Olesya Hudyma

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Olesya Hudyma (born 10 May 1980), also known as Olesya Petrivna Hudyma, is a modern Ukrainian painter. She is the member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (2009), laureate of the All-Ukrainian Literary and Artistic Prize named after Brothers Bohdan and Levko Lepky (2022).

Olesya Hudyma was born in Ternopil, Ukraine, on May 10, 1980. She graduated from Lviv University with a degree in journalism. Afterwards, she worked as a journalist in Ternopil print media. She eventually quit journalism in 2007 and became a full-time painter.^[1]

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Hudyma's works are systematized in the series: "Dreams", "Steps", "Angels of Peace for Ukraine", "Ukrainian Madonna", "Flowers", which are made in an eclectic mix of artistic directions: expressionism, abstractionism, symbolism, naïve art, mathematism, magical realism and postmodernism. In general, the artist's works can be classified as an intuitive form of painting.^[2]

In August 2018, the Ukrainian Postal Service issued a postage stamp with Hudyma's picture "Bride", as a part of the "Love is Life" series. Another picture, "Tree of Life", was used for a first day cover.

In December 2024, Hudyma's “Christmas mood” painting became a visual backdrop on screens of the Headquarters of the United Nations during a thematic reception organized by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations for delegations of Member States and representatives of the .

Her artworks are displayed in private collections in Ukraine, United States, Canada, Armenia, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Poland.^{[3][better source needed]}

In December 2022, Hudyma had her first solo exhibition in Italy.^[4]

In 2022, due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hudyma relocated with her family to Italy.^[4]

• There is Still Beauty: Ukrainian Art,Cobb Institute
• 10 Ukrainian contemporary artists you should know,Speak Ukrainian
• Olesya Hudyma y los trazos de la pintura moderna ucraniana,Fahranheit magazine
• Painter Olesya Hudyma about the arts and daily life,SBS