Present Tension av Olha Kriuchkovska

Olha Kriuchkovska

Present Tension, 2024

Blandteknik
40 x 50 x 1,5 cm

The work explores the paradox of material memory — its ability to retain traces even within the most fragile carriers. Delicate, easily torn paper and embroidered fabric that holds its structure are brought together into a single composition, forming a shared body of experience.

The embroidery functions as a vessel of long-standing tradition and hand‑to‑hand knowledge, while the torn paper captures the immediacy of present fragility and tension. Stitches, folds, and the pull between materials become visible markers of time — material traces that shape a new form of resilience.

Present Tension av Olha Kriuchkovska

Olha Kriuchkovska

Present Tension, 2024

Blandteknik
40 x 50 x 1,5 cm

The work explores the paradox of material memory — its ability to retain traces even within the most fragile carriers. Delicate, easily torn paper and embroidered fabric that holds its structure are brought together into a single composition, forming a shared body of experience.

The embroidery functions as a vessel of long-standing tradition and hand‑to‑hand knowledge, while the torn paper captures the immediacy of present fragility and tension. Stitches, folds, and the pull between materials become visible markers of time — material traces that shape a new form of resilience.

Born: December 20, 1994, Kherson, Ukraine
Based in: Tanås, Sweden
Fields: multidisciplinary
Roles: Artist | Teacher | Designer

Artist Bio
Olha Krіuchkovska is a multidisciplinary artist working with painting, collage and mixed media installations. Her practice explores the traces left by people and the changing relationships between nature, memory and cultural identity. Born in Kherson, Ukraine, and living in Sweden since 2022, she explores how migration, war and collective trauma transform both landscapes and inner states. Using layered materials and tactile surfaces, she creates visual narratives that oscillate between abstraction and landscape, presence and disappearance. Kriuchkovska’s works are in private collections in different country of the word. She also teaches art in her long-term educational project Ptashka.In addition to her artistic practice, she works as a designer on various cultural projects and provides organizational support for events. She actively promotes Ukrainian culture abroad by initiating projects that engage Ukrainian artists and foster cultural dialogue with Europe.

Artistic Statement
My work examines the fragile connections between humans, nature, and time. I use painting, collage, and textile‑based techniques to explore how landscapes absorb memory, trauma, and cultural transformation. Migration and war have reshaped my understanding of home, belonging, and the marks we leave behind. Through layered surfaces, traces, and fragments, I investigate how personal and collective histories coexist within a single visual field. I am interested in the tension between what disappears and what remains, and how materiality can hold emotional and historical weight. Each work becomes a site of reconstruction - of identity, of memory, of the relationship between the human body and the environment.

Utbildning
2026–2027 - Sommenbygdens folkhögskola, Tranås, Sweden (Full-time studies). Courses: Swedish Language, Social Science, Natural Science, History.
2026 - (Certificate) “August Pedagogical Conference” Focus: Soft Skills, Inclusive Education, Lifelong Learning
2024 - Two‑month intensive online course, Artists Without Borders, project “Cultural Diplomacy: EU–Ukraine 2023–2024”.
2012–2017 - Master of Graphic Design, Kherson National Technical University, Faculty of Design.
2009–2012 - Kherson Physical and Technical Lyceum.
2008–2009 - Course in tapestry weaving, CDPK (Center for Children and Youth Creativity), Kherson, Ukraine.
2003–2007 - Training in soft toy–making techniques, CDPK, Kherson, Ukraine.

Medlem i konstnärsförening
Member of the Sweden Union of Artists (2023- present)

Utställningar
Personal Exhibitions
2025 — Myths and Legends, Kultivera | Tranås, Sweden.
2022 — Bad Trip, Art See Temple | Bratten, Sweden.
2020 — Dive, Art Café | Kherson, Ukraine.
2019 — Chaos and Order, ART-MASSON Urban Space, Kherson, Ukraine & Art-Space Gallery | Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
2019 — In the Heart, LuncaBar | Kherson, Ukraine.

Curatorial & Production Projects / Initiated Projects
2026-Present Co-founder & Creative Director, Art studio mycelium | Tranås, Sweden
2026-Present Co-founder, Designer; & Creative Core Member “Kulturhuset Kraftverket” | Tranås, Sweden
2026 Creative Producer and International Project Coordinator performance Anna Koval and Estela Garcia "And silence will come when it is due not the silence imagined by you” in Tranås at the Fringe Festival | Tranås, Sweden
2026 Co-Curator Exhibition & Mobile Gallery “På hjul” | Tranås, Sweden
2025 Co-organizer & Lead Designer an advocacy festival to preserve a historic building housing artist and musician studios. Developed the entire visual identity and design, led creative brainstorming, and managed community engagement ”Rädda Kraftverket” | Tranås, Sweden
2025 Co-Curator exhibition “Many Entry Points”, Konstnärscentrum Väst | Gothenburg, Sweden
2025 Presentation my project ”Fringe” Festival | Tranås, Sweden
2023 Curator exhibition ”Children of Hylea”, Stadshusplan | Tranås, Sweden
2023 Creative Producer Mycelium Festival 3.0 Support Kherson | Tranås, Sweden
Residencies & Biennale
2025 — Selected Artist, Legit Residency “Overlaps in Time” | Costacabana, Spain
2025 — Bästa Biennale | Tranås, Sweden
2024 — Selected Artist, Bakota Hub, Art residency, “Reconstruction” | Horalivka, Ukraine
2022 — SWAN Swedish Artist Residency “ArtTempel” | Bratten, Sweden
2019 — Participating Artist, “The Shadow of Dream cast upon Giardini della Biennale” – National Pavilion of Ukraine at the 58th Venice Biennale, Italy
2017 — Selected Artist, Creative Residence Chornyanka-FUTURUM | Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine

Group Exhibitions & Collaborations / Selected Art Projects
2026 Invited Artist
2026 Collaborations with Tharani Nallarasi performance The Mystic Forest | Jönköping Sweden
2026 Collaboration with art grupp Mycelium and creative invent “Hemkänslat”, Art studio mycelium | Tranås, Sweden
2026 Selected Artist “På hjul” | Tranås, Sweden
2026 Selected Artist “After not yet”, Kivsh | Lviv and Kharkiv Media Hub Gallery, Ukraine
2026 Invited Artist “Invented Folksongs”, The Highbrow | New Westminster, BC
2025 Collaborations, Creative & Aktor performance ‘TRINITY’ an audiovisual piece - Artist | Spain
2025 Collaborations and Creative exhibition “Many Entry Points”, Konstnärscentrum Väst | Gothenburg, Sweden
2024 Artist & Lead Designer; Tranås at the Fringe Festival | Tranås, Sweden
2024 Artist in Hybrid Residence “Symbios”, Kulturhuset Kulturvinden | Jönköping, Sweden
2024 Exhibition “Red Button”, Gallery Sapere Aude | Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 Invited Artist in exhibition “Garden”, Jönköping Läns Museum | Jönköping, Sweden
2023 Invited Artist in Hybrid Residence, “Artist Resistance of Kherson presentation” Urban Re-Public, Central Hall | USA and Gallery Odesa, Ukraine

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