From Icons to Graphics: Illustrations by Sophia Suliy
Before the war, Sophia Suliy did painting and iconography but then switched to illustration. Nowadays, she draws clever and touching posters about the war, albeit still relying on iconographic principles. Continue reading »
If Miyazaki Depicted War in Ukraine: Illustrations of Yulia Tveritina
Yulia always related to anti-war ideas of Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, she did sketches on his animations in order to distract herself from the daily troubles. And then the war struck in her country, and the drawings became the main way to cope and tell the world about it. Continue reading »
Ukrainian Artist Creates Cute and Adorable Toys
You can find thousands of artists on Instagram and other social platforms these days, but it takes some talent and a lot of real work to stand out among so many of them. Continue reading »
Artist Friend Spent Over 500 Hours On These Paintings Capturing The Suffering Of The Ukrainian People
Millions of people have been displaced by the war in Ukraine, causing unprecedented suffering and death. Continue reading »
Ethno Photographer Anna Senik Captures the Cultural Heritage of Ukraine
Anna Senik is on a mission to capture Ukraine’s cultural heritage before it’s lost forever. In her series of portraits, she showcases the traditional clothing of Ukraine’s various regions and ethnic groups. Continue reading »
Lithuanian Artist Created a Collectible Series of Miniature Figurines of Russian War Looters
Models of Russian military marauders will be sold at an auction in support of Ukraine. Lithuanian modeler Tomas Upskas announced the end of his composition “Brothers in Arms”. Continue reading »
Ukraine-Born American Artist Boris Artzybasheff’s Anti-Nazi Illustrations
Boris Artzybasheff (25 May 1899 – 16 July 1965) created many of these abstract anti-Axis illustrations for America’s Wickwire Spencer Steel Company (1901 – 1963) in World War II. Continue reading »
Avatars for Ukraine: Top Digital Ukrainian Artists Adopt NFTs to Help Ukraine
Avatars for Ukraine is a charity NFT collection of the iconic digital art created in response to the largest war since WWII. The incarnations of the spirit of Ukraine in its fight for existence. Continue reading »
Once Upon The War: Introducing The Kharkiv School of Photography
Kharkiv School of Photography is an artistic milieu that emerged in the 1970s in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was a school of aesthetic thought which never had any official status, where ‘education’ happened in clubs and coffee shops — not a school to attend classes. Still, the artists created an original visual language that broke free from the dominant Soviet dogma in arts. It defined the discourse for the next generations in Kharkiv and entire Ukraine and evolved into a distinctive aesthetic system, offering a documentary chronicle of over 50 years of its history.
Heavily bombed by the Russian army, several photographers of the group still remain in Kharkiv, as others managed to escape leaving their archives behind. An operation to preserve these documents is ongoing.
Ukraine-Russia/Volleyball, 1992
Viktor & Sergiy Kochetov/Alexandra de Viveiros Gallery
Viktor Kochetov creates work with his son Sergiy. They are well-known for hand-colouring black and white prints in the tradition of luriki — enlarged, retouched and often tinted photographic portraits. Continue reading »
Ukrainians Launch A Collection Of NFT CryptoCossacks In Support Of Ukraine
CryptoCossack is a Ukrainian spirit that has been converted into a piece of digital art. Cossacks have a Ukrainian origin, however it’s not an ethnic group but rather a caste of free, fearless warriors and tech geeks. Avatars represent freedom, peace as well as both violent and nonviolent resistance against dictatorship imposed by the Russian government. Continue reading »
Ukrainian Warrior Cats by Julia Pod
“Ukrainian Warrior Cats – collection of popular images that became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russian aggression. We do donate toward Ukrainian people.” Continue reading »
33 Letters for Ukraine: Letters of The Ukrainian Alphabet as A Sign of Solidarity
Font used is Kyiv Type by Dmitri Rastvortsev
Polish designers created the “33 Letters for Ukraine” Challenge aimed at expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine. More than 400 variants of letters were sent by designers from different countries. Continue reading »
Art for Ukraine: A Place for Ukrainian Artists and Artists Supporting Ukraine
Progressive people from around the world support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. Artists who are not indifferent to this tragedy are also doing their part. Continue reading »
Ukrainian Artist Paints an Impressive Series of Patriotic Art Works
Oleg Shupliak is a Ukrainian artist living in Berezhany. Continue reading »
Ukrainian Artist Creates These Tragic Drawings Illustrating Horrors Of The War
According to Olga Wilson, an artist based in Ukraine: “I would like to share my “war notes” made through drawings. We have only one home – it’s our planet. We should keep it safe.
