Elena Alyabyeva

b. Kharkiv, Ukraine, 1985

y. active 2017 - present

Light Wind in the Park

pen, marker on paper, 5.5 x 8.3 in

Created on April 10, 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.

$4,000 - sold as the collection of 8

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The fluidity of this work is an effort to show that this was the first day when Elena felt truly calm and relaxed. She knows that her home is still far away, but here she feels comfortable and not out of place anymore. Everything is in bloom in the park and the air is warm and palpable. The shadows from ancient trees flow and envelop Elena, like an old friend wrapping her in a blanket.

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.