Oli

Losing faith in the world, I began to create my own. My paintings reflect my inner state — values, events, growth and stagnation. I paint as I see it without having an academic art education; I just transfer the meanings to the canvas. One meaning that lies on the surface is the importance of "Home" in my works. The topic of home is very painful for me now, because during the war many people were left homeless. Home for me is comfort and safety, a place where you are accepted as you are, and where you are definitely loved. My works are my children. It is very intimate, because through them I show myself as vulnerable, as I really am. The war changed my perception of the world. The feeling of disappointment does not leave me: a world where humanity is often false. I want to hide, and at the same time I wish that people would show more humanity. This war left a hole in the chest that hurts for the third year. But I will still get out of bed, even after sleepless nights under fire, and tell you what I think…

Ukraine; Kyiv; Artist's House; Art exhibition "Canvas of the soul"; September 15-24, 2023.

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