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As part of Design Miami’s Curio program, Victoria Yakusha Gallery presents NADRA, an  exhibition exploring depth as both a physical and emotional state. Taking its name from  the Ukrainian word for the depths of the earth, NADRA looks to what exists beneath the  surface: feeling, instinct, vulnerability and the tenderness held within strength. Victoria  Yakusha approaches depth not only as a place, but as a state of being—something  carried in the body, held in matter and revealed through living form.

Born in Ukraine and trained as an architect, Victoria Yakusha has built a practice in which objects and spaces become ways of returning to what is primal, essential, and instinctive. At the center of her practice is Live Design, Yakusha's philosophy of seeing matter as alive. Rooted in her Ukrainian origins, her work is shaped by earth, ancestral codes, heritage, and the invisible knowledge carried through craft — all translated through a minimalist, contemporary lens.