Olha Kriuchkovska

Olha Kriuchkovska is an artist born in Kherson, Ukraine. In 2017, she received a master's degree in graphic design from KhNTU. Her work focuses on themes of the environment and collective trauma. The war and occupation she witnessed in her hometown inspired her to explore various topics, and nature serves as a source of inspiration. Nature prompts Olha to explore the chaos and order that are inherent parts of our environment. Her current practice reflects her desire to raise awareness about the consequences of war and advocate for a more sustainable future.

In August 2022, Olha was invited to evacuate to Sweden under a program for artists from dangerous regions of Ukraine – "Artists at Risk". She received support from curators of the national organization SWAN, who invited her to a residency in Lapland, in the village of Bratten. There, she lived for 5 months and created a large number of graphic and painting works. Now Olha lives and works in Småland, in the city of Tranås, where she is inspired by the Swedish nature and expresses her thoughts in various forms.

Utbildning
Work experience:
• Artist | Teacher
• Work with the Ukrainian art group "Mycelium" from Kherson in Tranas (2023-2025)
• Owner and art teacher "Ptashka" (2019- 2025)
• Work in the art collective of the art festival "MYCELIUM"
(2022-2024 / UA-Sweden)
• Art teacher "Mosaic" (2017- 2018)
• Computer technology teacher “Cool School" (2017- 2018)
•Kherson National Technical University, Faculty of Design, specialty: Master of Graphic Design, Kherson, Ukraine (2012 − 2017 )
• Kherson Physical and Technical Lyceum, Kherson, Ukraine (2009-2012)

Medlem i konstnärsförening
Member of the Sweden Union of Artists (2023- 2025)

Utställningar
Personal:
2022 Bad Trip Art see temple Bratten/Sweden
2020 Dive | art cafe Kherson/Ukraine
2019 Chaos and Order | urban space" ART-MASSON, Kherson/Ukraine
2019 Chaos and Order | gallery" Art-space-GALLERY, Mykolaiv./Ukraine
2019 In the heart | LuncaBar, Kherson/Ukraine 2024 "Symbios" Kulthurhuset | Kulturvinden | Jönköping / Sverige

Group:
2024 “Reconstruction” Cult motive | Kyiv/Ukraine
2024 “Red button” Gallery Sapere Aude | Copenhagen/Denmark
2024 “Red alert” Sarangans | Nassjo/Sweden
2023 Museum Ekjo | Ekjo/Sweden
2023 Concentration of will | Institute of Contemporary Art Problems Kyiv/Ukraine
2023 Children of Hylea | Stadshusplan Tranas/Sweden
2023 Garden | Jönköping Lance Museum Jönköping/Sweden
2023 Artistic resistance of the Kherson-City Republic USA
2022 The muse is not silent | Art see temple Bratten/Sweden
2022 Artistic resistance of the Kherson City Re Public Odessa/Ukraine
2021 Dream and action Kherson Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after Mykola Kulish. Kherson/Ukraine
2021 FluArt | Gallery "Freedom", Kherson/Ukraine
2021 NSHU Kherson/Ukraine
2021 Mycelium 2.0 | gallery "Freedom" Kherson/Ukraine
2020 NSHU | Kherson/Ukraine
2020 Group exhibition | Gallery "Freedom", Kherson/Ukraine
2019 Unlimited | Oles Honchar Libraries, Kherson/Ukraine
2019 20 years of KhNTU Kherson/Ukraine
2019 NSHU Kherson/Ukraine
2017 Chernyanka-FUTURUM | V. Kakhovka/Ukraine
2017 Art workshop space, Kherson/Ukraine

Biennale:
2019 58th Biennale of Contemporary Art Drop Shadow | Venice