The most perfect things are those that nature has created. They impress with their power, beauty and uniqueness. I contemplate and try to express by means of graphic means the moments that worry me.

 

One of such inexplicable things is the Sky.  My last series of works, on which I am working and now, just about him. The Sky is constant and changeable.  The only common and priceless thing for all people, thing belonging to everyone and nobody.The symbol of inner humans freedom. Series " Blue My Sky" about us.

 

The works made in the linocut technique, which is staying almost ten years of my main technique. And the more I work in this technique, the more I can say. I still find new technical possibilities that help me to better communicate with the viewer.

 

Olesya Dzhurayeva was born in 1982 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Member of the National Artists’ Union since 2004. In 2006 graduated from Kyiv State Institute of Applied Arts and Design. Works as professional graphic artist since 2002. Lives and works in Kyiv.

 

Took part in over 60 Ukrainian and International group exhibitions and had 15 solo exhibitions. Her artworks were exhibited in Ukraine, Italy, Portugal, France, USA, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Germany, Taiwan, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Croatia, Brazil, Belgium, Colombia. Artworks are in the collections of Dnipropetrovs Art Museum (Ukraine); National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan); Cristiano Varella Memorial Foundation (Brazil); Zuckerman Museum of Art, Collection and Archive of the Southern Graphics Council International (USA); Douro Biennial Printmaking Collection (Portugal); Civic Collection of the Town of Schio (Italy); Cabinet of Drawings and Prints Academy of Fine Arts in Catania (Italy); Cluj Art Museum (Romania); Prahova County Art Museum (Romania); Art Museum of Iasi -“Moldova” National Museum (Romania); “Collection of the International Print Biennale Yerevan” (Armenia).

 

Prizes

“Rene Carcan Public Prize”, II Rene Carcan International Prize for Printmaking, Edition 2016, Brussels, Belgium.

"Mention", 7th Edition of Miniprint Internacional Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.

“Second place”, IV International Exhibition of Contemporary Graphics Colombia 2017, Bucaramanga, Colombia.