In the 21st century we, all people and countries, should evolve and never act from a position of force, but from a position of negotiations, diplomacy, rationalism and consensus. It’s the main goal of humanity.
War is the worst mistake.
The best solution for war is never to start it.
We all are connected. Our energies and souls are connected.
Use your energy to create good, not evil.”
“Every living being is a sufferer of war. Animals in shelters and farms in occupied territories are massively dying from lack of food and water or after shelling. I watched a terrible video recorded in Borodyanka. Volunteers found only around 150 animals who survived out of 485.” Continue reading »
“Beauty Won’t Put up With It”: New Patriotic Mural by Konstantin Kachanovsky Emerged in Rivne
A new mural by Konstantin Kachanovsky emerged in Rivne, Ukraine. Its name “Beauty won’t put up with it” refers to Putin’s rape joke about Ukraine ‘Like it or not, my beauty, you have to put up with it’ made in early February. Continue reading »
Nuclear Monster: Naked Putin Became a Character in The Paintings of A Ukrainian Artist
“Nightmare that happened in 21 century”
Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Prokhopenko dedicated a series of works to Putin, depicting him as a naked monster. Continue reading »
Re:Create UA Shared the First Works of Talented Contestants from All Over the World on Reconstruction of Buildings Destroyed by War
Re:CreateUA is a call for architects, artists and designers from around the world. Pick any picture of the ruined Ukrainian building and use all your creativity to show how we should restore it after the war.
The destructed homes and cities are the tragedy for millions of Ukrainians. Your creativity will bring the hope back! Continue reading »
The Pysanka — Ukrainian Easter Eggs with Strength
Thousands of years ago, agrarian people living in the area now known as Ukraine depended on the sun for survival. It gave them light, warmed them and made their crops grow. Not surprisingly, they came to venerate the sun as one of their most-important gods and created rituals to honor this deity. Pagan spring rituals celebrated the return of the sun after a long, dark winter and the humble egg played a central role in this celebration. Continue reading »
Guardians of Ukraine: NFT Collection of Ukrainian Soldiers Who Are Fighting for Freedom & Peace
A collection of 5,000 brave Ukrainian soldiers who are fighting for our freedom & peace. Created by Sasha Beytler and Bogdan Kovganchuk, two Ukrainians living in the US. Continue reading »
“I Wouldn’t Want to Have Dozens of Themes to Illustrate Every Day Like This”: War in Ukraine in Illustrations by Ukrainian and International Artists
Since February 24, when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the lives of most Ukrainians have changed dramatically. As they continue their work, artists record these changes-sometimes accurately as documentarians, sometimes thinking and reflecting as artists. Continue reading »
Citizens of Kyiv: The Photographer Alexander Chekmenev Captured Fortitude, Desperation and Resolve in a City Under Attack
Alexander Chekmenev/The New York Times
Alexander Chekmenev was born in Luhansk, the city located in Eastern Ukraine, Donbass. Continue reading »
Photographer Showing The Reality Of Ukrainian Children And Women Who Have Escaped From War To Poland
Tetiana, Age 35, Alisa, Age 7, Lutsk
According to Aleksander Majdański: “Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, I started to portray women who escaped to Poland before the war. The portraits show Ukrainian women whose husbands, fathers, sons, or brothers stayed in Ukraine to fight for their country and who were forced to leave their homeland because of the war. Continue reading »
Street Artists Around the World Support Ukraine in Its Fight Against the Russian Invasion
Amos Chapple
The graffiti against the war in Ukraine of the street artist ChemiS in Prague, Czech Republic. Continue reading »
Custom LEGO of Zelenskyy and Molotov Cocktails Raise Funds for Ukraine
A custom lego store in Chicago is selling custom designed LEGOs modeled after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Molotov Cocktails. All the proceeds are going to a charity that provides medical aid to Ukraine and the surrounding countries. Continue reading »
