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The Call of the Void

is about our strange attraction to danger — the desire to look into the darkness and move closer to something we know may frighten us. The more we look into the abyss, the more it seems to look back at us. In my work, I look into the past through landscapes, myths and fragments of forgotten worlds, yet sometimes the past feels strangely like the future. Perhaps there is no clear boundary between them, only the present moment and the uncertainty it carries. Beauty draws us in, but it can also hide something we cannot fully see. Don’t trust the beauty. If it feels so beautiful, why does it feel so uneasy? This tension between attraction and fear is where my beautiful anxiety begins.

 

Olena Mynenko artist’s portfolio 2025

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ABOUT

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Olena Mynenko (Ukraine, 1970) is a visual artist working with beauty and its darker side, often bringing together mythology, mysticism and the tension between the beautiful and the unsettling.

She studied Fine Arts in Kyiv and fashion in Barcelona. She developed her own fashion brand and worked as an artist and fashion illustrator for various brands and newspapers, including Hermès. In 2022, she decided to focus on her artistic career and exhibition work.

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