HELEN

OLENA KOSENKO

All my works are facing a similar issue. I was trying to connect past and future trough the reality of NOW.

I saw a beauty in decay and deconstruction overlooking the big issues we face as a society.

Environmental issues and the way I look at them are not just about dealing with material objects but it is about failure of human dreams and our culture….

In my work I tried to transform an object, an element or manmade structure (boats) and take it out of it “comfort zone”.

My question is: “Is it possible to travel through time without leaving a mass destruction behind?”

Gone With The Wind

Oil on canvas

121cm x 90cm

White Waratah Dance

Oil on canvas

121cm x 76cm

Racing Through Time

Acrylic on canvas

40cm x 70cm

Fishing For Time

Mixed media on canvas

40cm x 50cm

Olena Kosenko

AWARDS and Selected Exhibitions

2013

Art Melbourne Fair

Winner, Noel Chettle Memorial Art Award

Royal Children Hospital Art Program Group Show

Finalist, Mosman Art Prize

Finalist, North Sydney Art Prize

Downing Centre DIsplay

2012

“Crossroads of Style” group exhibition, Chatswood

First Prize, Lane Cove art Award

First Prize, Royal Easter Show, Drawing Section

Best in Show, Castle Hill Orange Blossom Festival
Commended, 48th Drummoyne Art Award, Drawing Section
2011
Art Sydney
2010
Art Melbourne
2009
Art Sydney09
First Prize - Orange Blossom Festival (Pen&Wash Section) & First Prize (Drawing Section)
First Prize - Lane Cove Art Award (Scene Around Sydney Section) & First Prize - Ford Land Acquisition
First Prize - Drummoyne Art Award (Drawing Section)
Art of Melbourne, Stand E15 "CPH Gallery", The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Melbourne
2008
November - "Azure Gallery" Showcase
Finalist - 46th Festival of Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre
First Prize - Parramatta Open Art Award
Finalist - Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA)
First Prize (Still Life Section) - Commended (Works on Paper, Modern and Ryde City Council Sections) - 48th City of Ryde Art Award
First Prize (Linear drawing without colour), Castle Hill & Hills District Art Awards
Second Prize (Mixed Media Section) - Royal Canberra Show
2007
Best in Show Award - Orange Blossom Festival
Finalist - Willoughby Art Prize
First Prize - DYMOCKS Drawing Art Competition
First Prize (Oil / Acrylic section), MTAS Autumn Art Exhibition
Community Prize - Walsh Bay Art Prize, One of a Kind Art Gallery
2006
First Prize (Drawing Section) - 41st Hornsby Art Awards Exhibition
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Solo Exhibition, Art2Muse Gallery

2012 Solo Exhibition, Downing Centre

2010 "Graphic Dreams" - Headland Gallery, Mosman
2009 "Life In Blue" - Azure Gallery, June 2008
2008 "Putting a brave face" - Mars Hill, Parramatta, July 2007
2007 "Window to the Soul" - Gallery Cafe, Surry Hills, Feb 2007

Fold And Turn And Fold Again detail

Oil on canvas

120cm x 50cm

Together

Mixed media

121cm x 90cm

Olena Kosenko Art
http://www.hkosenko.com/
olenakosenkoart@gmail.com