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Briukhovetska Oksana
This work combines a sense of homely warmth with deep symbolism. In the foreground, we see buckets filled with potatoes and cucumbers, and a jar for preserving food — familiar objects in every Ukrainian household. Behind them, the shape of Ukraine is filled with daisies, a land that continues to bloom despite hardship. The flowers stand for life, simplicity, peace, and feminine strength, while the vegetables symbolize practicality, care, and connection to the soil.
The piece reflects everyday life as an act of resilience, finding beauty in the ordinary — a quiet preservation of national identity even in dark times.
Oksana Briukhovetska is a Ukrainian artist, researcher, and curator. She was born in 1973 in Kyiv. She studied at the Ivan Trush Lviv College of Applied Arts (1989–1994) and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (Kyiv, 1997–2003). In 2021–2023, she earned an MFA from the Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan (USA). She lives and works in Kyiv.
Her artistic practice spans painting, textile, curatorial, and collaborative projects. Briukhovetska explores themes of feminism, embodiment, social justice, and traumatic memory. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Ukraine and internationally, and worked as a curator and designer at the Visual Culture Research Center (Kyiv, 2009–2019).
In 2025, her book Black Lives Matter Voices was published by Choven, based on interviews conducted in the U.S. during the 2020–2021 protests, accompanied by her series of portrait illustrations. During Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she created the tapestry series Songs and Flowers for Ukraine (2022–2023), dedicated to the tragic pages of Ukrainian history and the lived experience of war.
Her latest solo exhibition SUGAR AND POPPY (KUT_artistrunspace, Kyiv, January 18 – February 9, 2025) is dedicated to the memory of her grandmother, Halyna Kysil. The project features textile portraits—some based on archival photographs, others imagined—woven together with childhood memories of scents, tastes, and stories that preserve the experience of several generations.
