Mosiyevych, Olena
Olena Mosiyevych (b. 1978) was born and raised in Ukraine. After earning a PhD in Economics from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the oldest university in Eastern Europe, she transitioned into artmaking and art history. She studied drawing and painting at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and Byzantine sacred art at Ukrainian Catholic University. Her work has been exhibited globally, including in Ukraine, Europe, the US, and Japan, with notable displays at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Ukrainian Painting. Anticipating the Russian intervention, she relocated to the United States, where she currently lives and works. Due to the military conflict, the fate of her works housed in Ukrainian museums, such as the Kuindzhi Center of Contemporary Art in Mariupol, remains uncertain. Mosiyevych actively supports her country in its fight against Russian aggression, using her art to raise funds and inspire hope for the future.
Series “Resilience"
The description provided by artist:"Resilience is a series of paintings that explores and celebrates the strength, identity, and persistence required by immigrants, and especially women who have fled the war. With this series, I hope to inspire positive change, promote understanding, and encourage a deeper appreciation for the sources of strength that come with embracing a new home and cultural identity."
Series “Rooting"
The description provided by artist: "This series presents trees as a symbol of recovering, protection, and rooting within my new homeland. I explore how Ukrainian sensibility interacts with the American landscape."
Series “War"
The description provided by artist: "War is a shock that facilitates self-discovery through suffering. By revealing hidden weaknesses, hidden strengths arise. Therefore this series focuses not only on the pain of the present, but also hope for the future – and documents that process. Within this framework, I seek to record my reflections as an artist who was forced to leave Ukraine, but remains inextricably linked with the ordeal of my country through a shared artery of pain."
Night City. In the collection of Kuindzhi Center of Contemporary Art, Mariupol, Ukraine, destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The current location and condition of exhibits remains unknown.
Acrylic on canvas.
Man. In the collection of Parkhomovsky Art Museum, Ukraine.
Acrylic on canvas.
Triptych “Altar of Hope” combines paintings based on actual news photographs depicting the shelling of Ukrainian cities.
Acrylic on canvas.
War Landscape. Based on actual news photographs depicting the shelling of Ukrainian land.
Acrylic on canvas.