HOLDING ONE'S BREATH
Series of paintings. 2024-2025. Acrylic on canvas. Lviv, Ukraine.
The series is the result of performative works that have appeared since 2021.
It is a part of interciplinary project "Holding One's Breath" curated by D. Skrynnyk-Myska at the Lviv municipal art center 7.08-17.09.2025.
I address the themes of loss, absence, death and emptiness. The presence and absence of a human being is manifested in various situations. One of its signs is clothing, which indicates its size, character and preferences, tells its story, and indicates whether this story is still ongoing. Clothing becomes a symbolic memorial of a temporality.
Solo exhibition:
Still life. LvivArt Gallery. Lviv, Ukraine. 2011
Still life. Allianse Francaise Lviv. 2011
Nothing permanent. Veles Art Gallery. Lviv, Ukraine. 2026
This series documents a decade-long evolution of the Ukrainian domestic space. What began in 2009 as a classical study of form, light, and tradition has undergone a radical conceptual transformation.
My approach involves returning to canvases started years ago and intervening with contemporary marks—checks, price tags, labels that ruthlessly mark “art” with their pragmatism. At the same time, there are handwritten notes here, usually created at home, that are a memory of relatives, of people who are or were nearby at the time.
This process bridges the gap between a peaceful past and a defiant present.
STILL LIFE
Series of paintings. 2009-2022. Oil on canvas. Lviv, Ukraine.
ABSTRACT
Series of paintings. 2013-2020. Oil on canvas. Lviv, Ukraine.
YARYNA SHUMSKA Abstract Painting
Catalogue
‘‘The world is a continuous creation of unique combinations...’’ Designed by Barbara Le Béguec Friedman
Looking for equilibrium in the forms, colours, and textures. Observing the trace created by movement and time.
Solo exhibition:
Layering (painting). Garry Bowman Gallery. Lviv, Ukraine. 2019
Interaction. Lviv National Museum. Lviv, Ukraine. 2018
CONCRETE WALLS
Series of paintings. 2020-2021. Oil on canvas. Lviv, Ukraine.
What seems to be nothing or invisible has shapes and shadows anyway. This series is dominated by grey colours and geometric forms ruined by layers. Something was destroyed and something was born.
Solo exhibition:
Life as it is and as it is not. Art Point Gallery. Intellias, Lviv / Ukraine. 2022
RED
Series of paintings. 2020-2021. Oil on canvas. Lviv, Ukraine.
The period of Covid-19 was a time of anxiety but also it became a time of silence and calm. I had never worked so fruitfully as then.
It began in March. The windows were open, the studio was flooded with sunlight. Sometimes I would draw the curtains and watch the shadows – my figure was walking among the squares and rectangles that, like a city, were projected onto the floor.
Solo exhibition:
Life as it is and as it is not. Art Point Gallery. Intellias, Lviv / Ukraine. 2022
SOUND
Series of paintings. 2018-2021. Oil / Acrylic on canvas. Lviv, Ukraine.
Solo exhibition:
Layering. Garry Bowman Gallery. Lviv, Ukraine. 2019
TENDERNESS
Series of paintings. 2020-2022. Oil on canvas. Lviv, Ukraine.
