Olesya Hudyma, also known as Olesya Petrivna Hudyma (born 10 May 1980) is a modern Ukrainian painter.

Early life and education

Olesya Hudyma was born in Ternopil, Ukraine on May 10, 1980. In 2003, she graduated with a degree in Journalism from the Lviv University. Afterwards, she worked as a journalist in Ternopil print media. In 2007, she quit journalism to become a full-time painter.^[1]

Career

In August 2018, the Ukrainian Postal Service issued a postage stamp with O. Hudyma's picture "Bride", as a part of the "Love is Life" series. Another picture, "Tree of Life" was used for a First Day Cover.
Her artworks are displayed in private collections in Ukraine, United States, Canada, Armenia, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Poland.

In December 2022 Hudyma had her first solo exhibition in Italy.^[2]

Selected solo exhibitions

• «MdC» collection of paintings dedicated to Matilda of Canossa (it. Matilde di Canossa), centro turistico «Andare a Canossa», Canossa, Italy, 05 August 2023 - 27 August 2023
• «Flowers» Gatàj Degusteria Bottega, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2023
• «diversità» Biblioteca comunale di Albinea, Albinea, Italy, 2022
• one day show at Vezzano-sul-Crostolo, Italy, 2022
• «Speranza e sogno di un mondo nuovo e libero», Rivalta, Italy, 2022
• «My Big Love», Euro-Art Gallery, Rivne, Ukraine, 2021
• Solo show at the residence of Bulgarian Embassy to Hungary. Organised and opened by Liubov Nepop - Ukrainian Ambassador to Hungary and Ulyana Bogdanska - Bulgarian Ambassador to Hungary, Budapest, Hungary, 2019
• «Ukrainian Soul», Museum of Arts, Ternopil, 2018

Selected group exhibitions

• «Petit Montmartre», Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2023
• «Ukrainian amazons», Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2018

Personal life

In 2022, due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hudyma relocated with her family to Rivalta, Italy.^[2]

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