Kesan Oksana Khyzhniak

Oksana Khyzhniak (Kesan) is a Ukrainian visual artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Her practice moves between figurative painting, watercolor, mixed media, textile techniques and installation.
Her work explores vulnerability, bodily presence, trust, memory and the quiet emotional states hidden in everyday life. Rather than illustrating a story directly, she often begins with a small observation, gesture or physical sensation and develops it into a visual image.
Khyzhniak has exhibited in Sweden and internationally. Her recent practice combines an interest in the human body and emotional vulnerability with an attentive, sometimes gently humorous observation of ordinary life.

2026 — Konst & Design, Konst & Kulturakademien, Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm, Sweden
20-week full-time art and design program.
1983–1985 — College of Arts and Crafts, Reshetylivka, Ukraine
Traditional arts and crafts, specializing in artistic hand and machine embroidery.

Some exhibitions in recent years
2026 — Beginning, The Blue Verve Art Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2026 — Ljuset som förblir, Galleri Carl, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 — Unity Rushnyk, Kulturhuset Sergels Torg, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 — Ukrainian Art & Culture, Folkets hus, Huddinge, Sweden
2023 — A Never-Ending Touch, Konstnärsklubben i Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2023 — Reflections and Vulnerability: A Week of Ukrainian Art, Designtorget, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 — Glory, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland
2022 — Coloring Billboards / WALLSTREET Stockholm, Upplands-Bro, Sweden
2021 - UrbinoInAcquerello 2021 International Festival, Ilaly
2021 - Virtual Exhibition MiniWatercolor Kyiv 2021 online
2019 - Solo exhibition "Trevels on paiper" in gallery “Bulvart”. Bursa city, Turkey
2019 - International exhibition-competition "Watercolor monolodues" Lviv, Ukraine
2019 - International Festival of the watercolor miniature MiniWatercolor Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 - Personal exhibition "Trevels on paiper" in Regional Universal Scientific Library, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
2019 - First Budapest international art mail exhibition "Art friendship World " Hungary
2018 - II international w...