Svitlana Martynjuk
Everyone knows we love painting, color, and supporting female artists. Naturally, we are thrilled to share work by all SHE makes founder, Svitlana Martynjuk.
Born and raised in Ukraine, Martynjuk’s work is influenced by memories of her great-grandmother’s quaint cottage home, nestled in the quiet Ukrainian countryside. Interested in art from a young age, she later moved to the United States where she completed her education in Fine Arts, Psychology, and Strategic Management. Inspired by the human mind and with a fascination for nature, she appreciates experience through interaction and exploring the complexities of diversity in people through observation and travel. Her work is in private collections all over the world and includes a wide array of commissioned pieces, published book illustrations, and collaborations with West Elm and Minted.
Her list of achievements goes on, including founding all SHE makes, an online directory and women artists magazine increasing visibility for women artists around the world. She is a founding member of Fair Art 2030, an organization working towards gender equality in the art world.
Martynjuk describes more:
The use of powerful colors within my work has been an important part of my own healing and learning process. Every speckle, every brush stroke has purpose in the exploration of self and tells a story through the safe space of each canvas. My history, my culture, my purpose. An identity lost amongst the expectations of society and its constant mislabeling of body and meaning. I represent these struggles and my existence through a vibrant palette to show not only the freedom to exist as I am, but to find joy in these tangled emotions and portray the brighter side of letting go.
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