Art has
its faces
and we
know them

Art has
its faces
and we know them

Andrii Bludov is a Ukrainian artist and Honored Art Worker of Ukraine. He was born on March 17, 1962, and currently lives and works in Kyiv. His work centers on themes of mythology, travel, and revealing the artist’s individual vision of the world through the prism of avant-garde. According to the artist, he explores the “phantoms” that exist in the contemporary world.

 

Artur Soletskyi is a Ukrainian artist, was born in 1996 in Vinnytsia, currently lives and works in Lviv. In his practice, he combines installation, video art, sculpture, and painting, working primarily with canvas and acrylic. The main themes of his art are the interaction between humans and space, the influence of the artistic environment on the viewer, as well as the exploration of mass psychology. The artist’s style is distinguished by minimalism, active interaction with the surroundings, the symbolism of the human body, and its deformation as a means of conveying emotional states.

Dania Shulipa is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses painting, graphic art, sculpture, digital art, and design. At the center of his creative expression lies the exploration of life through personal reflections. The artist’s visual language combines elements of expressionism, symbolism, urban aesthetics, and motifs of mass culture, retro, and punk. Drawing on these codes, Shulipa constructs his own artistic context and visualizes an individual worldview. Was born in 1998 in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. Lives and works in Kyiv.

Eduard Potapenkov is a Ukrainian artist from Dnipro. He currently lives and works in Kyiv, where he creates his artistic projects. He participates in various collaborative projects and collaborations. Since 1996, Eduard has been a participant in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. The artist does not define his art by strict genres and strives primarily for change, encouraging viewers to engage in visual dialogue.

Eduard Rybalevskyi was born in 1991 in Zaporizhzhia. He currently lives and works in Kyiv. The main themes of his artistic practice are the relationship between humans and nature, the divine, and the otherworldly. “In my works, I combine visual memories, fantasies, and sensations, seeking to explore every corner of my own thoughts and experiences. Art for me is a powerful tool for self-discovery. Where the unconscious has equal rights with the conscious, and fantasy dominates over beauty, I feel honesty and confidence.”

Serhii Hrekh (Feros) is a Ukrainian artist, was born in Drohobych. He began his artistic practice with street art and graffiti, which shaped his visual language and interest in the interaction of art with the urban environment. Later, the artist expanded his practice, turning to painting, graphic art, and large-scale art projects in public space. Serhii Hrekh’s artistic work combines abstraction and figurative surrealism, in which experimentation with form, color, space, and composition becomes a tool for the exploration of human experience.

Misha Piskur is a Ukrainian artist, was born in 1995. Currently lives and works in the city of Rivne. In his artistic practice, he works with painting, addressing themes of personal memory, human relationships, and emotional experience. His works are distinguished by a naive, almost childlike imagery that combines with deep psychological content.

Nata Levitasova is a Ukrainian artist born in 1996 in Kyiv. She currently lives and works in Tallinn. The artist works in painting with elements of Neo-Cubism and geometric simplification, using canvas and oil paints. Her main themes are industrialization, the displacement of nature by cities, and human loneliness in the modern world.

Nina Murashkina is a Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist, born in 1985 in Donetsk, currently lives and works in Spain. The artist creates visual narratives in which the key themes are the psychology of sexuality, intimate drama, and the search for identity. Her distinctive aesthetic has been influenced by Ukrainian naive art, the imagery of Indian and Japanese cultures, as well as ancient mythology. Nina describes her works as “delicious details from the subconscious and the extreme boundaries permitted in social relations.”

Sasha Chichkan is a Kyiv-based artist, born in 1988. The artist works in realistic collage, using paper, magazines, glue, and fabric. Her main themes are ecology and social change. The artist’s concept reflects the dynamics of contemporary society while reminding us of the importance of preserving nature.

