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- Memory Error, 2022
Olya Koval
Did I really see this?
Memories fade, details are forgotten, contours blur. After February 24, time seemed to accelerate. A vast stream of information keeps you away from the place where you actually are. And it becomes difficult to remember what exactly surrounded you.
In this installation, I reconstruct my grandmother’s room from my childhood memories. Gradually, I paint each element of the room white, creating a metaphor of memory as something vulnerable and dynamic. After the full-scale invasion, memory begins to distort personal events, layering one experience over another. Physically destroyed, at times, it turns into a trap of fantastic memories and recollections.
Olia Koval is a photographic artist from Chernihiv, currently based in Kyiv.
She began photographing in 2018 while studying cinematography at Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television (Karpenko-Kary). In 2019, she joined the MYPH School under Serhiy Melnychenko and completed a course in conceptual photography in 2020.
Olia was selected for MYPH PRIZE 2024, was a finalist in the IWPA competition (2024), and won the Fresh Eyes Award in 2023. Her Non‑violent Changes series (2019–2020) and the work Stone—acquired by the Odesa Fine Arts Museum—reflect her nuanced visual exploration.
