B. 1993
Yana Rusnak is Ukrainian contemporary artist. Born in Cherkassy, Ukraine on 11th November 1993.
The concept of Yana Rusnak paintings is an allegory, how human emotions and character are intertwined with the animal world.
Every figure of the composition consists of triangles. Each triangle has a special meaning and code. The values of the triangle are multifaceted: creativity, harmony, integration, subjectivity, manifestation, lightening, ascension.
This universalism is what captures the themes of magic, occultism, creativity, and unites in triangle symbol. Indeed, the meaning of triangle is inseparable from the number three.
All mystical teachings include three forces at their corners.
Numerologically speaking, if the number “One” denotes power, “Two” represents a discovery, then “Three” is the birth of true wisdom.
Spirit, Mind, Body
Mother, Father, Child
Love, Truth, Wisdom
Strength, Intelligence, Love
Thought, Feeling, Emotion
In each painting you can observe the colors of two precious metals: gold and silver. Silver is the symbol of the moon. Silver symbolize innocence, purity, mercy. Gold is a symbol of the sun. It symbolizes stability, high value, is not exposed got the air, water and even most acids, it cannot be dissolved or printed. Aurum – Latin name of gold. Gold expresses the splendor and radiance of the sun best and is the only metal that does not tarnish over time.
In the images of her paintings we see a fusion of the figurative and the abstract. By looking towards the best traditions of contemporary world art, Yana has been able to create a new special form where painting and photography are the tools. Through the photographs, which are conceptual quotations, the artist reveals the idea of the project. They are fixated on the ‘dialogue with the universe’. Music, Light, Nature, the Galaxy are the life-affirming emotion of golden energy. Each of the author’s works contains a gold nugget.
Yana Rusnak paintings are held in private collections and are on display in commercial buildings in Miami, New-Deli, Cairo, Beirut, Moscow, Dubai, Riyadh, Kiev, London, Geneva.
Awards, Grants & Fellow:
2016 Winner of the Rixos Magazine Choice Prize. The prize included placement of Yana
Rusnak’s painting on the magazine’s Sprint issue front cover, published in 27 countries.
Selected exhibitions:
2022 From terrible to beautiful , Palm Beach, Miami
2022 Online charity exhibition “Artists in support of Ukrainian
refugees” , Artsy/ New York
2021 DISCOVERING THE FEMALE UNIVERSE , UAE
2021 New Era, UAE
2018 Joint Exhibition with Freywille at the Austrian Embassy in
Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan
Solo exhibitions:
2022 Solo Exhibition at Kempinski, UAE, Dubai
2018 Solo Exhibition at Villa Klimt, Wien, Austria
2017 Solo Exhibition in Museum of East and West Arts,
Odesa,Ukraine
2016 Solo exhibition “Art Fusion” , Beirut, Lebanon
2016 Solo exhibition “FEELINGS” , Kyiv, Ukraine
Art fairs:
2021 ADIHEX, UAE
2021 World Art Dubai, UAE
2019 World Art Dubai, UAE
2018 Art Palm Beach,
2018 Art Beirut, Lebanon
2017 Art Miami, Fontainbleau Miami Beach
2017 Open 20 , Venice, Italy
2017 Kyiv Photo Week, Ukraine
2016 ARTMONACO’16, Monaco
Selected Press:
Vogue UA, (2021), Артдипломатія: інтерв’ю з художницею Яною Руснак, Available at:
https://vogue.ua/article/culture/art/intervyu-s-hudozhnicey-yanoy-rusnak-44261.html (ua)
Arab News, (2021), Artists to look out for at World Art Dubai 2021, Available at: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1838926/artists-look-out-world-art-dubai-2021
Insider, (2021), «Искусство требует не жертв, а крепкой нервной системы»: Яна Руснак – о вдохновении и секретах успеха в арт-бизнесе, Available at:
Khaleej Times, (2021), Pop-ups and blues concerts: 8 fun things to do in UAE this weekend, Available at: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/photos/pop-ups-and-blues-concerts-8-fun-things-to-do-in-uae-this-weekend?amp=1
Elle, (2021), Как И Чем Художники Вдохновляются Во Время Вынужденной Изоляции: Украинка Яна Руснак На Арт-форуме World Art Dubai, Available at: https://elle.ua/stil-zhizni/blog_stil_zhizni/kak-i-chem-hudozhniki-vdohnovlyayutsya-vo-vremya-vinuzhdennoy-izolyacii-ukrainka-yana-rusnak-na-art-forume-world-art-dubai/ (rus)
Tochka.net, (2021), Художница Яна Руснак рассказала об арт-форуме World Art Dubai, анималистике и вдохновении, Available at: https://afisha.tochka.net/amp/93056/