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Olena Yemelianova
Artist from Ukraine
Olena Yemelianova ukrainian artist whose practice includes watercolor, acrylic, collage and photography. In her artistic research, she explores how people come to understand themselves through the expression of emotions and feelings, living through significant or everyday events in their lives. Considering the environment as a trigger for the process of self-discovery, she draws attention to the connection between life, historical and emotional processes that inspire the urban theme, as the development of a symbiotic structure, time and easy living. She exhibited both at personal exhibitions in Kharkov (Ukraine) and at group exhibitions (such as: “Invisible Gardens”, National Museum of Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv;
“Ineradicable places of Ukraine”, Directorate of Exhibitions of the National Assembly of Artists of Ukraine, Central House of the Artist, Kyiv; “United by watercolor”, Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa). She is most inspired by architecture and elements of the urban landscape.Оlena's paintings offer reflections on the fact that we build our lives as architects of our destiny, and that we are constantly transforming and expanding, just like the architectural forms that surround us.
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A tram to memories
Painting by Olena Yemelianova
36 x 54.5 cm • Watercolor and paper
She touched the cup, and a wave of aroma rose from the light touch - bitter, tart, with a barely perceptible sweetness. Meanwhile, an old red tram was passing along the street - one of those that preserves a thousand stories in its wooden seats and ringing bell. It moved slowly, as if tearing time apart: the present moment smoothly flowed into memories.
She had already traveled this route long ago – in her childhood, when the tram seemed like a magical carriage that carried her to adventures. And now she watched it, remaining in place. But it seemed that this time it was the tram that carried memories to her.
Is it possible to be here and there at the same time? Sit at a table, warm your hands, inhale the aroma of freshly ground coffee – and at the same time ride the tram, listen to its chime, rush through the streets of memory?
Outside the window, the lights of the houses flickered softly, the snow continued to swirl, and the red tram
disappeared around the corner, leaving behind a faint ring and the feeling that space and time were just an illusion. She took a sip. In that moment, the past, present, and future merged into one.
My work here is the only copy of my unique and original handiwork.
Household images are computer generated and may not be to scale and are for illustrative purposes only.
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About the artist
Olena Yemelianova
Artist from Ukraine
Olena Yemelianova ukrainian artist whose practice includes watercolor, acrylic, collage and photography. In her artistic research, she explores how people come to understand themselves through the expression of emotions and feelings, living through significant or everyday events in their lives. Considering the environment as a trigger for the process of self-discovery, she draws attention to the connection between life, historical and emotional processes that inspire the urban theme, as the development of a symbiotic structure, time and easy living. She exhibited both at personal exhibitions in Kharkov (Ukraine) and at group exhibitions (such as: “Invisible Gardens”, National Museum of Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv;
“Ineradicable places of Ukraine”, Directorate of Exhibitions of the National Assembly of Artists of Ukraine, Central House of the Artist, Kyiv; “United by watercolor”, Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa). She is most inspired by architecture and elements of the urban landscape.Оlena's paintings offer reflections on the fact that we build our lives as architects of our destiny, and that we are constantly transforming and expanding, just like the architectural forms that surround us.
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