Olena Bogatska

I am an Ukrainian artist currently living in Cyprus. I paint consistently from 2014.

My creative process is search for balance between intention and spontaneity in art.

Inspired by the paintings of abstract expressionists, I try to combine two main directions of this movement - action painting and color field painting, to find a balance between chaos and order.

Color is the driving force in my art. It affects the viewer from the first moment of visual interaction. I work with paint, layering, dividing the color into subtle shades, accentuating, strengthening and weakening, revealing its depth and variety as much as possible.

I try to isolate color from the noise around and make it loud.

I never feel like I am the only author of the artwork. Also very important is the energy of randomness is in the creative process. I value this partner very much and am always looking for this cooperation. That way I go beyond my imagination and can get something more interesting than what I can create by myself.

Using layer-by-layer application of paint on the canvas, I enrich the texture and create a tactile effect. Each layer is like a projection of emotional experience.

The most powerful trio of color, texture and rhythm, their connectio...

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv;

London Art College

Solo Exhibitions:

2022 Trovare equilibrio / Kyiv Museum - Kyiv, Ukraine

2017 Waiting for the summer / Museum of Kyiv History - Kyiv, Ukraine

2016 Waiting for the wind / Zamostian Gallery of Fine Art - Kyiv, Ukraine

Group Exhibitions:

2024 Projections, Lellos Art Point, Limassol, Cyprus

2021 The Other Art Fair / Dallas - Dallas, United States

2020 Sonia Monti Gallery / 6 Avenue Delcassé, 75008 Paris - Paris, France

2019 Lviv Art Days / Lvivarnya, Kleparivska 18 - Lviv, Ukraine

2018 ART FAIR BRUSSELS / Tour & Taxis Avenue du Port 86C - Brussels, Belgium

2018 El arte de Bruselas en Madrid / Galeria Gaudi, Calle de García de Paredes, 76, 28010 - Madrid, Spain

2017 Modern Ukrainian Art / Art gallery Mitets - Kyiv, Ukraine

2017 Enigmatic visions / 530 West 25th Street - New York, United States

2017 Spectrum Miami / 2217 NW 5th Avenue @ NW 22nd Street - Miami, United States