About

Svitlana Vol is a Ukrainian-born artist living and working in Berlin. Her practice focuses primarily on oil and acrylic painting, with an emphasis on portraiture, figurative painting, landscapes, and still lifes.

Born and raised in Odesa, she developed her artistic path over many years before fully dedicating herself to painting. Her work has been exhibited in Berlin, Erfurt, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa.

Artist Statement

In my work, I move between portraiture, figurative painting, landscape, and still life. I am interested in how painting can hold atmosphere, structure, and emotional presence through color, light, and form. Whether I work with a human figure, a landscape, or a quiet arrangement of objects, I look for a balance between observation and inner intensity. Each work develops through attention to mood, surface, and the relationship between presence and silence.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions in Berlin
Filmmuseum München, 2024
Galeria Nosa, Palma de Mallorca, 2024
BBA Artist Prize, Berlin, 2025
All-Ukrainian Painting Triennial, Kyiv, 2025