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Shtepura Olena
The Dream of a Restless Citizen belongs to a series of paintings reflecting on society. It is a smooth transition from another series of “nuclear landscapes” only through the concept of the existence of new generations in it. It is a certain view of a literally blue society and not literally a drunken society. Its duality and ambiguity. When you can be an ideologue, criticise the system, values, and someone’s ideals, shout about your position, and always be concerned and critical of everything around you.
And then you give in or break down when you accept and just close your eyes. When you sleep in reality. You accept the past and the future and you don’t notice anything anymore, you just exist. This is introspection and a critical look at social and ideological issues. This duality and ambiguity in the perception of society reflects the complexity of individual interaction with the world around us, or even its complete absorption.
Olena Shtepura was born in 1994 in Nizhyn, Chernihiv region. Lives and works in Vienna
Education and qualifications
2019 – a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine
2016-2018 – The National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, MA painting (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2012-2016 – The National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, BA set-designer (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2008-2012 – Shevchenko State Art School, painting (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Personal exhibitions
2024– Personal exhibition “Homage of war” in Vienna Gallery, Vienna
2021 – Personal exhibition “Episodes” in the Urban Space 500, Kyiv.
2020 – Personal exhibition “Immersion” in the gallery Portal 11, Kyiv.
Group exhibitions
2024 – Group exhibition “Liutyi/ Лютий/ February”, Akbild, Vienna
2024– Group exhibition “Don’t Close Your Eyes” at Umbrella Art center in Concord.
2023 – Group exhibition “Secret love stories“, Vienna.
2023 – Group exhibition “Women of liberty“ Basel
2023 – Group exhibition “Fight, sister“, Vienna.
2023 – Group exhibition “Don’t close your eyes: Ukrainian artists respond to the war“ NJ.
2023 – Group exhibition “Women art Revolution“, Warsaw.
2023 – Group exhibition “Den blick õffnen” artP.kunstverein , Perchtoldsdorf
2023 – Group exhibition “Assembly Scheme”, M17 CAC, Kyiv.
2022 – Group exhibition “Curiosa” in the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv.
2022 – Group exhibition “Institutionalization” in the gallery Imagine Point, Kyiv.
2022 – Collective project “Supernova .Art of Ukraine“, Basel.
2022 – Group exhibition “Ukrainian Voice. Your choice!“, Bread and Salt gallery, San Diego.
2022 – Group exhibition “Unity: British & Ukrainian art“ by the art unit in Koppel X, London.
2022 – Group exhibition “Connected art“ in Holyshart, Warsaw.
2022 – Group exhibition “Revelation“ at gallery Brulhart, Geneva.
2022 – Project of political art “Revolution“ at Galerie Le Guern, Warsaw.
2022 – Group exhibition “From the Pain to the light“ for the support of the organization Ukrainian Charity Exhibition, in Tallinn and Helsinki.
2022 – Group exhibition “Don’t close your eyes“, Boston.
2021 – Group exhibition “Ukrainian Surrealism” in the gallery Portal11, Kyiv.
2020 – Participation in the All-Ukrainian Art Project. “The Environment ofExistence. Manifest 2020“ Lavra Gallery, Kyiv.
2020 – Visual art exhibition “Who am I today” gallery “Mytets”, Kyiv.
2020 – Participation in the exhibition “Time Zero” at the Institute of Problem Contemporary Art, Kyiv.
2020 – Participation in the group project-homage “Museum of Contemporary Art of Ukraine” at the Institute of Automation, Kyiv.
2020 – a representative of Ukraine at the international competition “The Future We Want” on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in Geneva, at the Palace of Nations.
2019 – Participated in the Exhibition of Contemporary Women’s Art “Vikna”,Museum of the History of Kyiv.
2019 – Participation in visual art exhibition “Good life” in gallery “Mytets”, Kyiv .
2019 – Participation in open doors arts studios and the exhibition “Chaos theory” at institute of Automation, Kyiv.
2019 – Participation in the exhibition «Ballpoint A4» Karas Gallery, Kyiv.
2018 – Participation in the project of Tetyana Ivashchenko,IFASHION.ART (curator Svitlana Stoyan). Museum of History of Kyiv.
2018 – Participation in the group exhibition of the project “Cultural exchange between cities of Ukraine”, Sumy Municipal Gallery and Shostka Gallery.
2018 – Participation in the exhibition “The Feeling of freedom” to the White Ribbon Day in the Verkhovna Rada.
2018 – Participation in the exhibition «Ballpoint A4» Karas Gallery, Kyiv.
