Aliya Bodnar

Aliya Bodnar is a contemporary artist based in Kent, England, working primarily in watercolour. With an academic background in commerce and a lifelong interest in visual art, she has been actively developing her artistic practice since 2020 through independent study, specialist courses and sustained experimentation.

Her paintings frequently depict historic architecture, railway stations, harbours and everyday urban environments. While these places remain recognisable, her work explores the relationships that exist within them: between movement and stillness, past and present, and the familiar and the unexpected. Through her approach to composition, light and atmosphere, she examines how our perception of a place can shift beyond its immediate physical appearance.

Over time, this interest has developed into a broader artistic enquiry into moments when different experiences and possibilities coexist. Rather than offering a definitive interpretation of a place, Bodnar creates paintings that allow familiar environments to be encountered from another perspective.

In September 2025, she presented a solo exhibition in Rochester, Kent, featuring 33 original watercolour paintings. Alongside her studio practice, she is actively involved i...

Aliya Bodnar's academic background is in commerce, while her artistic education has developed through independent study, specialist courses and practical experience. Drawing and painting have been part of her life since childhood, forming an enduring interest in visual observation and expression.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 | Heritage in Dialogue: Stories from Kent, Rochester, Kent, UK

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 | Common Ground, The Halpern Gallery, Chatham, UK
2026 | R&WKAS at Medway Open Studios ’26, Rochester, UK
2026 | R&WKAS Spring Exhibition, Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham, UK
2025 | Winter Open, The Halpern Gallery, Chatham, UK
2025 | Art for Peace ’25, Gillingham, UK
2025 | R&WKAS Autumn Exhibition, Rochester, UK
2025 | Taste, Halpern POP, Rochester, UK
2025 | The Urban Lens, Tbilisi, Georgia
2025 | Between Worlds, Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 | Nucleus Arts Summer Exhibition, Chatham, UK
2025 | R&WKAS at Medway Open Studios ’25, Rochester, UK
2024 | Vogue Seventh Edition, London, UK

ART AUCTIONS

2025 | March, Living Artists Contemporary Art Auction, LiveAuctioneers