Delnara El

Delnara El is a Ukrainian artist and curator born in Kyiv. Holding a master’s degree from the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, she has been living a nomadic lifestyle for many years. Since 2020, she has been primarily based in Turkey while maintaining a deep connection to Ukraine and continuing to travel extensively.

Working across painting, collage, photography, and sculpture, Delnara explores themes of migration, memory, ecology, and the impact of war through the lens of the natural world. Her work reflects on the shifting meaning of home, the resilience of both people and nature, and the fragile balance between destruction and renewal. Nature serves not only as a subject but also as a metaphor through which she approaches historical, political, and personal narratives.

Delnara’s work has been exhibited internationally in museums, galleries, and biennials across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including exhibitions at the CICA Museum (South Korea), the Peace Museum Vienna (Austria), and the Taras Shevchenko National Museum (Ukraine). Alongside her artistic practice, she curates exhibitions that support and promote contemporary Ukrainian art on the international stage.

Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, master's degree in the reconstruction of buildings and structures

SOLO SHOWS

2026 — Hold the Light, Kalkan Culture House, Kalkan, Turkey
2026 — Find Something Here, Kas Art House (Sanat Evi), Kaş, Turkey

2025 — On the Threshold, Taras Shevchenko Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 — Dreams Cast No Shadows, Le coin du Centre Gallery, Meinier, Switzerland
2025 — Finestra con Vista, ANSL, Venice, Italy
2025 — Window with a View, Kas Art House (Sanat Evi), Kaş, Turkey
2025 — On the Sunny Side, Kalkan Culture House, Kalkan, Turkey
2024 — Mediterranean, Kalkan Culture House, Kalkan, Turkey
2023 — IMPRINT. Impressions of War, Squat 17B, Kyiv, Ukraine

2026

The Wrong Biennale – An Authentic Delirium, AMP Gallery, London, UK
Voices, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Free Flowers, Museum of Ethnography and Ecology of Carpathian Region, Yaremche, Ukraine
Unadorned, Meta-senses Gallery, Ukraine

2025

Art Is, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Rage Against the Dying of the Light, Red Art Club, Omnibus Theatre, London, UK
Artists' Protest, Dunoon MOCA, Scotland, UK
Third Kolkata International Art Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, India
The Dalí’s Surprisingly Surreal Photo Contest, Salvador Dalí Museum, USA
Between Worlds, Taras Shevchenko Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
United by Watercolor 202...