Olesia Tkachenko

«Olesya Tkachenko is a contemporary Ukrainian artist who works with textile materials, including cotton, wool and silk, to create works of art that are profound in meaning and relevant in terms of imagination. The artist tries to communicate via textiles, focuses on the visual language, conducts bold experiments with shape, texture and image. Tkachenko ‘s work contains the freedom of expression and the flight of fancy. She seeks the latest figurative and technological solutions - from abstract to figurative, from wall to three-dimensional installations.» My textile art is a reflection of my life, feelings and emotions, artistic practices and experiments. I try to communicate through fibers, focusing on visual language, and conduct bold experiments with form, texture, and image. I am looking for the latest visual and technological solutions from abstract to figurative, from plain to 3D installations. I create textile art of natural materials - wool, cotton, silk, and hemp fibers, which resemble a brushstroke, a graphic stroke and line. This is not actually just a piece of tissue for me, it is an art object, and it is my conceptual work, my vision of the world. Olesya Tkachenko was born in 1977. In 1998, she graduated from the Luhansk Art School with a specialty of artist-designer. In 2005, she received the qualification level "Specialist" in fabric painting at the Lviv National Academy of Arts, Department of Textiles. In 2011, she received a Master's degree and acquired the qualifications of a textile artist, researcher, and teacher. From 2006 to 2015, he was a teacher at the college of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design (KNUTD). Since 2015, he has been the head of his own art studio "Yaskravo".

Selected personal exhibitions: 2023- Personal exhibition "Deeply felt", gallery "Portal 11", Kyin, Ukraine. 2024- Personal exhibition "Intertwining", Meseum of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine. Created in 2023, this captivating piece by Olesia Tkachenko masterfully employs the technique of wet felting, utilizing materials such as wool, silk, and viscose. The 53 × 53 × 3 cm artwork embodies an abstract exploration of love through texture and color, showcasing vibrant hues and intricate patterns. The felting process brings out a deep, expressive quality, making the artwork a fascinating piece of expressionistic landscape art. 2020- “Wakening”, art studio “Yaskravo”, Kyiv, Ukraine.2022 Charity auction "Fight with art", Krakow, "Ukraine and Ukrainians", gallery "MODI Art&Wine Gallery", Kyiv, Ukraine "V All-Ukrainian Triennial of Abstract Art Art-Act 2022." Chernivtsi, Ukraine (the work was awarded a diploma) And the All-Ukrainian Triennial "ABSTRACT ART-2022" Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine 2021 "All-Ukrainian Christmas Exhibition", Kyiv, "All-Ukrainian Christmas Exhibition", Kharkiv "Abstract art-21" Ivano-Frankivsk "Until the Independence Day of Ukraine", Kyiv "Out & About" IV festival of contemporary women's art, Kyiv VI All-Ukrainian Triennial of Artistic Textiles, Kyiv, Ukraine 2020 SANSARA: III Ukrainian Contemporary Women’s Art Fest 2020, Kyiv, All-Ukrainian triennial exhibition of modern decorative and applied art "From the Earth to the Sun" 2020, Chernivtsi,Ukraine 2018 "All-Ukrainian Christmas Exhibition", Kyiv, "House of Artists" "Scythia" International biennale of artistic textiles, Ivano-Frankivsk "Pisanka Art Fest" Kyiv, Ukraine "Colors of the world" Kyiv, artist's house Presentation of painting at the Embassy of Turkey "Painting Exhibition" Rome, Italy "We Contemporary2018" by MUSA INTERNATIONAL ART SPASE, Palermo, Italy "All-Ukrainian art event for the Artist's Day" Kyiv, artist's house 2019 "We Contemporary2018" Spivakovska ART:EGO culture center, Kyiv Aukcja MS17- Młoda Sztuka Kraków, Dom Aukcyjny DESA "Colors of the world" Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "Christmas evenings in the "Globus" gallery, Boyko Art Center

1998 - graduated from Luhansk Art School with a degree in graphic artist (With honors and gratitude DCC) 1998 - entered the Lviv National Academy of Arts at the Department of Textiles (batik). 2005 - defended her diploma at the qualification level "Specialist". 2011 - received a Master's degree and qualified as a textile artist, researcher, teacher.