Hello! I am Olesia Sekeresh
I am a visual artist. I specialize in illustration. I am from Ukraine and I studied graphic design at the Transcarpathian Art Institute.
Illustration helps me find my inner child, whereas art helps me understand what stands in the way of this search.
In my work, I embrace various media from editorial illustration and posters to book design, from monumental graphics to art installations. I also write books for children. Discovering new art techniques is my passion.
CLIENTS: Süddeutsche Zeitung / German Embassy in Kiev / ANWENDO/ SWISS Embassy in Kiev/ EU Delegation to Ukraine / German Ukrainian School Kiev / SSPS / Publish house "Kairos" / Centrum Ludwika Zamengofa / Artzone / ArteVariabile / Bach Kollegium Freiburg / True Burger / Happiness / Steuermann Managementberatung GmbH / New Welle / Korali / Soroptimist International London Central and South West / Soroptimist Kiev / ISW - Internationales Studienzentrum Wirtschaft / Interkultureller Verein FAIRburg e.V.
E-Mail: info(at)olesiasekeresh.com
AWARDS:
2024 Illustration Winner of Communication Art, USA
2023 Shortlist finalist Bolognachildrensbookfair, ITALY
2021 Finalists Brightness Award
2020 Shortlist Tapirulan Illustrators Contest, Italy
2019 Premio INTERAZIONE, CONTEST D'ILLUSTRAZIONE Edizione 20I9
2013 Shortlist finalist KyrohinArtPrize long list, Russia
2009 Shortlist finalist PinchukArtCentrePrize, Kiev, Ukraine
2008 Shortlist finalist of Epson Foto Award 2008-2009, Germany
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS :
2023 "365 Freiburg residents” Lokhalle, Freiburg, Germany
2016 "LISTENING" Centrum Ludwika Zamengofa, Bialystok, Poland
2015 " LISTENING", Turbo Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2015 " Mt 5:16", RIK, Rzheshow, Poland
2014 " Salt" , Karas Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS :
2022 “Mia Calabria” BoCS Art Museum Cosenza, Italy
2019 "Cosebelle Festival" Cosenza, Italy
2015 "Paper world art", ArtArsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 "Shapka about Shapka" Ilko gallery, Ukraine
2014 "Another side of despair", ArtArsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
EDUCATION/RESIDENCIES:
2021 “Cose belle” Residence Calabria, Italy
2016 - Residence in Centrum Centrum Ludwika Zamengofa, Poland
2015- Scholarship Programme "Gaude Polonia", Warsaw, Poland
2014- Mit-Ost-Project "Embodied", Transkarpatia, Ukraine