

Elena Alyabyeva
b. Kharkiv, Ukraine, 1985
y. active 2017 - present
Window
pen, marker on paper, 8.3 x 5.5 in
Created on April 5, 2022
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See all of the works in the exhibit HERE
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At the time of drawing, the artist was in the city of Uzhhorod, far western Ukraine. She fled Kharkiv with her whole family to escape the war and now lives in a school gym adapted to accept refugees. She creates her works there or while walking around the city.
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This is the first work in the series. In order to establish some normalcy Elena with her family went for a walk everyday and took her sketchbook and utensils with her. On those walks she began to fancy Uzhhorod architecture. In the drawing it is early spring and a few timid flowers can be seen on the branches of the trees. It is a look from the outside in, into this dark window, as if the Spring is calling on the person inside to come out.
Elena graduated from Kharkiv Art Lyceum and continued her education by taking private lessons. She has a unique and peculiar style where strong, determined strokes and bold colors are balanced by the softness of the subject. The war has changed the mood of her paintings. Her first personal art show was in Kharkiv in 2021 and a few months later she exhibited with the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Her works are in private collections in Germany, Denmark, Poland, and the United States.
