Yana Rusnak

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:

https://insider.ua/iskusstvo-trebuet-ne-zhertv-a-krepkoj-nervnoj-sistemy-yana-rusnak-o-vdohnovenii-i-sekretah-uspeha-v-art-biznese/

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/