Olga Pylnik

September 2022

Olga Pylnyk (UA) was born in 1980, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. As a child, she sewed, embroidered, and knitted with her mother and dreamed of becoming a fashion designer.

In 1995 Olga entered the Uzhhorod College of Applied Arts, Department of Ceramics. In 1999 – the Lviv National Academy of Arts, and again to the Department of Ceramics. After graduation, she continued to work in this field and launched her own ceramics workshop. Since 2007 he has been actively participating in exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. The latest projects of 2018-2020 were devoted to environmental issues. In her latest projects, Olga transferres knitting techniques to clay; this method became her speciality.

Selected exhibitions:
2019 “Primavera”, gallery “Palazzo Velli Expo”, Rome, Italy
2018 Personal exhibition “Fossils”, gallery “Green Sofa”, Lviv, Ukraine.
2013 “Favorites” personal exhibition of ceramics. Embassy of Ukraine, Oslo, Norway
2012 “Fruits of Cognition,” gallery “ICONART”, Lviv, Ukraine
2012 “The Alley of Glory”, personal exhibition, gallery “Green sofa”, Lviv, Ukraine
2011 Contemporary Art Week. Lviv, Ukraine
2011 Fine Art in Art Arsenal Kyiv, Ukraine
2010 Exhibition of Olga Kravchenko and Olga Pylnyk, “Green sofa” gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
2009 Fine Art 2009, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 No Offence art project
2008 Exhibition „Taming of Eros-2”, “Green sofa” gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
2008 Exhibition “B.O.A.”, “Green sofa” gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
2008 ART-KIEV 2008, Ukraine
2007 “25 squared”, “Green sofa” gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
2007 “A Clay Paradise”, “Green sofa” gallery, Lviv, Ukraine