Anna Samoilovych
Artist
(b. 1985, Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian intuitive multidisciplinary artist, currently based in Amsterdam. She primarily works in graphics, drawing with liner and watercolor, exploring everyday details that inspire new compositions. Photography helps her capture moments, while collage combines painting and photography into unexpected visual connections. In her practice, she also explores the interaction of space, materials, and documentation through land art.
Education
2024
2021 - 2022
Courses in Travel Illustration, Expressive Drawing, Calligraphy, Animation Screenwriting, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011 - 2012
Graphic Design Course, SUCCESS Training Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2007 - 2008
MA in International Marketing and Advertising, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Kyiv, Ukraine
2003 - 2007
BA in Marketing, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Kyiv, Ukraine
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
2026
2025 - 2026
2025
25.10 – 31.10, “IDENTITY CODE: Nation, Culture, Politics”, Between gallery, Tokyo, Japan
21.10 – 26.10, "For the Sake of a Letter", Annex Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
10.10 – 17.10, “IDENTITY CODE: Nation, Culture, Politics”, Le Bonheur Est Dans L’instant, Paris, France
30.05 – 01.06, "Ode to Joy", Bastille Design Center, Paris, France
29.05 – 01.06, "Obolonya", Book Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
25.02 – 09.03, "Modern.ua", Sumy City Gallery, Sumy, Ukraine
24.02 – 28.02, "For the Sake of a Letter", Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France
"For the Sake of a Letter", Antropia, Cultuur- en Congrescentrum in Driebergen, Netherlands
2024 - 2025
2024
14.12 – 21.12, "Collage notes", Gallery Espace Canopy, Paris, France
07.11 – 12.11, "Land Art Insiders", LAB INSTYTUT AVTOMATYKY, "Nahirna 22", Kyiv, Ukraine
26.10, "My First Memory Was", Temporary place x Kut artistrunspace, Kyiv, Ukraine
25.10 – 05.11, "Mystical Art Exhibition", Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk, UK
12.10 – 25.10, "Free Wall Photos", Eye Sea Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
18.07 – 31.07, "Thinking in the Language of the Environment", CENTER Art Gallery (NAOMA), Kyiv, Ukraine
09.06 – 25.08, "I Am in My Garden Among Beloved Trees", Maksym Rylsky Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
30.05 – 02.06, "Obolonya", Book Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
03.05 – 26.05, "Free Walls", Eye Sea Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
26.04 – 03.06, "Small Paintings, Big Stories", Madame Palmgren Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
14.03 – 24.03, "Modern.ua", National Museum of Decorative Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2023
30.12, "Open Walls", Kut artistrunspace x 31 Art Space, Kyiv, Ukraine
02.12, "What is Ukraine?", Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, USA
25.08 – 27.08, "Rozgostitsa", Motanka Festival at Kühlhaus, Berlin, Germany
24.08 – 29.08, "Ukraine. Freedom Residency", Riga, Latvia
23.08 – 05.09, "I Am Ukrainian", Maria Zankovetska Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
08. – 09, "Flash #4", Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
01.07 – 07.07, "Ukrainian Art Rock", Pinakothek, Kharkiv, Ukraine
23.06 – 02.07, "Canvas of Desires", Artist’s House, Kyiv, Ukraine
09.05 – 21.05, "Lace of Images", MODI Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
28.04 – 07.05, "Art Exhibition", Art Space Mystetskyi, Kyiv, Ukraine
04.04 – 16.04, "Portraits, Figurative, Abstractions", MODI Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
31.03, "OpenWalls", Tonbu x 31 Art Space, London, UK
15.03 – 26.03, "Your Photo Exhibition", MODI Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
26.02 – 04.03, "OpenWall 6.0", 31 Art Space, Lviv, Ukraine
Residencies
2024 - 2026
2024
Short-term residency “Collective Practices”, Temporary Place x Kut Art Space, Kyiv, Ukraine
Collaborations
2025
Collaborative porcelain cartouche plaque, with Rayastre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2024
Limited edition art capsule for Champagne François Oudard, France
Publications
2025
2024
Suboart Magazine No. 18, Portugal
2023
Article on the exhibition Balyandrasy, Ukrpress-Info, Ukraine
Art Catalog I Am an Artist, September, Ukraine
Collections
2026
Works have been acquired by private collectors in Ukraine, the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Spain.
Artist statement
Each of my works is a unique journey filled with symbols and characters that shape magical, fantastical, and deeply realistic worlds. My art is a dialogue between different dimensions and a pursuit of harmony.
I create works in the styles of naïve art, surrealism, and symbolism, drawing inspiration from nature, travels, exploration of places, and real-life stories. My pieces reflect the beauty, strength, and resilience of the environment and people, uniting imagination and reality.
I create works in the styles of naïve art, surrealism, and symbolism, drawing inspiration from nature, travels, exploration of places, and real-life stories. My pieces reflect the beauty, strength, and resilience of the environment and people, uniting imagination and reality.
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