Krystyna Khvostyk

Krystyna Khvostyk is a Ukrainian artist born in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

As an artist, I explore the emotional and intuitive space of the female world.

My work is not just about the body — it is about the feeling of being a woman, in silence and in voice, in vulnerability and power.

I create through tactile textures and mixed oil techniques, using the female figure not as an object, but as a vessel of inner experience.

This series is born from the desire to give form to what often remains unspoken.

Each painting is a step inward — and outward. A fragment of emotional truth.

I am not here to explain womanhood. I am here to listen to it — and let it speak.

In 2020-2023 – graduated from the Krakow Pedagogical University at the Department of Fine Arts and Conservation of Fine Arts.
In 2022 – completed an internship at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts in Milan.
•In 2017-2018 – entered the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts, the faculty of monumental painting.
In 2013-2017 – graduated from the Kharkov Art College at the Faculty of Painting, where received a diploma with an assessment for successful achievements in painting.
In 2006-2011 – graduated from Kharkov Art College. I.E. Repina.

Solo:

2025 “Woman inner voice” La Divina - kunst musik< Vienna, Austria

Group exhibitions:

2025 “Exhibition of Ukrainian Painters” Trafo Gallery, Bodrum, Turkey.
2024 “Colors from Ukraine” Artemisia Sergi Salonu, Bodrum, Turkey.
2022 “Erasmus Exhibition” Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy.
2022 “Marco Polo” Venice Art Gallery, Venice, Italy.
2022 “I am an artist”, ArtBay gallery, Krakow, Poland.
2022 “The shades of women” KreatiwRaum Galerie, Vienna, Austria.
2022 “The Storyteller”, Stakkato Art Space, Krakow, Poland.
2021 “Pain Up” CSW Wiewiórka, Krakow, Poland.p
2021 “Krakers” Krakow Art Week, Krakow, Poland.
2021 “Noises” ArtBay Gallery, Krakow, Poland.
2020 “Beautiful world of art” KreatiwRaum, Vienna, Austria.
2019 “Kleine Nocturne” KreatiwRaum Gallery, Vienna, Austria.

Art Fairs:

2022 International Fair Art3f Queen Art Studio Gallery, Monaco
2022 Art Shopping Carrousel du Louvre, International Salon of Contemporary Art, Paris, France.

Competitions:

2022 Brera International Contemporary Art Prize – Galleria Made4Art di Brera, Milan, Italy

Publications:

Biuro Cracow Fashion Week