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Liubov Datchenko
Artist from Ukraine
Born on October 18, 2000, in Dnipro.
In 2017, she graduated from the Chemical and Ecological Lyceum (Dnipro) and enrolled in the Fine Arts program (Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine).
In 2021, she enrolled in a master's program in Art Graphics (Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, Poland).
In 2019, she became a member of the National Union of Folk Art Masters of Ukraine.
She conducted master classes for children and adults in Bulgaria in 2019.
She has participated in exhibitions, competitions, and cultural festivals in Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Poland. Her achievements in the field of art began in childhood. She has won awards in competitions for pysanka, painting, and vytynanka.
She works on the theme of Slavic mythology.
At the beginning of the war, she was studying in Poland, but now she is in Ukraine.
Exhibitions
08.2024 – “The Shadow of Forgotten Time. The Mythology of My Ancestors” Museum of the Opole Village, Opole, Poland
08.2024 – You Can Touch It. Częstochowa. Poland.
07.2024 – Diploma works of graduates of the Faculty of Arts, Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. City Art Gallery. Poland
02.2024 – Creatures from myths live here... Museum in Racibórz, Racibórz. Poland.
06.2023 – The breath of strange creatures. Community Cultural Center. Dobrodziec, Poland
05.2023 – Slay the dragon. Hanna Bakula's “No Ba!” Art Gallery. Prudnik, Poland.
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Liubov Datchenko
Artist from Ukraine
Born on October 18, 2000, in Dnipro.
In 2017, she graduated from the Chemical and Ecological Lyceum (Dnipro) and enrolled in the Fine Arts program (Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine).
In 2021, she enrolled in a master's program in Art Graphics (Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, Poland).
In 2019, she became a member of the National Union of Folk Art Masters of Ukraine.
She conducted master classes for children and adults in Bulgaria in 2019.
She has participated in exhibitions, competitions, and cultural festivals in Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Poland. Her achievements in the field of art began in childhood. She has won awards in competitions for pysanka, painting, and vytynanka.
She works on the theme of Slavic mythology.
At the beginning of the war, she was studying in Poland, but now she is in Ukraine.
Exhibitions
08.2024 – “The Shadow of Forgotten Time. The Mythology of My Ancestors” Museum of the Opole Village, Opole, Poland
08.2024 – You Can Touch It. Częstochowa. Poland.
07.2024 – Diploma works of graduates of the Faculty of Arts, Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. City Art Gallery. Poland
02.2024 – Creatures from myths live here... Museum in Racibórz, Racibórz. Poland.
06.2023 – The breath of strange creatures. Community Cultural Center. Dobrodziec, Poland
05.2023 – Slay the dragon. Hanna Bakula's “No Ba!” Art Gallery. Prudnik, Poland.
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The Devil
Mixed media by Liubov Datchenko
70 x 100 cm • Watercolor and paper, Toned paper
Location:
Dnipro, Ukraine
This papercut is inspired by the Slavic myth about the birth of evil forces. Drops fall from the fingers of a deity who has dipped his hand in living water, and from these drops dark creatures emerge—the future spirits of the dark forces. In Slavic tradition, the devil is one of the oldest demonic characters, the son of Chernobog and Mari, a representative of evil, but not omnipotent, subject to the laws of the universe. His story is a myth about the violation of balance, about the temptation to create life against the will of the gods.
The drops of water falling from his fingers symbolize living water—the first element from which he created thirteen hordes of demons. This is the moment of the birth of darkness through distorted creation. The small creatures at his feet are newborn creatures, each of which will eventually find its natural refuge: in water, forest, swamp, or field. They are the force of chaos that has not yet realized itself.
Exhibitions
08.2024 – “The Shadow of Forgotten Time. Mythology of My Ancestors” Museum of the Opole Village, Opole, Poland
07.2024 – Diploma works of graduates of the Faculty of Arts, Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. City Art Gallery. Poland
Location:
Dnipro, Ukraine
About the artist
Liubov Datchenko
Artist from Ukraine
Born on October 18, 2000, in Dnipro.
In 2017, she graduated from the Chemical and Ecological Lyceum (Dnipro) and enrolled in the Fine Arts program (Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine).
In 2021, she enrolled in a master's program in Art Graphics (Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, Poland).
In 2019, she became a member of the National Union of Folk Art Masters of Ukraine.
She conducted master classes for children and adults in Bulgaria in 2019.
She has participated in exhibitions, competitions, and cultural festivals in Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Poland. Her achievements in the field of art began in childhood. She has won awards in competitions for pysanka, painting, and vytynanka.
She works on the theme of Slavic mythology.
At the beginning of the war, she was studying in Poland, but now she is in Ukraine.
Exhibitions
08.2024 – “The Shadow of Forgotten Time. The Mythology of My Ancestors” Museum of the Opole Village, Opole, Poland
08.2024 – You Can Touch It. Częstochowa. Poland.
07.2024 – Diploma works of graduates of the Faculty of Arts, Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. City Art Gallery. Poland
02.2024 – Creatures from myths live here... Museum in Racibórz, Racibórz. Poland.
06.2023 – The breath of strange creatures. Community Cultural Center. Dobrodziec, Poland
05.2023 – Slay the dragon. Hanna Bakula's “No Ba!” Art Gallery. Prudnik, Poland.
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