Okno - pittrice contemporanea
Valeriya Shebelnichenko, aka Okno, was born in Ukraine in 1996. Painter and performer, she currently lives and works in the city of Turin, Italy.
She moved to Italy in 2004 and studied at the Art and Music High School in Forlì, obtaining her diploma in 2016. With her emotional approach to painting and performance, she manages to involve the viewers by making them part of her experiences.
Okno’s works have been shown in the cities of Venice, Milan, Turin, Pisa, Rimini, Forlí, Edinburgh, she arrived as a finalist in the Arte Laguna Prize and exhibited in the spaces of the Venetian North Arsenale. Her career, albeit young, denotes various collaborations, aimed at creating an artistic dialogue that involves multiple senses.
Exhibitions and performances
2023 -- Group exhibition "MEGAMIX"
A pick gallery, Turin
2023 -- Group exhibition "Tell me who I am"
Roots Art Gallery, Cinema Arsenale, Pisa
2023 – Finalist of Arte Laguna Prize with group exhibition
Arsenale Nord, Venice
2023 -- Group exhibition "Capodanno a Carnevale"
MAU, Turin
2022 – Presentation of the video art "Finding freedom in
lack"
Flashback Art Fair, Turin
2022 – Group exhibition "Ultimo evento"
Vernice fresca in Barriera, Turin
2022 – Performance "Lullabies for the Land"
Teatro Franco Parenti, Milan
2022 – Performance "Lullabies for the Land"
Piazza Castello, Turin
2022 – Performance "Ucraina"
Giardini Reali bassi, Turin
2021 -- Permanent exhibition
Esperanto Bistrò, Rimini
2021 -- Painting performance with the public "Tarocchi
pittorici"
Esperanto Bistrò, Rimini
2020 -- Performer for a video art by Insight
“I cancelli dell'inferno: figure mostruose,
metamorfosi artistiche, il nuovo movimento
artistico”
Bologna
2020 – Live painting
Humus Altro, Rimini
2019 – Performer for a short film by Rodrigo Courtney
"The revolution will be on Netflix"
Edinburgh
"Combination Human" project
2022 – Group live painting performance
Torino Creativa Hub, Turin
2022 – Live painting performance
R.O.C. Farmacia, Forlí
2022 – Live painting performance
Esperanto Bistrò, Rimini
2022 – Live painting performance
La Brezza, Rimini
2022 – Live painting performance
Vernice Fresca in Barriera,
Turin