Recent COVID lockdown circumstances isolated myself literally in the kitchen instead of my studio that forced me to dive into housekeeping routine without any choice. In other words, a housekeeping environment substituted other realities, that is common for a significant number of women around the world. "Made in the Kitchen" project results from my artistic research conducted by using kitchen utilities.

Flowers often decorate gender relations and force to follow socially predefined roles. At the same time, biologically most flowers are self-sufficient as they have reproductive organs of both genders and can reproduce themselves independently, pestles mean female sexual part. Naked pestles look unprotected and vulnerable, but exposed vulnerability indicates strength. The ongoing series "Flowers" is painted with olive oil mixed with spices and colour pigments.

In 29 countries in the world husbands are the legally designated heads of households, they control key family decisions and official documents. In some cases, they can restrict wife's right to work or open a bank account. At the same time, women spend 3x as many hours as men each day in unpaid care and domestic work.