Sasha Lunova is a Ukrainian artist, was born in 2003 in Mykolaiv. She currently lives and works in Kyiv. In her artistic practice, she works at the intersection of primitivism, naive art, and art brut. The artist’s primary media is painting, in which she combines acrylic, oil, wax crayon, spray paint, and textured materials. Objects and installations using textile and soft materials also occupy an important place in her work. The central theme of Sasha Lunova’s work is the interaction between humans and space and environment.

Stefan Stoikov is a Ukrainian artist, was born in 1997 in Izmail, Odesa region. In his practice, the artist turns to images from various historical epochs, reinterpreting them through a contemporary context. Combining mythological motifs, cultural allusions, and visual elements of mass culture, Stefan creates multilayered compositions in which classical subjects coexist with modern forms of perception. The artist’s main themes are mythology, historical memory, cultural allusions, human solitude, and the interaction between classical art and contemporary visual culture.

Was born in 1993 in the village of Kariv near Lviv, Ukraine. Lives and works in Kyiv and Lviv. The central theme of Taras Haida’s art is immersion into his own subconscious. The artist depicts situations and ideas emerging from his inner world and, through intuitive thinking, transforms them into expressive artistic images. Taras’s artistic work primarily concerns how we perceive and comprehend the manifestations of our consciousness.

Vitalii Hrekh is a Ukrainian artist whose practice has developed at the intersection of street art, graffiti, and painting. He began his creative activity in 2007 within graffiti culture, later expanding his visual language to more diverse artistic forms. Since 2010, he has participated in exhibitions, festivals, and residencies.

Volodymyr Manzhos, known as Waone or Interesni Kazki, was born in 1981 near Kyiv. His primary visual language consists of surrealistic fairy-tale stories with elements of spiritual and symbolic context. His works explore themes of ecology, apocalypse, the duality of life, and cosmology. “The main purpose of my art is to discover who I am and to explore the external world. Through the creative process, I redirect attention from wasteful everyday life to invisible worlds, to the origins of existence. My narratives are dreamlike, non-linear stories that combine fantasy, symbols, and expression. I draw inspiration from the visual aesthetics of books and engravings by old masters.”

Was born in 1985 in Kyiv, where he currently lives and works. In 2010, he graduated from the Scenography Department of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, earning a Master’s degree. In 2019, he became the laureate of the first prize of the OBJECT CONTEMPORARY ART PRIZE in the field of contemporary art. Yurii Denysenkov works with painting, video, and installation. His artistic practice focuses on the exploration of fear, memory, ruins, and human loneliness in urban society. The artist examines the state of alienation of contemporary individuals, the transformation of personal and collective memory, as well as the fragility of presence in urban space. The artist’s key series include “Instinct,” “Memory Aberration,” and “Absence of Presence.”

Yurii Solomko is a Ukrainian artist, photographer, creator of objects and installations, and one of the representatives of the “New Wave” of Ukrainian art. He was born in 1962 in Crimea. From 1990 to 1994, he was a participant in the legendary art collective “Paris Commune,” which played an important role in shaping contemporary Ukrainian art. Since 1991, he has been working on the long-term project “Artistic Cartography,” which became one of the key directions of his artistic work and brought the artist international recognition.

Yurii Sivirin is a Ukrainian artist, curator, and educator, born in 1983 in Kyiv, where he currently lives and works. In his practice, he works at the intersection of painting, media art, and installation. He combines his professional activity with teaching and curatorial practice. Yurii Sivirin’s practice focuses on the exploration of how individuals perceive reality in conditions of constant information flow. His works function as visual models of contemporary experience, where personal experiences intertwine with collective narratives, and individual consciousness is shaped by social, political, and media processes.

Zhenia Machkovska is a Dnipro-born artist who lives and works in Kyiv. The central themes of her work are memory, self-awareness, internal dialogue, and the emotional transformations of the individual. The artist explores fragile psychological states—moments of tension, calm, or internal shifts that often go unnoticed yet shape one’s identity. The characters in her works exist on the boundary between reality and metaphor, between the visible and the felt, creating a space where individual experience acquires universal resonance.