
Olena Shalena
Switzerland
Conceptual & Fine Art
Official Selection 2025
How many selves live inside a single person? Many Within One is a visual meditation on identity and inner multiplicity. Each silhouette reveals a different version of the same figure—shifting, blending, fading—like memories, moods, or masks. It’s about who we are when no one’s watching, and how much of ourselves we ever truly show.
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that we’re not just one person—we change depending on where we are, who we’re with, or how we feel. This piece was inspired by that shifting sense of identity. I wanted to show how many versions of ourselves can exist at the same time—some clear, some fading, some hidden. It’s about the layers we carry and how we move through them every day, often without even realizing it.