Today I continue my practice in Prague. But I was born in Kyiv into a creative family where artistic vision was our main way of communicating. This environment helped me see the world through color and form long before I first picked up a professional brush.
My growth as an artist is based in a strong academic tradition. My early training at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (Kyiv) was crucial. It’s where I built the solid technical foundation that supports my work today. The encouragement I received from the Academy's masters gave me confidence and a discipline in drawing that I now incorporate into my free-form experiments.
Painting has always been a key part of my life, even while I worked in political PR. This experience with complex meanings, symbols, and strategies enriched my art. It taught me to find structure in chaos and to include deep subtexts in my visuals.
I never stop evolving. I constantly improve my skills by learning from top contemporary artists and looking for new ways to work.
For me, art is a journey where academic knowledge meets modern myths and my personal search for the perfect form.
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Yelyzaveta Bokhanevych
Artist from Czech Republic
Today I continue my practice in Prague. But I was born in Kyiv into a creative family where artistic vision was our main way of communicating. This environment helped me see the world through color and form long before I first picked up a professional brush.
My growth as an artist is based in a strong academic tradition. My early training at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (Kyiv) was crucial. It’s where I built the solid technical foundation that supports my work today. The encouragement I received from the Academy's masters gave me confidence and a discipline in drawing that I now incorporate into my free-form experiments.
Painting has always been a key part of my life, even while I worked in political PR. This experience with complex meanings, symbols, and strategies enriched my art. It taught me to find structure in chaos and to include deep subtexts in my visuals.
I never stop evolving. I constantly improve my skills by learning from top contemporary artists and looking for new ways to work.
For me, art is a journey where academic knowledge meets modern myths and my personal search for the perfect form.
Whose work did this artwork remind you of?
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This painting explores healing after a profound loss and the quiet belief that love does not disappear with death.
I believe that those who have left this world may still remain close to us — in our thoughts, our memories, and our hearts. Perhaps they exist as invisible forms of energy, gently circling around us, staying near, helping us carry the pain and slowly find our way back to life.
The woman in this painting represents acceptance. She does not try to fight her grief or pretend to be strong. She has allowed herself to feel the pain, to live through it, and eventually to find peace within it. Having begun her own healing journey, she is now ready to embrace another wounded soul and offer it the tenderness she once needed herself.
The two swans behind her carry a deeper symbolism of life and death. One rises towards the sky, while the other descends, representing the passage between two worlds — departure and return, loss and transformation.
The swan resting in the woman’s arms represents a healed soul. It is a symbol of peace, renewal, and the possibility of finding harmony again, even after profound sorrow.
Perhaps healing does not mean forgetting those we have lost. Perhaps it means learning to carry their presence differently — allowing love to remain while letting pain slowly transform into something gentler.
We do not always have to be strong. Sometimes, we only need to believe in something beautiful.
Today I continue my practice in Prague. But I was born in Kyiv into a creative family where artistic vision was our main way of communicating. This environment helped me see the world through color and form long before I first picked up a professional brush.
My growth as an artist is based in a strong academic tradition. My early training at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (Kyiv) was crucial. It’s where I built the solid technical foundation that supports my work today. The encouragement I received from the Academy's masters gave me confidence and a discipline in drawing that I now incorporate into my free-form experiments.
Painting has always been a key part of my life, even while I worked in political PR. This experience with complex meanings, symbols, and strategies enriched my art. It taught me to find structure in chaos and to include deep subtexts in my visuals.
I never stop evolving. I constantly improve my skills by learning from top contemporary artists and looking for new ways to work.
For me, art is a journey where academic knowledge meets modern myths and my personal search for the perfect form.
