Olena Kvit
Carcassonne
Ukrainian painter, Olena studied and worked as an artist in her hometown Zhytomyr and in Kyiv. Due to the russian war she moved to France in 2022.
MessageOlena Kvit (Kharchyshyna) is a Ukrainian painter, she studied and worked as an artist in her hometown Zhytomyr and in Kyiv. Due to the russian war she moved to France in 2022.
Olena has a doctorate in economics. In 2019 Olena left her career as a professor-researcher of management to embody her ideas and her vision of the world in art. She consults in the field of creative economy, organizational culture and educational management. As a member of the international team of experts Olena provides advisory support to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Education :
2019-2021 – “Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization” training, МOMA (New York, USA, online)
2019 – training “International Art Management”, Kyiv National University Institute of International Relations named after T. Shevchenko (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2008-2011 – training in the studio of Leonard and Olena Slavovi (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
2008-2012 - PostDoc in Business Administration, National University of Food Technologies (Kyiv, Ukraine)
1997-2002 - PhD in Economics, Institute of Agricultural Economics of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences (Kyiv, Ukraine)
1991-1996 - Master in Management, National University of Polissia (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Projects and exhibitions:
2023, July 20-23: XV Contemporary Art Festival “Cours et Jardins des Arts”, Vers Pont du Gard, France
2023, 14-23 July: Estivales Lagorre, Seix, France
2023, April 22 – May 07: 3rd Biennale SemeArt 2023, Séméac, France
2022, August – collective exhibition Liberty, Le Forum, Nice, France
2022, July-August – collective exhibition Glory to Ukraine, V&A gallery, Sarlat la Caneda, France
2021-2022 – personal exhibition in public places in Zhytomyr
2019-2020 – project in collaboration with the NGO “The world on the palm of the hand” for the design of the social cafe “Lampa” in Zhytomyr
2017, 2018 – group exhibitions, Zhytomyr City Council
2018 – collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Zhytomyr City Council, the project "Culture: Restart. Optimization of management and development of strategy “
2012-2018 - cultural and educational project “Seven painting in the seventh heaven”, Zhytomyr Pedagogical University (personal exhibitions at the University, creative meetings, creative workshops for students)
Statement
Olena works mainly in the genre of still life and landscape, oscillating between impressionism and abstraction. She uses various techniques: oil and acrylic paints, watercolors and mixed media.
In her work, Olena avoids creating a copy of reality, but seeks to show her own perception of the surrounding reality. She wants to convey to viewers her impressions of contemplating objects created by nature and by humans. She also seeks to evoke the aesthetic pleasure of combinations of colors, shapes, play of light and shadow. That is why the artist's works are always bright, expressive, full of positive perceptions of reality.
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