Searching For Home
A Collection by Anya Vero
The Collection
A Copper Road Heading To The Spectacular
Details: 180 x 130 cm approx, Oil on Faux Silk, 2025
Anya Vero
Anya Vero’s background and the search for where and what is home is at the centre of these paintings: half Ukrainian, half Russian, Latvian-born but having spent more than half of her life in other countries, the questions around her identity have never been fully answered and perhaps they never will. Searching for home becomes as much a spiritual journey as it is a geographical location.
This series dives into the visual representation of what wandering and looking for home looks like. Scenes from life and places. Symbolic elements like stars hint at places far away in the universe, other galaxies; throughout the millennia stars have been our navigation tools - spiritually and physically. Radars are symbols of looking for something and connecting; roads - leading somewhere. The shaped canvas and oils on faux silk is the signature style that brings the colours, composition and textures alive.
The Exhibition
A Unique Space for a Timeless Journey
For the first time in its history, the Neatished ex-air force military bunker and radar base will be the setting for an art exhibition. The raw, imposing structure of this Cold War relic provides a powerful contrast to the delicate themes of belonging and identity explored in Vero's work.
This exhibition is an exclusive and immersive experience, inviting you to navigate countless corridors and discover art hidden within a space once dedicated to defense and secrecy. The bunker's heritage adds a profound layer of meaning, turning the act of viewing art into a journey of historical and personal reflection.
In Conversation with the Artist
Q: What inspired you to use the bunker as the venue for this collection?
A: The bunker's history and its role as a "shelter" from conflict resonate deeply with the theme of searching for a safe, spiritual, and physical home. This unique space and the radar connected to it is a perfect juxtaposition for this vivid imagery - the warmth we all seek amidst the desert of concrete.
Q: Was there anything in particular that sparked your ideas for the collection?
A: I wanted to create a visual representation of what wandering and looking for a home looks like... with scenes of the places and feelings that arise when I try to understand where I belong. The symbolism around searching is a big part of it - like the stars, faraway places that give us context on where our home is, or radars, tools used to search and guide us; pathways that lead us somewhere.
Q: Have you ever felt like you knew where home was?
A: Not in a clear or definite sense, more in the practical sense of living in a place for a time, and in terms of the people I care about who live there… But I’ve never found a single place that counts as “home” and grounds me, more a shifting collection of places. In the modern world, lots of people have multiple homes, and while it’s important for humans to have a sense of belonging and know where “home” is, I think this comes from the people rather than the place itself. Then there is a question of home in a metaphysical sense and this is a whole other dimension of looking at belonging and our purpose and destiny in life.
The Private View
You are invited to the exclusive private view for "Searching For Home," an unparalleled event that marks the first art exhibition ever held within the historic Neatished military bunker.
Private View: 4th October 2025, 3 PM
Exhibition Dates: 4th - 5th October 2025
Please note that this is a **booking-required event**.
To receive your exclusive invitation with the full address and directions, please register your details below.
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Event
This unique event is more than just an art exhibition. For the first time in a while, it will be possible to see this huge bunker up close, explore its history, and navigate its countless corridors with an expert guide. Your visit to the "Searching For Home" collection includes this exclusive access to a part of history that has remained unseen for decades.
