Olena Pachkolina

Olena Pachkolina was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1989, fleeing the Karabakh war, her family found refuge in Ukraine. She currently lives in Kyiv.
Since childhood, Olena has been passionate about creativity, drawing, ceramics, and especially photography.
However, creativity always remained her source of inspiration.
She worked in furniture redesign, restoration of vintage objects, created bas-reliefs, and continued photographing.
Today, Olena is developing her authorial photography project “In the Light of Traditions” — a series of photographic artworks dedicated to Ukrainian traditions, the warmth of home, memory, and peaceful Ukraine. Through her works, she seeks to portray Ukraine through coziness, hospitality, family values, and the beauty of simple things.
Olena’s still lifes combine photography with a painterly approach, creating an atmosphere of silence, light, and homely warmth.

For some time, life led her away from the artistic path — she earned two higher education degrees in land management and law.

Виставка "Момент натхнення", Київ, галерея Глобус , травень 2026 рік