Olena Sloboda

Olena Sloboda is a contemporary Ukrainian artist based in Lviv whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore the emotional relationship between color, light, memory, and inner perception. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she creates immersive compositions inspired by horizons, mountains, nocturnal landscapes, and the shifting emotional states connected to nature and human experience.

Sloboda studied at the Lviv National Academy of Arts between 2007 and 2013, specializing in costume design and graduating with distinction. Before fully dedicating herself to painting, she worked in the fashion industry and founded her own successful youth clothing brand. This background continues to influence her artistic language through a refined sensitivity to rhythm, texture, structure, and visual balance.

Her artistic process is highly intuitive and centered on the emotional impact of color and atmosphere. Rather than depicting specific places, Sloboda creates what she describes as “internal landscapes” – emotional spaces where memory, silence, movement, and perception intersect. Mountains, horizons, and light become symbolic elements reflecting psychological states and inner transformation.

A distinctive aspect of her technique is the compl...

2007-2013 Lviv National Academy of Arts

2011 Lviv Fashionweek , Ukraine
2012 Festival of Art , Lublin City , Poland
2013 Lviv Fashionweek, Ukraine
2021 Luxembourg Art Prize , certificate of recognition
2022 Swiss Art Expo , certificate of participation
2022 Pepney Gallery group exhibition , Ireland
2022 Artnumber23 gallery, Barcelona , Spain
2022 HolyArt gallery , London , UK
2022 Miami Art week , artbox project , Miami , USA
2023 Holy Art Gallery , London , United Kingdom
2023 Golden Time talent , 2nd place nomination , London , UK
2024 We & World ,Charity auction, Lviv, Ukraine
2024 We & World , group exhibition, United Kingdom
2024 We & World, group exhibition, Toronto , Canada
2025 We & World ,group exhibition , Freiburg , Germany
2025 We & World , Ukrainian Art Festival, Tallin , Estonia
2025 Armigera art, group exhibition, Lviv, Ukraine
2026 solo exhibition Zag Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine