Dana Kavelina is an artist and activist who works with video, animation, painting, illustration, and text. Through these mediums, Kavelina injects an artistic component into civic activism and protest. Her work considers vulnerability, personal and collective trauma, as well as historical and cultural perceptions of war that exceed conventional narratives. Her award-winning animated film About Mark Lvovich Tulpanov, Who Talked to Flowers (2017) depicts the events of the military conflict in Donbas, Ukraine through the lens of personal tragedies.