Veronika Zabarna

Veronika Zabarna is a Ukrainian artist known for her deeply emotional works that range from tender human moments to ethereal wildflower fields and richly textured abstract compositions. Born in Sumy in 1988 and now living in Ivano-Frankivsk, Veronika creates art that evokes a sense of warmth, serenity, and connection to the earth.
Her oil paintings often feature symbolic and emotional portraits of people, especially women, immersed in nature or intimate moments. Through gentle expressions, delicate gestures, and traditional Ukrainian motifs, she captures the quiet strength and beauty of the human spirit.
In parallel, her landscape works celebrate the magic of meadows, light, and air. Fields of daisies, lavender, or wildflowers dissolve into soft-focus glows, drawing the viewer into a dreamlike space of calm and memory.
Veronika also explores abstract art through textured surfaces, gilded elements, and layered techniques, allowing her to experiment freely with material and mood.
For her, art is not just a practice — it is a way of speaking. “Just as writers write books,” she says, “I write my thoughts in color and form.” Her studio in Ivano-Frankivsk is both a creative sanctuary and a space where she teaches others, offering individ...

Veronika graduated from the Sumy College of Arts and Culture named after Dmytro Bortniansky, receiving a professional qualification in Fine and Decorative Arts.
She was trained across a broad artistic spectrum, including academic drawing, painting, composition, design, weaving, embroidery, sculpture, and ceramics.
She also earned credentials as a leader of amateur art collectives and an art teacher.

Winner of the VII International Art Festival "MALYUI UA"
Exhibition in Kyiv (2023 - 2024)

Group Exhibitions in Ukraine:
• “Love as Life”, Center of Ukrainian Culture and Arts, Kyiv (2023)
• “Art with the Aroma of Coffee” – two exhibitions, Art Space “Mystetskyi”, Kyiv (2023)
• “Colors of Tradition”, Lviv (2024)

International Participation (2023–2024):
Works exhibited as part of the “UA Art Must Go On” festival in Malaysia and Greece

For me, art is my language. It’s the way I reach people’s hearts without using words. In every painting, I leave a part of myself — a thought, a memory, a feeling that cannot be expressed otherwise.
I believe that art has the power to heal. It brings a sense of home, hope, and beauty — something we often lose in everyday life.
My mission is to remind people that the soul has a voice. And even in the hardest times, there is still light within it.

Motto:
Each painting is a touch to the soul.
I paint silence in which everyone hears their own story.