Olena Fokova

Born in Dnipro, she lives in Bucha (Kyiv region). She graduated from the Kyiv School of Photography and the MYPH School of Conceptual Photography.

Before the full-scale invasion, she was a commercial photographer. Since 2022, she has been involved in artistic social projects in Ukraine and abroad to promote Ukrainian art and the Art Brut movement.

She uses mixed techniques in her work, including photography, painting, collage, and text. Since 2026, she has been a resident of CUTOUT COLLAGE.

She is a teacher and curator at the Art Workshop and coordinator of the Theater Laboratory for young people with disabilities at the NGO Seeing with the Heart.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

I see the goal of creating a barrier-free space in Ukraine for people with disabilities and developmental disorders.

Unfortunately, Ukraine currently has the largest number of people with disabilities in Europe. And for me, it is very important to talk about this topic using visual images.

My projects are created to popularize Ukrainian Art Brut, so that this art direction becomes part of the common art space in Ukraine. I dream of opening an Art Brut Center in Kyiv and abroad, where the works of Ukrainian artists will be exhibited.