"Path Through Fire" Artwork

Olha Svieshnikova is a Ukrainian-born contemporary abstract artist based in Utah, United States. Her practice explores the invisible dimensions of human experience — energy, memory, emotion, perception, and transformation — through highly tactile, materially driven abstraction.
Working primarily with acrylic and mixed media, Svieshnikova builds layered, textural surfaces through an intuitive process that balances intention with spontaneity. Movement, accumulation, erosion, and structural tension become visual traces of change, allowing each composition to evolve as a physical and psychological space.
Her work is centered on transitional states: the thresholds between chaos and harmony, fragmentation and unity, tension and stillness. Rather than presenting fixed narratives, Svieshnikova creates contemplative environments in which meaning emerges through the viewer’s individual perception and emotional response.
Her work has been presented in curated and juried exhibitions in the United States and internationally, including at the Fowler Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles, as well as exhibitions and projects in New York, Lisbon, Barcelona, and other international venues.
Svieshnikova was named a Director’s Choice Artist at the 34th Annual International Juried Exhibition and received 3rd Place in Upward Gallery’s Artist of the Winter, along with additional international distinctions from Light Space & Time, Teravarna, and other juried programs. Her practice has also been featured by ABC4 News, KSL News, Artist Closeup Magazine, UPWARD’s Quarterly, and Monochromica.
Her works are exhibited and offered through selected international art platforms and galleries and are held in private collections