Oksana Gaidaenko

Hello! My name is Oksana Gaidaenko, and I am an artist based in Kyiv, Ukraine. My creative journey began in childhood and naturally led to a deep interest in painting, design, and the emotional presence of the visual world.

For a long time, I’ve been drawn to the beauty of fleeting moments — I create landscapes and still lifes that hold the warmth of real places, light, weather, and mood. My works often begin from life: plein air sessions, travels, or morning light falling on everyday objects. I’m interested in how color and form can capture not just an image, but a state of being — calm, tension, memory, or presence.

Recently, my inspiration has shifted toward something more intangible: the Universe itself. I find myself deeply moved and unsettled by thoughts of parallel time, distant worlds, and the invisible connections between things. These ideas have given birth to a new series of works — metaphysical in tone, filled with symbols, imagined spaces, and silent presences. It is my way of reaching toward something I may never fully grasp, but feel compelled to explore.

What is beyond what we see? Can we exist outside the body? Can time fold and echo? My latest paintings are not answers — they are quiet invitations to feel, refl...

National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kiyv, Ukraine