tania Stupnikova
After another global extinction or thank you for freeing the planet for us
Acrylic on canvas
80×80 cm
2024
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 1150 EUR

We tend to think of ourselves as survivors. Wars end, cities are rebuilt, and life continues. But the land remembers much longer than we do.

War destroys more than human lives and buildings. It poisons soil and water, kills animals, damages ecosystems, and leaves consequences that may last for generations.

In this painting, dinosaurs discover the remains of our civilization in a frozen landscape. The roles have been reversed: now they are looking at our extinction.

We are not as resilient as we like to believe. We depend entirely on the world we are so good at destroying.