Olena Rublova

Olena Rublova is a contemporary Ukrainian artist working primarily in watercolor. Her paintings explore the fragile relationship between memory, nature, and the idea of home. Drawing on her education in biology and ecology, she creates carefully constructed visual narratives where ordinary natural objects become symbols of resilience, transformation, and cultural memory.

"I did not become an artist instead of becoming an ecologist. I became an artist because I wanted to protect the same world.

I grew up in Horlivka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region—a place where extraordinary biodiversity existed alongside heavy industry, mining, and chemical plants. As a child, I witnessed both the beauty of nature and its gradual transformation by human activity. I chose to study biology and ecology believing that science could help protect the fragile balance between people and the environment.

Over time, I realized that facts alone rarely change the way people feel. Art can.

Today my paintings explore the fragile relationships between nature, memory, home, and cultural identity. I work primarily in watercolor because no other medium reflects these ideas so truthfully. Watercolor is both controlled and unpredictable; it demands patience while emb...

2004-2009 - Donetsk National University, Donetsk, Ukraine
2008-2010- Private art school, Gorlovka, Ukraine
2011-2013- Fine Art studio named by M.M.Grokh, National Association of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine

Solo Exhibitions
May, 2026 - "Railways that brings you to the sea", Vorzel, Ukraine
November, 2025 - "Contrasts". Vorzel, Ukraine
September, 2023- "Filters of time", Administrative Hall, Kyiv, Ukraine
February, 2023 - "Filters of time", Regional Art Museum, XOXM, Khmelnytsky, Ukraine
February, 2023 - July,2025 "Walking in Biebrza Valley" in Museum named after Jacek Malchevsky, Radom, Poland
December, 2022 - "Sila Natury”, Biebrzanski National Park, Osowiec, Poland
May, 2022 - “All what is left”, Monki Art Center, Monki, Poland



Group exhibitions
June, 2026 - Biennale "Breathe of Watercolour", Kyiv, Ukraine
October, 2025 - "Views of Boryspil", Boryspil, Ukraine
July, 2025 - "Connected with watercolour", Odessa, Ukraine
May, 2025 - Group exhibition "Kyiv B-day", Kyiv National Fortress, Kyiv, Ukraine
June, 2024 - International watercolour exhibition "Breath og watercolour", Boryspil, Ukraine
August, 2023 - "Freedom", International watercolour exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine, online.
June, 2023 - International watercolour exhibition "Pearl of Ukraine", Boryspil, Ukraine
May, 2023 - "Personal boundaires", Ternopil, Ukraine
February, 2023 - Group exhibition "Invictus", Vernissage Culture Center, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
September, 2022 - Interna...