UFDA's Articles: Insights into Ukraine's Art and Culture 97

In Kateryna Lysovenko's painting, the body becomes a site where personal experience meets grand history. Her works bring together a feminist perspective, religious imagery, and a political reflection on violence, war, and human nature. In this conversation, the artist speaks about the differences between art education in Ukraine and Austria, working within an international context, the transformation of her artistic language after 2022, and why it is important for her today to "paint vulnerability".

In the final episode of UFDA Podcast’s second season, host Anna Avetova talks with Kyiv‑based artist and muralist Volodymyr Manzhos, better known as Waone.

In the new episode of the UFDA Podcast, host Anna Avetova talks with Kyiv‑based artist Alina Zamanova about choosing art almost by accident, learning oil painting from YouTube, and how the full‑scale invasion split her life and practice into a sharp "before" and "after."

Yevgen Nikiforov shares his experience working with international media, collaborating with UFDA, the ethical challenges of photographing during wartime, and the role of digital documentation as a form of resistance and responsibility.

In an open and honest conversation, Masha Reva speaks about creating her new work presented at M17, and about art as a way to process personal trauma, accept oneself, and begin a new chapter in life.

The Ukrainian Fund of Digitized Art continues to grow! Recently, our team digitized 16 works by Ukrainian artist Yuliia Holub.

We are pleased to announce that Mariia Matiienko has joined the Ukrainian Fund of Digitized Art!

The guest of the UFDA Podcast is Sasha Maslov, a Ukrainian-American photographer and documentary artist. We talk about his journey from Kharkiv to New York, the American dream of the 2000s, his work in photojournalism, and the search for his own voice in global media.