Arrival Painting

Olena Rublova is a watercolor artist with a background in science. Having received her formal education in biology and ecology, her artistic interests are focused on the issues of biodiversity, portraiture of species, pristine and feral landscapes, and the effect of man and climate change on all. While her work partly reflects her fascination with nature’s beauty, throughout her life Rublova has been witness to the anthropogenic transformation and degradation of her native Donetsk’s environment through industrialization, mining, chemical plant development, and most recently – war. The Russian aggression continues to create devastating consequences for the Ukrainian and regional eco-systems of an unknown scope. Utilizing primarily watercolor, she finds parallels in the characteristics of the technique to the contradictions of a lived reality – its unpredictability, speed, and diverse expressive possibilities. Nowadays Olena is also involved in work on the cultural front because of russia's war on the territory of Ukraine creating project "Filters of time" in pixel style Olena Rublova born in Horlivka, Donetsk region,1987. She graduated from the Donetsk National University with a degree in biology and ecology. Her continued education includes attendance of art classes in the fine art studio of I.V. Tiunin and at the M.M. Grokh School at the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv. While living in Kyiv, Rublova gained professional experience through participation in numerous artistic events, projects and exhibitions, international festivals and plein airs. She was also a member of the cultural project "Watercolor Breath" and the creative association "Five". She has worked at the Center of Culture and Arts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and The Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv assuming roles from exhibition organizer, graphic and set designer, to educational workshop moderator. Currently, Rublova teaches visual arts in the Art Club for Children in Kyiv and continues independently to develop her artistic practice. Recently she has enrolled as a mentee in the mentoring program of IFA - the German government’s Institute for Cultural Relations. The works of Olena Rublova are included in private collections in Ukraine, UnitedStates of America, Canada, Poland, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, and France, amongst others. My e-mail is olenarublova@gmail.com