“The Magic of Symbols” by Oksana Andrushchenko. September 10-24, 2017

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Oksana densely ornaments glass, as her grandmother used to ornament shirts, arranging thousand-year old letters-symbols in texts about perpetual things: Life, Death, Love… One may read into her compositions as into a pysanka, embroidered shirt or an icon, or simply relish the variations of modern plastic arts and gentle emotions of refined pearl coloring.

Born in Lviv, Ukraine in 1966.
1984-1989 a student of Lviv of Decorative and Applied Arts (now Lviv Nationl Academy of Arts), department of artistic textile. A member of National Association of Artists of Ukraine. Her working techniques are painting on glass and small-form textile. She teaches at  the department of graphic design of Lviv National Academy of Arts.

She has a many Exhibits and her works can be found in Ukraine and abroad.

Early this year (2017) she was awarded the title –  The Honored Artist of  Ukraine.