Black-and-white portrait of Oleksandra Dementieva, seated in a black suit and looking into the camera

Multidisciplinary Contemporary Artist

OleksandraDementieva

Artist
Statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist working with painting, performance, installation, video, photography, and text. My art is a journey from darkness to light, where pain and trauma transform into sources of strength, resilience, and beauty.

In my work, I explore experiences of loss, recovery, war and peace, psychological healing, and the search for harmony. Each piece is an act of transformation — a way to live through my own experience while creating space for shared feeling and dialogue.

My visual language combines symbolism, vibrant color, and emotional expression. I am deeply inspired by the beauty of life — in its fragility, in the light that emerges from darkness. Like flowers growing from dark soil, reminding us that true beauty is born through hardship, my art follows the same path — where darkness becomes part of the light.

Biography

Oleksandra Dementieva was born in 1988 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

  1. 2010

    Received a Master’s degree of Architecture from the Department of Architecture and Design of the Kyiv Aviation University.

  2. 2014

    Started traveling a lot around the world.

  3. 2016

    After visiting many famous world art museums and Frida Kahlo’s house in Mexico she decided to devote her life to art.

  4. 2017

    Birth of daughter Lukieria.

  5. 2018

    Completed florist courses in Kyiv.

  6. 2020

    Took a short course “Artist” at the school of contemporary art in Kyiv.

  7. 2021

    Actively participated in contemporary art exhibitions in Kyiv.

  8. 2022

    In connection with the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, she emigrated to France, the city of Avignon.

  9. 2023 – 2024

    Student at École Supérieure Art Avignon.

  10. 2024

    Winner of the Afish Festival off Avignon competition.