Artist Statement
In my work I explore how our cultural heritage is being transformed by current trends in human development. My main question is: Is there a place for ethnicity in our virtual reality? In my reality there is.
I believe that it is impossible to comprehend the essence of art, rather the opposite: art helps us understand what we like and what we don’t like, how we feel and who
we are in general.
Very often I am inspired by my own memories and experiences. In my paintings you can often see themes that have shaped me and my taste since my early years. I adore Ukrainian cultural heritage and am
willing to delve into it endlessly.
When I paint a picture, I rarely plan what the result will be. Initially I only have a canvas with paints and an idea. If my original idea wants to transform into something else,
I will let that happen.
"In my work, as in life, I'm in a search of balance. Finding it inside myself I transfer it to the canvas"
Art
Mother
Acrylic on canvas, texture paste
100 x 70 cm
2021
With this work, I pay tribute to the culture I come from. Ukrainian culture has laid the foundation for my creative activity. This is my eternal inspiration and eternal pain.
“A mother, mother stood beside her home, but round the village, there is smoke”, – words from an old Ukrainian folk song about the war, which, unfortunately, are still relevant now.
Stone Women
«They still stand on the same place proudly, calmly and straight, in humble expectation of peace and justice. Maybe, that is why they are petrified.»
The collection reveals the vulnerability of cultural heritage and memory and shows the absurdity of our current state as humanity.
Voice
Watercolor pastell, acrylic, oil pastel on acrylic paper
56 x 42 cm
2021
A voice that does not manifest itself for a long time, but which always resounds in your soul.
Last
Events
Group exhibitions
"Human rights Padua-Kherson" - 02 -23 March, 2023, Altinate San Gaetano, Padua, Italy, by UART gallery and Vitaukr.Italia
Exhibition "Unbreakable - 14 February, 2023 by We & World Kozytskyi Charity Foundation in Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA
Exhibition at Eleven Ten Sudio - 01 - 22 December, 2022, Basel, Switzerland
"Art against violence" - 13 -17 November, 2022, Villa Reale di Monza, by UART gallery and Vitaukr.Italia
Digital exhibition "Fragility" - 25 October - 20 December, 2022 by METASENSES gallery
"Między niebem a ziemią" - October 2022, by UA World Art Fund, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej „Solvay”, Kraków,Polska
"Still in Ukraine" - 20 June - 30 June 2022, Exhibition in Atrij ZRC Novi trg 2 Ljubljana, Slowenien
ARTBOX.PROJECT World 2.0 - 01 Februar - 4 March 2022, Urbanside Gallery in Zürich
ARTBOX Project 3.0 - Swissartexpo 2021, August 2021
Publications
Al-Tiba9, Artist's dialogues - August 2023
ART UP MI Magazine - Autumn issue, 2022, Milan, Italy
Chromartmagazine - November 2021
JaamZin Creative - March 2021
Awards
Honorable Mention Award at International Juried Art Competition, April, 2021