Olena Horhol

I make landscapes.

I create things which I can see around me. It’s pretty obvious but not everyone notices it.

Sometimes I merely document a scene. On other occasions, I attempt to “cut out” the most unnoticeable, unimportant piece and make it self-sufficient, put it into the spotlight. Often, my works contain a composition, a pattern of light and shade, shape and form, color and contrast. But sometimes, a surface is enough (ground, snowfield, the reflection in the water). The challenge is to capture details in a minimalistic composition. To do that, I use texture – thin, fat, protruding strokes of paint – to emphasize the shape, to capture the color.

I have a diploma of a textile artist. During my studies, I used to work with fabric and filaments. Now, I try to mix these skills with painting. This way, the texture of a brushwork looks like a set of threads. I weave a tapestry on canvas.

My goal is to perfect my pieces as much as I can, so people realize that this is not a low-effort painting, not an etude, but a carefully prepared, enhanced composition.

Like a tapestry.

Lviv National Academy of Arts (Ukraine)
textile department
2011-2015

2020

- Portfolio of desire (Dom Trzeżwości, Poznan, Poland)

2019

- Constellation - Beyond the Horizon (Gallery of Association of Polish Artists and Designers, Toruń, Poland)
- My Zakopane (Municipal Art Gallery, Zakopane, Poland)
- Summer Salon (Stalowa gallery, Warsaw, Poland)

2018

- Art Confrontations (TEST gallery, Warsaw, Poland)
- National biennale of art - 45 Winter salon (Elektrownia - Centre of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland)
- 100 paintings for 100th Independence Day of Poland (cultural center Dwór Artusa, Toruń, Poland)
- Sielpia-Końskie, reporting exhibition of art camp (Gallery DEK, Końskie, Poland)
- Loving Vincent, exhibition of paintings from movie "Loving Vincent" (Książ Castle, Wałbrzych, Poland)
- Vincent at Rzeszów (The Cultural Incubator of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland)
-Valley of Tysmienica, reporting exhibition of art camp (Gallery Oranżeria, Radzyn Podlaski, Poland)
- In anticipation for Oscars, exhibition of paintings from movie Loving Vincent (Innovation Center PRZEJŚCIE, Wroclaw, Poland)

2017:

- “The Loving Vincent Exhibition” (Gallery KINO DCF, Wroclaw, Poland)
- “The Loving Vincent Exhibition” (Het Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
- “In love wi...