Olesia Miftahova

Born in Ukraine and currently based in Wales, UK, I am a full-time artist whose practice explores how time reconfigures memory. I focus on moments of global change where established narratives shift and inherited forms take on new meanings.My work is deeply shaped by the experience of living between cultures during war and migration. Weaving together biblical imagery with Celtic, Slavic, and Welsh mythologies, I revisit archetypal structures to see how they transform across contexts.Currently, I focus on acrylic painting. Its immediacy and adaptability perfectly mirror the conditions of a migratory life. Through this medium, I investigate how present experiences alter familiar symbols, and what remains of them after displacement, rupture, and re-formation.

2020–2026
Professional artistic training in fine art and botanical illustration, including courses and master classes in watercolor, pastel, composition,
academic drawing, botany, color theory, and commercial illustration with leading artists and instructors: Delnara El, Lilit Sarkisian, Dasha
Pogodina, A. Valchuk, N. Kupchyk, K. Shiova, Dianna Sutherland (UK), I. Shek, O. Panchenko, N. Dubey, A. Hrinchuk, P. Kutsak, and N. Vasyuk.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2025
Garden of Memories: Growing Beyond Caerphilly County Borough Council, Ystrad Mynach, United Kingdom
Garden of Memory Caerphilly Library, Caerphilly, United Kingdom

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026
Is There a Connection Between Us? MLYN Design Hub, Kyiv, Ukraine
If Trees Could Talk (International Art Biennale 2026) Batangas, Philippines
Ultra Red (International Watercolour Exhibition) Bukovinian Watercolour Association (BWA), Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Generation of War / Η Γενιά του Πολέμου Goethe-Institut Athen, Athens, Greece.

2024
A Decade with Umbrella Revolution and Dignity – Art & Documentation Exhibition Bonham Tree Aid, Trafford, United Kingdom
2025
Wandering Stars Art Voyage Gallery, Zofingen, Switzerland Gardens of Life, POSK, London, England, United Kingdom
Cost of Truth C & G Artpartment, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Fish on a Hook A4 Studios, Altrincham, United Kingdom
Celebration of Ukrainian Culture Gallery Gwyn, Aberaeron, United Kingdom
Between Worlds Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
The Celebration of Ukrainian Culture Greenspace Gallery, Ferryside, Wales, United Kingdom
Gardens of Life – English Edition POSK Gallery, London, United Kingdom
United by Watercolour 2025 ...