Category Archives: Gallery Artisans

Classically trained in Eastern Europe, Oksana began her career as an artist in L’viv, Ukraine. Oksana entered the Ivan Trush College of Decorative Arts in 1996. There, she studied all aspects of art and decided to make painting, especially of murals, her major. In 2001, she held her first solo exhibition at the L’viv University […]

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1968 Oksana Movchan had a passion for art at an early age. With the enthusiastic support of her parents Oksana focused her education on art (her father, Vitaly Movchan, is a successful artist still creating art in the Ukraine) enrolling in her first art school, The Republican School of Art […]

Myroslava was born on a beautiful sunny day in April 1986. She has lived in Lviv, Ukraine most of her life. Myroslava studied architecture at Lviv Polytechnic National University. Since her early childhood, she has been passionate about drawing and always enjoyed experimenting with colours and materials. Myroslava was always looking for something new, and […]

Maryka Gulka-Chabluk is a folk singer, songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her passion for Ukrainian song and dance has opened doors to performing for Pope John Paul II, audiences in Italy, Japan, Australia, United States, and throughout Canada, sharing the stage with Jim Carey, Rich Little, and The Nylons. Maryka is an accomplished performer having previously […]

Marion Mutala has a master’s degree in educational administration and taught for 30 years. With a mad passion for the arts, she loves to write, folkdance, sing, play guitar, garden, travel, and read. Marion’s teaching and life experiences help her develop unique stories and songs, and her poetry has appeared in print as well. “Baba’s […]

Marjana was born and lives in the suburb of Lviv in the village of Davydiv. She has her Bachelors of Architectural Environment and her Masters degree in Interior Planning from the Lviv National Academy of Arts. She is married and is raising a daughter. While working at her job at the Project Bureau of the […]

Marianna was born in Toronto of Ukrainian heritage, but currently lives and work in Hamilton Ontario. She attended University of Toronto and received a Bachelor of Arts. She also holds a Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University. Marianna has always painted and came to study Byzantine iconography in her late twenties. Marianna’s first attempt at […]

Maria obtained a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta in 2003, with a major in Ukrainian and a minor in ESL. After graduating, she spent some time in Germany and Poland before moving to Ukraine in the wake of the Orange Revolution, in which she participated firsthand. She was employed as a […]

Larisa was born in Edmonton, and having graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Art & Design from the University of Alberta, has become an accomplished Canadian artist. As a painter, Larisa’s preferred medium is water colour. The bold and colourful work she produces, demonstrates a unique artistic style that has enabled her […]

The opportunity to create and show one’s photographs is a privilege. After years of working in education as a teacher, consultant and administrator, and after focusing on facilitating others to learn and create, it is a shift to focus on artmaking. This allows one to make personal creative decisions, to integrate knowing to tell a […]