Olena Mishchenko

Olena Mishchenko was born in Kharkiv (Ukraine), lives in Abu Dhabi (UAE).
She works with the theme of fantasy abstract flowers and ornaments. She paints in the Petrykivka painting technique (a traditional Ukrainian decorative folk art), with acrylic and gouache materials.
In my artistic practice, I learn about the beauty, depth, harmony and diversity of the plant world and plant ornaments, as well as the wisdom of our ancestors, who left us their vision of the world in symbolic images. I work in the technique of Petrykivka painting, both traditional and modern variations. I explore how modern materials and color solutions can be applied in traditional Ukrainian painting to update it and show its new facets. In fantasy paintings, I symbolically show plants and flowers inspired by their natural elegance, strength and harmony

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026
Echoes in Colors. N2N Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Echoes in Colors. Renaissance Business Bay Hotel, Dubai, UAE
Tree of Life. International art exhibition. National Reserve “Homeland Taras Shevchenko”, Moryntsi village, Cherkasy region, Ukraine
Tree of Life. International art exhibition as part of the annual festival "Folk Painting". Cultural and Educational Center "SvitLytsya", Brovary, Kyiv region, Ukraine

2025
Tree of Life. International art exhibition. Museum of Arts of the Kirovograd regional Council, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Tree of Life. International art exhibition. Roerich Library, Kyiv, Ukraine