Aia Kora

Aia Kora
Born in Ukraine, based in Poland.

In my artistic practice, I explore corporeality, emotionality, and female identity. I’m particularly interested in the body as a language—how it speaks of inner states, of openness or closure, of vulnerability and strength. My works depict female figures, faces, gestures—not in a naturalistic way, but through an abstract-conceptual lens. These are body fragments, silhouettes that convey emotions, observations, and my personal sensations.

I am especially drawn to women’s experiences, particularly those of migrant women—individuals with whom I continuously engage through my social and educational work. I observe attentively: how a person sits, moves, gestures, reacts. My art is an attempt to capture these intangible signals and give them visual form.

I work primarily with traditional painting on canvas, often incorporating embroidery—not as a strict reference to textile art, but as a means of rethinking painting itself. For me, fabric becomes not only a material but also a carrier of touch and emotion.

My artistic practice coexists with my educational work: I lead workshops, art-therapy sessions, and creative projects with women, supporting them in expressing themselves through art. This...

2010 – 2012 - Lviv National Academy of Arts
Master's degree, Department of Artistic Textiles
Qualifications awarded: textile artist, researcher, teacher

2006 – 2010 - Lviv National Academy of Arts, Artistic Textiles Department
Bachelor degree
Specialization: textile decoration with weaving
Qualifications awarded: textile artist, teacher

2003 – 2006 - Higher Technical Artistic School, Vinnytsia
Diploma of a skilled worker
By profession: teacher, performer of artistic works, manufacturer of ceramic artistic products, artistic painting on wood (Petrykivka painting)
Qualification awarded:
Performer of art and design works - category V;
Manufacturer of artistic ceramics - category V;
Painter on wood - category V;

- Solo exhibition "GRAcJE” ,organized by restaurant Obieciana , Lodz, Poland, 2025.
- Solo exhibition "Grace” , Lanskorona organized by cafe Arka, Krakow, Poland, 2024.
- Solo exhibition "Żeńskie tajemnice: Emocjonalny świat w sztuce" ("Female Secrets: The Emotional World in Art"),Tkalnia Shopping Center, Pabianice, Poland, 2024.
- Participant in the group exhibition "Wernisaż Lokalnych Artystów" ("Vernissage of Local Artists"),organized by Level Up, Łódź, Poland, 2024.
- Solo exhibition "Gra" ("The Game"),organized by Port Lodz, Poland, 2024.
- Solo Exhibition "Borders,"Café Obiecana, Łódź (exhibition cycle), Poland, 2024.
- Solo Exhibition "Times are Changing", organized by the Łódź City Council (exhibition cycle), Poland, 2023.
- Solo Exhibition "Ukraine," organized by the Refugee Center in Warsaw, Poland, 2022.
- Solo Exhibition "Ukraine is a Woman,"organized by the Łódź City Council (exhibition cycle), Poland, 2022.
- Participant in the International Exhibition "Autumn Salon 2021,"organized by the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Lviv, Ukraine, 2021.
- Participant in the Polish-Ukrainian Fabric Painting Exhibition "Czerwiń w Dialogu,"organized by the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Lviv, Ukraine, 2015.
- Solo Exhibi...