Portfolio - watercolor artist Karina Danylchuk
My name is Karina Danylchuk, I'm a Ukrainian painter, and art is my passion (and work). My second passion is nature. Relationships between nature and people inspire me to create my artworks - watercolor birds. I chose this medium to show how fragile the bird (and nature) world is: bold, transparent, and expressive. All these conditions I can express in art when words lose power. I also show the unique personality of each bird. Also, my watercolor birds set out the difference between people and animals, especially in how we show emotions. They explain: that when we see a cute bird, she can feel emotions that don’t compare with her face. We should remember it when we see any animal. I want to ensure people have more empathy for other species. I hope they see how beautiful our world is and how individual every alive creature is. Even the smallest animals/plants on our planet have a right to live in the way they want.
My name is Karina Danylchuk, I'm a Ukrainian painter, and art is my passion (and work). My second passion is nature. Relationships between nature and people inspire me to create my artworks - watercolor birds. I chose this medium to show how fragile the bird (and nature) world is: bold, transparent, and expressive. All these conditions I can express in art when words lose power. I also show the unique personality of each bird.
Also, my watercolor birds set out the difference between people and animals, especially in how we show emotions. They explain: that when we see a cute bird, she can feel emotions that don’t compare with her face. We should remember it when we see any animal.
I want to ensure people have more empathy for other species. I hope they see how beautiful our world is and how individual every alive creature is. Even the smallest animals/plants on our planet have a right to live in the way they want.
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KARINA DANYLCHUK
PORTFOLIO
Painter
Send me an email:
danylchuk.art@gmail.com
BIO
I am Karina Danylchuk, a Ukrainian artist born in the
Mykolaiv region and based in Kyiv. I started my art
career in 2018, and in 2021 I showed my artwork at the
first exhibition in Dunaivtsi, Ukraine. Also, I became a
member of "The Unity of Artists of Dunaivtsi region". In
2022 I continue my activity, participating in Ukrainian
and international group exhibitions (Slovenia, Poland).
The last one - "Między niebem a ziemią," Krakow,
Poland, offline group exhibition by UA World Art Fund,
2022.
My artworks you can find in different private
collections and online galleries, such as Artfinder (UK),
Tricera (Japan), RtistiQ (Singapore), The Artling
(Singapore), etc.
In 2022 I also work as a volunteer for the local
Ukrainian artists' community "UArstist" as a content
maker.
I work with watercolor as a medium to express how
fragile the bird and nature are. I depict the unique
personality of each bird in the most delicate fashion.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Group
2023 - "Spectre", Galerie Fahid Taghavi, Geneva,
Switzerland;
2023 - "Art is Us" in ZRC SAZU, Ljiubljana, Slovenia;
2023 - "Slava Ukraini", White World gallery, Kyiv,
Ukraine;
2022 - "Miedzy niebem a ziemia" ("Between heaven
and earth"), Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Solvay,
Krakow, Poland;
2022 - "My blooming Ukraine" in Vernissage Culture
Center, Chernivtsi, Ukraine;
Online/Digital
2023 - virtual, "Discourse of war" by Artwork Gallery,
curated by Anna Ponomarenko;
2022 - "In Ukraine" in ZRC SAZU, Ljiubljana, Slovenia;
2022 - "Meta-senses" in Kunstmatrix Artspace,
curated by Delnara El;
2022 - "Fragility" in Kunstmatrix Artspace, curated by
Delnara El;
2022 - International Watercolor online Festival
Freedom Ukraine 2022.
Solo
2021 - "Solo exhibition by Karina Danylchuk" in Palats
Krasinskyh, Dunaivtsi, Ukraine.
COLLECTION: INSTINCT
This triptych is about instinct
species that live in the Ukrainian
south and east. They are the most
vulnerable due to war, because
rockets, soldiers, and war cars
don't choose the place to fight.
Who knows what happens with
this species tomorrow? Today I
want to save them at least on
paper.
2022 11 birds
watercolor on paper
57x75 cm
2022 5 birds
watercolor on paper
57x75 cm
2022 Another 5 birds
watercolor on paper
57x75 cm
RECENT ARTWORK
Medium-sized illustrations are in a realistic style.
The thousands of brush lines were made to escape
anxiety, They look like fairytale heroes.
2022 Ukrainian Rooster,
2022 Shorty blue bird
watercolor on paper
watercolor on paper
50x65 cm
50x65 cm
COLLECTION: ROBIN
These are selected paintings from
the Robin collection (6 artworks).
Bright and a bit mystic
illustrations show how different
are the same species. Created for
the Fall season. Some birds in this
collection were published in the
online and physical art magazine
Art Up Mi (Autumn 2022 edition).
2022 Robin. Part 1,
2022 Robin. Part 2,
2022 Robin. Part 3,
watercolor on paper
watercolor on paper
watercolor on paper
21х30 cm
21х30 cm
21х30 cm
DIPTYCH: NUCLEAR THREAT
2022 Nuclear,
2022 Radio,
watercolor on paper
watercolor on paper
30x40 cm
30x40 cm
Dark red paintings depict my feelings during the war.
The Nuclear painting was inspired by news about a
russian rocket that explodes really close to the
nuclear power plant in the Mykolaiv region. It was
unexpectable for many people and also for animals
in a steppe around the city. The war isn't about
people only.
Radio shows how people (and not only we) are
waiting for good news. And also radio is the main
information point in case of nuclear attack.
DIPTYCH: EXPECTATIONS
Two common blackbirds were created when I moved
house to the Ukrainian west. I escaped the war but I
realized that war is still close to me. And at any time I
could wake up and move house again. This unhappy
expectation I expressed in art.
2022 Scream,
2022 Red sea,
watercolor on paper
watercolor on paper
30x40 cm
30x40 cm
The artwork "Red sea" was exhibited at Miedzy niebem a
ziemia (Between heaven and earth) in Centrum Sztuki
Współczesnej Solvay, Krakow, Poland.
COLLECTION: DARK SOUL
These are selected paintings from
the Dark Soul collection (6
artworks). Created it a month
before the war and express my
anxiety about the future.
2022 2022 Dark fire
Dark soul flamingo
watercolor on paper
30x40 cm
watercolor on paper
30x40 cm
2022 Future
watercolor on paper
30x40 cm
RECENT ARTWORK
2022 Blackbirds and spirits,
2022 Bullfinches,
2022 Piet avocets,
watercolor on paper
watercolor on paper
watercolor on paper
30x40 cm
30x40 cm
30x40 cm
WORK WITH ME
Karina Danylchuk
Based in Kyiv, Ukraine
Email:
danylchuk.art@gmail.co
Instagram:
@danylchuk.art
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