Svitlana Zezekalo

Represented by Art Voyage Gallery Switzerland | Based in Croatia | Series Adulthood, Fantasy, Human in the City, Don't look up!
Works held in private collections in Ukraine, Austria, Croatia and Poland.

I was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1974 and have lived in Karlovac, Croatia since 2022, when the war forced me to leave my home.
Since 2023 I am a member of the Croatian Artists’ Union ULAK and represented by Art Voyage Gallery, Switzerland.

In 2023 I also lost my son.
That year everything I knew about life ended, and something new had to begin.

My ongoing series “Adulthood” is not about pretty silence or gentle healing. It is about learning to live when the worst has already happened. It is about discovering that tenderness can survive even the deepest grief, and that solitude can become a place where a person is reborn.

Lately, I've been working mostly with acrylics on canvases measuring 90 × 90 cm.; the format is intentionally chosen for its capacity to contain a narrative while remaining physically portable. Recently I have shifted toward smaller canvases (40×50–70×50 cm), creating more intimate pieces that preserve the same emotional depth and layered textures in a more accessible scale — both for collectors and for the rhythm...

Kyiv Children's Art School (Ukraine)

Solo Exhibitions
2022 – Solo Exhibition, Euro Art Gallery, Rivne, Ukraine

Group Exhibitions and Art Events
2025 - Group Exhibition, Galerija Vjekoslav Karas (Karlovac, Croatia)
2025 - 3 Group Exhibition, ULAK (Karlovac, Croatia)
2025 – Group Exhibition, Art Voyage Gallery (Zofingen, Switzerland)
2024 – 4 Group Exhibition, ULAK (Karlovac, Croatia)
2024 – 2 Art Residency / Artistic Plein Air, ULAK (Karlovac, Croatia)
2024 – Art Residency / Artistic Plein Air, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
2024 – Participation in Charity Art Auction, Croatia
2019 – Group Exhibition, NuArt Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

Selected Private Collections
Ukraine, Austria, Croatia, Poland