GHALA VASYLENKO
GHALA VASYLENKO
is a Ukrainian metamodernist artist living in France.
Ghala Vasylenko is a Ukrainian metamodernist artist living in France. Born in 1990 in Central Ukraine, she was educated in economics and auditing, which helped develop her analytical thinking and unique approach to art. In 2019 she completed her studies at the Odessa Academy of Jewellery Art, which gave her a deeper understanding of forms and materials and allowed her to redefine the boundaries between figurativity and abstraction ... read more
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BIO
Ghala Vasylenko is a Ukrainian metamodernist artist living in France. Born in 1990 in Central Ukraine, she was educated in economics and auditing, which helped develop her analytical thinking and unique approach to art.
In 2019 she completed her studies at the Odessa Academy of Jewellery Art, which gave her a deeper understanding of forms and materials and allowed her to redefine the boundaries between figurativity and abstraction.
In 2022, she moved to France where she is fully dedicated to art and uses it as a way to express herself and influence the world.
In 2023 her paintings were featured in the premiere group exhibition FAMART organised by D'E.M. Venice Art Gallery (Treviso, Italy) and were also published in Artist Talk Magazine, (London, UK), and Artistcloseup Contemporary Art Magazine (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
Ghala Vasylenko is a Ukrainian metamodernist artist living in France. Born in 1990 in Central Ukraine, she was educated in economics and auditing, which helped develop her analytical thinking and unique approach to art.
In 2019 she completed her studies at the Odessa Academy of Jewellery Art, which gave her a deeper understanding of forms and materials and allowed her to redefine the boundaries between figurativity and abstraction.
In 2022, she moved to France where she is fully dedicated to art and uses it as a way to express herself and influence the world.
In 2023 her paintings were featured in the premiere group exhibition FAMART organised by D'E.M. Venice Art Gallery (Treviso, Italy) and were also published in Artist Talk Magazine, (London, UK), and Artistcloseup Contemporary Art Magazine (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My journey as an artist is a walk along the spiral road of life, where I create a red thread for the viewer to hold on to. My art is an exploration of systemic failures, those moments in the life of man, society and nature that move away from the center of this spiral, followed by a return to it by the power of attention.
It is my personal ritual, a process of "alchemy" that transforms problems into opportunities. Working in the field of metamodernism, I actualize the knowledge of life, which has evolved over millennia, into the present day.
Drawing on Campbell's idea of the monomyth, I create my own metaphor for a path that everyone can understand: the invincible power of the elements of nature, their collision and subsequent quiescence. It is the force of attraction to the center to which everything that seeks to evolve is drawn.
I create paintings at the intersection of figurative and abstract, using a mixed technique layer by layer. On the canvas I use different textures and densities of materials: sand, texture paste, acrylic with different degrees of transparency and gold leaf. Often my fingers serve as a brush, to maximize contact with the material.
Acrylic gives the freedom to make quick decisions, where mistakes can become part of my artistic language, part of the harmony, and the canvas accepts this process, becomes one with it, and stores the result for transmission to others.
Like the red thread of Ariadne, my art leads the viewer through a path of transformation, where he or she, living each stage in its entirety, approaches the center of the spiral at each turn.
My journey as an artist is a walk along the spiral road of life, where I create a red thread for the viewer to hold on to. My art is an exploration of systemic failures, those moments in the life of man, society and nature that move away from the center of this spiral, followed by a return to it by the power of attention.
It is my personal ritual, a process of "alchemy" that transforms problems into opportunities. Working in the field of metamodernism, I actualize the knowledge of life, which has evolved over millennia, into the present day.
Drawing on Campbell's idea of the monomyth, I create my own metaphor for a path that everyone can understand: the invincible power of the elements of nature, their collision and subsequent quiescence. It is the force of attraction to the center to which everything that seeks to evolve is drawn.
I create paintings at the intersection of figurative and abstract, using a mixed technique layer by layer. On the canvas I use different textures and densities of materials: sand, texture paste, acrylic with different degrees of transparency and gold leaf. Often my fingers serve as a brush, to maximize contact with the material.
Acrylic gives the freedom to make quick decisions, where mistakes can become part of my artistic language, part of the harmony, and the canvas accepts this process, becomes one with it, and stores the result for transmission to others.
Like the red thread of Ariadne, my art leads the viewer through a path of transformation, where he or she, living each stage in its entirety, approaches the center of the spiral at each turn.
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Solo shows
2025
"Ghala Vasylenko. Genii Loci”, Galerie du Chatelet
2024
Exhibition "Inner Liberation" by Ghala Vasylenko at Halle Ronde, Givry (France)
"Ghala Vasylenko. Genii Loci”, Hall de la Mairie
"Ghala Vasylenko. Liberation interieure”, Halle ronde
Group shows
2025
"L’image de la femme : aux racines de la paix", House of Europe
"LA RENAISSANCE", Halle aux Blancs Monteaux
2024
"COPAINS COULEURS EXPO", Salle Rameau
"Les Amis des Arts", Hall de la Mairie
"AMBASSADORS OF ART" during the 60th Venice Biennale, Scuola Grande di San Teodoro
2023
"FUTURE STARS - Xmas Edition", The Holy Art Gallery
"FAMART. Casa dei Carraresi", D'E.M. Venice Art Gallery
Solo shows
2025
"Ghala Vasylenko. Genii Loci”, Galerie du Chatelet
2024
Exhibition "Inner Liberation" by Ghala Vasylenko at Halle Ronde, Givry (France)
"Ghala Vasylenko. Genii Loci”, Hall de la Mairie
"Ghala Vasylenko. Liberation interieure”, Halle ronde
Group shows
2025
"L’image de la femme : aux racines de la paix", House of Europe
"LA RENAISSANCE", Halle aux Blancs Monteaux
2024
"COPAINS COULEURS EXPO", Salle Rameau
"Les Amis des Arts", Hall de la Mairie
"AMBASSADORS OF ART" during the 60th Venice Biennale, Scuola Grande di San Teodoro
2023
"FUTURE STARS - Xmas Edition", The Holy Art Gallery
"FAMART. Casa dei Carraresi", D'E.M. Venice Art Gallery