Olga Krykun’s emotional and personal work combines various artistic techniques, from objects to videos to painting. Although painting has dominated her work in recent years, it is often part of more complex multimedia installations.
WINTER FORGET-ME-NOTS 04, 90 X 100 CM, ACRYLIC, DYE, PASTEL ON CANVAS, 2023
Pastel colors and soft lines are the hallmark of her compositions, which gently dissolve into the canvas, creating a subtle, intimate atmosphere. Krykun exposes the viewer to strong emotions such as sadness and melancholy but also hope and joy. She draws on seemingly naive folk or pop-culture motifs and forms which, however, in the spirit of the post-digital era, permeate the reality of social media and its algorithms. The emotions we may experience while consuming content on TikTok are mirrored in the faces of the entire cycle E-Girl Melancholy. The artist’s work is also strongly connected with her Ukrainian roots. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, her characters turned into sunflowers—symbols of Ukraine—which she labels forget-me-nots, a kind of memento of the mayhem of war.
Summer Forget-me-nots, JindŘich ChalupeckÝ award, National Gallery, Prague 2022, photo by jan kolský
Summer Forget-me-nots, JindŘich ChalupeckÝ award, National Gallery, Prague 2022, photo by Iryna Drahun
E-girl melancholia, 90 x 100 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2021
E-girl melancholia, 45 x 40 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2021
E-girl melancholia, 45 x 40 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2021
E-girl melancholia, 45 x 40 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2021
FORGET-ME-NOTS, 60 x 70 cm, dye, pastel on canvas, 2022
2ND YEAR / FORGET- ME- NOTS 04, 140 X 115 CM, ACRYLIC, DYE, BLEACH ON THE CANVAS, 2023
My life is a circus I, 130x115 cm, Acrylic, dye, pastel on the canvas, 2023
My life is a circus II, 140x115 cm, Acrylic, dye, pastel, aquarel on the canvas, 2023
Post E-girl melancholia, 110 x 130 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2022
SUMMER FORGET-ME-NOTs, 45 x 40 cm, dye, bleach on canvas, 2022
SUMMER FORGET-ME-NOTs, 45 x 40 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2022
Summer Forget-me-nots, JindŘich ChalupeckÝ award, National Gallery, Prague 2022, photo by jan kolský
FORGET-ME-NOTS, 60 x 70 cm, dye, pastel on canvas, 2022
WINTER FORGET-ME-NOTS 04, 90 X 100 CM, ACRYLIC, DYE, PASTEL ON CANVAS, 2023
Summer Forget-me-nots, JindŘich ChalupeckÝ award, National Gallery, Prague 2022, photo by jan kolský
Summer Forget-me-nots, JindŘich ChalupeckÝ award, National Gallery, Prague 2022, photo by Iryna Drahun
E-girl melancholia, 90 x 100 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2021
E-girl melancholia, 45 x 40 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2021
E-girl melancholia, 45 x 40 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2021
E-girl melancholia, 45 x 40 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2021
FORGET-ME-NOTS, 60 x 70 cm, dye, pastel on canvas, 2022
2ND YEAR / FORGET- ME- NOTS 04, 140 X 115 CM, ACRYLIC, DYE, BLEACH ON THE CANVAS, 2023
My life is a circus I, 130x115 cm, Acrylic, dye, pastel on the canvas, 2023
My life is a circus II, 140x115 cm, Acrylic, dye, pastel, aquarel on the canvas, 2023
Post E-girl melancholia, 110 x 130 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2022
SUMMER FORGET-ME-NOTs, 45 x 40 cm, dye, bleach on canvas, 2022
SUMMER FORGET-ME-NOTs, 45 x 40 cm, acrylic, dye, pastel on canvas, 2022
Summer Forget-me-nots, JindŘich ChalupeckÝ award, National Gallery, Prague 2022, photo by jan kolský
FORGET-ME-NOTS, 60 x 70 cm, dye, pastel on canvas, 2022
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