A few wispy clouds, 2024
Olena Topliss

Artist Statement:

Art makes this World a better place, and I am happy to be a part of this process.

With global representation, fine artist Olena Topliss specialising in exceptional semi-abstract sea/landscape painting, abstract and unique floral painting. The three styles are very different in mood, but all are made from using mix of traditional techniques and more unconventional painting methods.
All styles created are finished artwork, which is abstract and more expressional than representational, and they reveal her signature style.

Found in private and public collections worldwide, her aim has been to create work that is most definitely a painting, accomplished by using rich texture, multiple layers, brush and pallet knife marks.

Biography.

Olena was born in the Ukraine to an artistic family, and spent much of her childhood surrounded by artists and opera singers.
Her earlier years she was involed in the fashion industry having graduated from Kiev University of Textile and Design with a BA Hons degree in Fashion and textile design, with many of her designs being featured on TV and in global magazines before deciding to study for Art.
She gained her Fine Art Degree at The University of Art named after Salvador Dali ( Kiev) in 2003. After her Degree she continued to work as a fashion designer until she relocate to England in 2012. She has now left the fashion profession to focus wholly on her Art career.
Having always had a love for Art, and in creating fine art she now fulfils her passion with her work featuring in a number of galleries and private collections throughout the UK.

Selected Exhibitions:
2005 Contemporary Art of Kyiv, Flash, Union of architects, Group Exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2005 Curator's Projec, Beginning, Group Exhibition, National Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2006 Curator's Project, Exhibition Hall of Artists Union, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2007 Contemporary Art, joint exhibition The Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2008 Artists of Lvov and Kiev, Municipal Gallery Lavra, Group Exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2010 Group Exhibition, The Ukrainian House, Kyev, Ukraine,
2014 Group Exhibition, Dudley Historical Museum, UK,
2014 Group Exhibition, “ Green Stage Gallery", Worcester, UK
2016 Fresh Art Fair, (part of “The Way Gallery") Cheltenham Racecourse, UK,
2019 upcoming Personal exhibition, Carré d'artistes® Gallery, France.

Education:

Fine Art Degree at The University of Art named after Salvador Dali ( Kiev) in 2003

Exhibitions:

Selected Exhibitions:
2005 Contemporary Art of Kyiv, Flash, Union of architects, Group Exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2005 Curator's Projec, Beginning, Group Exhibition, National Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2006 Curator's Project, Exhibition Hall of Artists Union, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2007 Contemporary Art, joint exhibition The Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2008 Artists of Lvov and Kiev, Municipal Gallery Lavra, Group Exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2010 Group Exhibition, The Ukrainian House, Kyev, Ukraine,
2014 Group Exhibition, Dudley Historical Museum, UK,
2014 Group Exhibition, “ Green Stage Gallery", Worcester, UK
2016 Fresh Art Fair, (part of “The Way Gallery") Cheltenham Racecourse, UK,
2019 upcoming Personal exhibition, Carré d'artistes® Gallery, France. 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

The University of Art named after Salvador Dali ( Kiev) 1999 - 2003
private master classes Amsterdam 2013 - 2014

Artistic Influences:

I feel that my work is a way to share the beauty what I feel inside with the outside world with planned explosions and carefully applied swathes of color. The drama of nature is a significant feature in the work I produce. The mood of a sea or sky, I once stood on a cliff top watching an electrical storm at sea in the pouring rain just to capture the feeling. 
Drama of the weather, the mood of the sea, seasonal light all have their own unique presence within the landscape.

Growing up in a family of artists, singers and musicians, art seemed to make a lot of sense to me as a child. Watching my Dad making jewellery putting together piece by piece and my Mum could turn ordinary piece of rouge in masterpiece, I quickly realised that art had so many faces.
So as a child I began with creating my own stories with paint and pancil, spending hours and hours creating something what is coming from my dreams and imagination.
My aim in art is to create work that most definitely a painting, accomplished by using rich texture, multiple layers, brush and pallet knife marks.