Ulyana Nyshchuk
Ulyana creates in the folk manner, following the traditional iconography technique, using glass or wood - linden, ash, oak or cypress. Sometimes she creates her works on old door panels, which she buys from antique dealers. Ulyana says that doors from old Polish and Austrian houses have their own ancient spirit, which helps create peculiar pieces. Using a wooden board, she stretches gauze (pavoloka), applies gesso, i.e. icon-painting primer. According to the old technology, it is made with chalk, honey and gelatin. Adds holy water. Ulyana says that working with gesso is a pleasure because it has the texture of the human body. Uses pigments in a powdery substance - egg yolk with beer or white wine. All of her pieces are made of environmentally friendly material.
Was born in 1984 in Lviv, Ukraine. In 2004 she graduated from Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts, Department of Industrial graphs. In 2019 she graduated from Lviv National Academy of Arts, Department of Monumental Painting.
Personal interests:
easel, monumental and sacred paintings
philosophy of art, the study of ethnic culture
Artistic priorities:
associative properties of artistic image anthropocentric tendencies in art, synthesis of ancient and modern.
Exhibitions
2007 — A-House Gallery, Gutsuliya, Kyiv
2008 — k-f Atmosphere, Coming Summer, Lviv
2009 — k-f Centaur Project, Ptafka, Lviv
2010 — Birds, Łańcut, Poland
2012 — Iconart, Transition
with Ostap Lozynskyi and Olia Kravchenko
2012 — Green Sofa Gallery, 10×10. 100 Windows of Lviv
with Ostap Lozynskyi and Olia Kravchenko
2013 — Iconart, Cluster
2013 — Green Sofa Gallery, Journeys
with Ostap Lozynskyмand Olуa Kravchenko
2014 — Iconart, Unfading Flower
with Ostap Lozynskyi, Roman Zilinko, and Oleksandr Bryndikov
2018 — Iconart, Adam’s Rib
2020 — Green Sofa Gallery, Mary’s Dream
2022 — Iconart, Colour
2025 — Green Sofa Gallery, Flower-Adorned Protection