Vlada Ralko b. 1969
Overview
Vlada Ralko (b. 1969 in Kyiv, Ukraine) works with painting, graphics, installation, and creates art books. In 1994, she graduated from the painting department of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv. Ralko is the recipient of the All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting Award (2001) and a CCN Graz Scholarship (2007). She is also the winner of the He for She: Women In Arts award (2019). In her works, the artist often addresses questions of identity within relevant social and political contexts, delving into the existential depths of pain and suffering within a collective body. Her brushwork is emotional, robust, and contrastive, while her palette is saturated.
Vlada Ralko has had solo and group exhibitions, including "Kaleidoscope of (Hi)stories. Ukrainian Art 1912-2023" at Albertinum, Dresden (DE); "Vlada Ralko & Volodymyr Budnikov: Questioning the Visible" at Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok (PL); "Women at War" at Fridman Gallery in collaboration with Voloshyn Gallery, New York (USA); "Ukraine: Short Stories: Contemporary artists from Ukraine" at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome (IT); "The phantom of liberty. Version" at Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok (PL), and others.
Artworks
Exhibitions
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Camera Obscura
14 April - 21 May 2023 KyivVoloshyn Gallery re-opens in Kyiv, Ukraine with the group exhibition Camera Obscura. Participants: Krasimira Butseva, Open Group artist collective, Nikita Kadan, Lesia Khomenko, Brilant Milazimi , Mila Panic, Vlada Ralko...Read more -
Artists Know Better
8 October - 11 November 2022Voloshyn Gallery, together with Dallas Art Fair Projects, presents ARTISTS KNOW BETTER, an exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian artists reflecting on the radical situation of russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. Working...Read more -
Women at War
6 July - 26 August 2022Fridman Gallery (NYC) and Voloshyn Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine) are honored to present Women at War, curated by Monika Fabijanska. Women at War features works by a selection of the leading...Read more -
She Asked, I Followed. Her Name Is After
24 April - 15 May 2022Fredric Snitzer Gallery and Voloshyn Gallery are proud to present a group show featuring Ukrainian artists such as Nikita Kadan, Pavlo Kerestey, Lesia Khomenko, Dana Kavelina, Oleksiy Sai, Mykola Ridnyi,...Read more -
Ukraine Relief Fundraiser
7 - 23 April 2022Fredric Snitzer Gallery in cooperation with Voloshyn Gallery present a contemporary art sale to aid Ukraine relief efforts. The exhibition will be on view starting Thursday, April 7th, through...Read more -
Memory on Her Face: Part II
1 - 25 April 2022Voloshyn Gallery is proud to present The Memory on Her Face: Part II , a group exhibition of Ukrainian artists featuring works by Nikita Kadan, Lesia Khomenko, Nikolay Karabinovych, Maria...Read more -
5 years ago
20 October - 14 November 2021 KyivVoloshyn Gallery presents a group project of Nikita Kadan, Lesia Khomenko, Oleksiy Sai, Mykola Ridnyi, Nikolay Karabinovych, Yevgen Samborsky, Vlada Ralko, and Volodymyr Budnikov in honor of the 5th anniversary...Read more -
Vlada Ralko | Wedding
16 May - 30 June 2019 KyivSomething seems to happen when people perform certain solemn or, to the contrary, necessary repetitive quotidian actions: something that fills these activities with discrete meanings. The act of ascribing meaning...Read more -
Vlada Ralko | Fashion Show
11 April - 13 May 2018 KyivVoloshyn Gallery is proud to present Fashion Show, a series of graphic works by Vlada Ralko, the most prominent expressionist artist in contemporary Ukraine. In her works, Ralko often raises...Read more
Press
Art Fairs
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viennacontemporary2023
7 September 2023 - 10 February 2024Voloshyn Gallery proudly presents a group project by Nikita Kadan, Mykola Ridnyi, and Vlada Ralko at viennacontemporary2023. In the context of the ongoing Russian invasion...Read more -
NADA New York 2022
5 - 8 May 2022Voloshyn Gallery is proud to present the works of Ukrainian artists Lesia Khomenko, Maria Sulymenko, Vlada Ralko, Oleksiy Sai and Daniil Galkin at NADA New...Read more -
Dallas Art Fair 2021
11 - 14 November 2021Voloshyn Gallery participates in the Dallas Art Fair! This year at our booth at the Dallas Art fair we will present works by Nikita Kadan,...Read more -
UNTITLED ART ONLINE 2020
31 July - 9 August 2020Founded in October 2016 by Max and Julia Voloshyn, Voloshyn Gallery specializes in contemporary art. Voloshyn Gallery showcases a broad range of media in contemporary...Read more
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