Motanka
From Kateryna: I'm Ukrainian and right now my home country is under Russian military attack. Ukrainians are a peaceful people who love their history and culture, but right now they have to protect their land. In my painting is a national doll, "motanka.” This kind of doll doesn't show a face because of the idea that a face is too personal. For me this image symbolizes Ukraine, which has been in a long confrontation with Putin.
Hope for Ukraine
My home country is now under attack by Russian troops. Spring is coming and I want to believe that once all the horror of war will be in the past, new blossom trees will bloom in a burned land.
War in Ukraine
About the artist: Kateryna Tkachenko was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She studied at Kharkiv Art College and received a baccalaureate in painting and teaching in 2002. She received an MFA in mural art from Kharkiv Academy of Design and Arts in 2008. Kateryna is a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, has lived in Chicago for the past few years, and has participated in multiple exhibitions in Ukraine and the US.
See more of Kateryna’s work on her Instagram.