Oksana Maiarchuk
The artist is from Horlivka, Ukraine. Currently, she temporarily lives in Santander, Spain.
After graduating from the National University "Odesa Law Academy" in 2011 with a degree in Law, Oksana worked in the legal field. However, in 2013, she felt the urge to create and decided to find herself in the field of art.
In 2018, Oksana discovered the world of collage. With each new collage, she discovered new opportunities for self-expression and creativity.
In 2019, Oksana decided to deepen her knowledge in this field and took the course "Collage Paper", which was conducted by collage artist Yevheniia
Matiushko as part of the Yalanzhi Education project.
Since March 2024, Oksana Maiarchuk has been a resident of the CUTOUT COLLAGE art project.
COLLAGE
ARTIST STATEMENT
For me, collage is about a set of emotions, thoughts, feelings, perceptions and context.
I like the process of creating a collage – it's like a light and interesting game where there are no rules and restrictions, you are guided only by your imagination. Color, aroma, sound, touch, a ray of sunshine, an overheard phrase of strangers – you can never guess what will become a reason for reflection and an inspirational impetus for creating a collage.
EXHIBITIONS
2026
- “Identity Code: Nation, Culture, Politics,” third international collage festival CUTOUT, Zaporizhzhia Contemporary Art Center, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
2025
- “Identity Code: Nation, Culture, Politics,” third international collage festival CUTOUT, Kyiv National Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- “Identity Code: Nation, Culture, Politics,” third international collage festival CUTOUT, Between Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
- “Identity Code: Nation, Culture, Politics,” third international collage festival CUTOUT, Le Bonheur est Dans L'instant Gallery, Paris, France.
- “For the Sake of a Letter,” Annex Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan. An art activism project aimed at supporting prisoners.
- “For the Sake of a Letter,” Berlin Story Bunker, Berlin, Germany.
- “For the Sake of a Letter,” Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
-"For the Sake of the Letter", Antropia, Culture and Conference Centre, Driebergen, Netherlands.
- "Fragments", Eye Sea Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2024
- “More Than Houses”, collage exhibition about preserving Kyiv's architecture, art space of NGO Spadschyna, CUTOUT residents, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- “For the Sake of the Letter”, an exhibition dedicated to the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war, organized by the community My Ministry of Culture under the patronage of CUTOUT, Le Bonheur est Dans L'instant gallery, Paris, France.
- “Looking into Ourselves”, a collective exhibition of CUTOUT residents as part of the KAOS collage festival, Kranj, Slovenia.
- "Looking into Ourselves", a collective exhibition of CUTOUT residents, CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine