Aliona Koroliova

Painting is my instrument for expressing what lives inside me.
It is my language—one that speaks for itself, without explanations or definitions.

I don’t need to explain what is depicted on the canvas. What matters to me is leaving space for the viewer’s own sensations and interpretations. Each work is an invitation to an inner dialogue, where there are no right or wrong answers.

I work with abstract form, color, and rhythm as states of being. I am interested not in image, but in feeling; not in narrative, but in presence. What matters in my work is what happens between the painting and the viewer in the moment of encounter.

The meaning of my work lies in the refusal to search for meaning.

I believe that art does not need to explain itself—it needs to be felt. Each viewer sees in it exactly what they need at that particular moment. I work with abstract painting, exploring inner states through color, movement, and intuition. My practice is built on attentive listening—to myself, to the process, and to what emerges on the canvas beyond conscious control. For me, painting is not a way of depicting, but a form of presence.

I allow the works to emerge gradually, layer by layer, guided by sensation rather than a predetermined intent...

2024–2026 — Studying at “13 FLOOR” Studio, under mentorship of Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Malykh,
Kyiv, Ukraine
2023 — member of the botanical watercolor club with Kateryna Spirtus (online)
2019 — interior sketching course with Olga Kaminska (online)
2007–2011 — Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Bachelor of Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine

2026 — personal exhibition “Trace of time”, Imagine Point Galler, Kyiv, Ukraine
2026 — group exhibition “AKHROM” Imagine Point Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2026 — collective exhibition within the project ART HOUSE | FREEDOM OF CREATIVITY, FashionArt.House Design Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 — solo exhibition, Art Café “Zoloti Vorota”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 — first solo exhibition within the project ART HOUSE | FREEDOM OF CREATIVITY, FashionArt.House Design Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
2023 — group exhibition “Illuminant”, MetaSenses Gallery (online)
2023 — group exhibition “Love as Life”, Center of Ukrainian Culture and Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine