The honest way to judge an art writer is to read the work, so here it is. These are pieces I researched and wrote, published under my byline in YellowBlue, ART UKRAINE, ELLE, and Vogue, plus catalog texts that galleries print and put on their own sites. They are grouped by the kind of writing each one represents, so you can read the work closest to what you need.
Most are in English. A few of the strongest examples, a gallery catalog text and an auction interview among them, were published in Ukrainian, and I have marked those so you know before you click.
Artist Profiles & Criticism
Long-form profiles that open with a scene, place the artist in their market and moment, and let the work speak. This is the same approach behind the artist statements and bios I write.
Nina Murashkina: captivating with ambiguity
A contemporary painter whose works command thousands, and the contrasts her life is built on.
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Sergei Sviatchenko: a celebrated artist's journey
The collage artist from Kharkiv to Denmark, across a five-decade career.
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Waone: from the streets of Kyiv to Hermès
How a street artist turned a personal symbolism into modern mythology.
Read article →Galleries & the Art World
Texts that frame artists and galleries for collectors and the press, including catalog essays printed for the gallery. This is the work behind my gallery and auction house writing.
Voloshyn Gallery: art is a weapon too
How war moved the gallerists from Kyiv to Miami, and what they carried with them.
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Serpen: a Ukrainian art space in Berlin
How a journalist and producer built a Ukrainian art space in the German capital.
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Victoria Yakusha: from Dnipro to Miami
The path of a Ukrainian product designer to showrooms around the world.
Read article →Attribution & Catalogue Writing
Catalogue essays and attribution texts I wrote for Goldens Auction House and Corpus Fine Art, placing works from a 17th-century Caravaggio follower to a contemporary Ukrainian canvas, with porcelain, silver, and furniture in between. This is the writing behind my attribution and provenance research.
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Brand & Business Stories
Origin and growth stories that turn a founder's path into something a reader remembers. The same instinct drives the brand storytelling I do for businesses.
LONDI: from launch to the EU and US in two years
How a lingerie brand crossed into two markets fast, told by its founder.
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Gunia Project: from Kyiv to Emily in Paris
The brand that became an international sensation and landed on Netflix.
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Leo Hrabko: from a Kherson barbershop to Manhattan
A hairdresser's path to owning a salon in New York.
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Tsybukovskyi: paper flowers for Gucci and the White House
How two artists turned paper flowers into work for luxury houses.
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Fermenteria: introducing Spain to fermented foods
How a Ukrainian entrepreneur built a fermented-foods business in Spain.
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snEco: from Kharkiv cheese to a space snack
How two brothers turned cheese into a space-ready snack.
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Lado Kostandian: I sell chances
Building a PR career from Poltava to New York.
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Lucir: Ukrainian fashion finds a home in Valencia
How a Ukrainian fashion brand found its home in Valencia, Spain.
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Co-author of two major art publications on contemporary Ukrainian artists, published by ArtHuss: 30 Years of Presence (three volumes, 2022) and 25 Years of Presence (two volumes), with critical essays on more than a hundred artists.
