Oksana Mykhanko: History room

Ukrainian designer and visual artist Oksana Mykhanko arrived in Finland for the first time one year ago due to the full-scale invasion launched by Russia. With support from the Ukraine Solidarity Residencies Programme Oksana was based for eight months as artist-in-residence at AARK (Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo).

Mykhanko mainly works with graphics and illustration, she also experiments with collage, textile, painting and digital art. Within these mediums she explores identities through the prism of cultural heritage. The most recurrent topic of her work is architecture, through which one can learn about the features and individualities of people in different regions, as well as aspects of their family history.

At the end of March Oksana finished her second Finnish residency at Tapiola Guest Studio in Espoo (The Finnish Artist’s Studio Foundation) and moved to explore another area of Finland while artist-in-residence at Art Centre Salmela in Mäntyharju. These residencies are supported by the Ukrainian Solidarity Residency program.

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Education
2010 – Lviv National Academy of Arts “Monumental painting”

Practice
2013 – teacher of art 2014 – teacher of art at private courses, Lapaivka, Lviv region
2016 – founder of own brand MAMAMADE,
2016 – administrating in showroom «ETNO», Lviv2017 – showcase design in showroom ETNO
2018 – designing of interior in restaurant «Livyj Bereh»2020-2021 – art director in gallery «Centre of Modern Art», Ivano-Frankivsk
2021 – wall paintings in kindergarten , Pidberiztsi, Lviv region 2021 – mural group paintings, Burshtyn

Creative Activity
2011 – Exhibition “Lviv through the eyes of youth”, Lviv.
2012 – Exhibition “Art-avant-garde”, Kolomyia.
2014 – Exhibition “And the dead, and the living, and the unborn”,m. Kyiv.
2014 – Art project “Camera”, Lviv.
2015 – Exhibition “Pentecost”, Kyiv.
2015 – Plein Air “Lviv seasons”, Lviv.
2015 – International plein air of icon painters, Zamlynnia village.
2017 – Personal exhibition “My Church”, Kolomyia
2017- Exhibition “Textile”, Lviv Palace of Arts
2018 – International Biennial of Contemporary Art “Kolomyia 50/50”
2019 – Art plein air “Zboriv Art Battle”, Zboriv 2019 – Art residency “ZhovkvArt”, Zhovkva
2019 – Art workshop for children with disabilities “Happy Art”, Zhovkva
2019 – 1st International Triennial “Traveling Philosophy”, Kremenchug
2020 – Summer School for Youth “Protection of cultural heritage – my business”, Zhovkva
2020 – Exhibition “Another Landscape”, Ivano-Frankivsk
2021 – Festival of Contemporary Art Mykolaiv ART Week, Mykolaiv
2021 – Residence “Umbrella” on Promprylad.Renovation, Ivano-Frankivsk
2021 – Residence “Mariupol. City of the Sea “, Mariupol
2021 – Course «Creative enterprise Ukraine», supported by House of Europe
2021 – Kindergarten painting, Pidberiztsi, Lviv region
2021 – Mural painting in cooperation with EXO artists creative association
2022 – Archipelago Art Residency in Korppoo(AARK), during «Ukraine Solidarity Residency», Finland
2022 – Personal grant from Kuvittajat ry, The Finnish Illustration Assoсiation2022 – Personal grant from Kone Foundation, during HIAPs Ukrainian Solidarity Program 2022 - Group « Open Studios day», AARK( Archipelago Artist Residency in Korpo)
2022 – Participation in international symposium «Building Artist`s Future», Helsinki, Finland
2022 – Artist Talk at Turku Arts Academy, Turku, Finland
2022 – Group exhibition «Splitting and the space between», Suomenlinna, Finland
2023 – Art residency in Tapiola Guest studio, the Finnish Artists Studio Foundation
2023 – Art residency in Taidekeskus Salmela, Mantyharju
2023 – Solo exhibition «Continue living», Turku
2023 – Young Artists Competition, Taidekeskus Salmela