Artist Yaryna Yuryk

Yaryna Yuryk

Art/Education/Design/Consulting



Acrylic, watercolor and oil painting.

Founder of the modern cordocentric ​worldview direction of watercolor ​painting in Ukraine.


Artist Yaryna Yuryk


Yaryna Yuryk

Honoured Artist of Ukraine













Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Women’s Art Association of Canada.


Graduated from the Lviv Professional College of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Ivan ​Trush (2003), Lviv Polytechnic National University (2005). Ph.D. (2012).


Founder of the modern cordocentric worldview direction of watercolor painting in Ukraine.


Selection committees chose her works for exhibition in many countries of the world, where ​they won victories in international painting competitions.


For the first time in the history of Ukraine, Yaryna`s works selected by the jury of the Design ​and Watercolor Salon (2017-2018) were exhibited at the Grand Palais National Museum in ​Paris, the Autumn Salon of Latin America (2016), Sao Paulo, Brazil.


Exhibited at the largest art exhibition in the world, Art expo New-York and Miami Art Week, ​including others.


Solo exhibitions were exhibited in the National Museum of Ukraine named after A. Sheptytskyi, ​Taras Shevchenko National Museum in Kyiv, Lviv National Art Gallery named after ​B.Woznytskyi and others.


Works are kept in private and museum collections of Ukraine and the world.


Artist statement

As an artist, I believe that art is a positive-energy system that heals and uplifts and does not ignore ​people's problems. I strive to create ethereal and sonorous strokes that capture the elusive amorphous ​moment and invite viewers to reflect on self-healing.

Through my art, I hope to expand the audience's awareness that human life is short, and it is essential ​to create beauty every moment to live as if it were the last.

My art has been a tool of Ukrainian culture diplomacy. For the first time in the history of the country ​Ukrainian works were selected by the jury of the Design and Watercolor Salon (2017–2018) to be shown at ​the Grand Palais National Museum in Paris, where it was my works that were selected and exhibited. ​Further I exhibited at the Autumn Salon of Latin America (2016) in São Paulo, Brazil. I have also exhibited ​at the largest art exhibition in the world, Art Expo New York (2017), and represented the series entitled ​“Ukrainian Identity”. In addition, I am the recipient of the Honoured Artist of Ukraine award, given to me by ​the President of Ukraine in 2017.

My artwork draws inspiration from the natural beauty of the world, philosophical texts, Ukrainian ​identity and have been incorporating findings of my own theoretical searches for identity and memory. My ​paintings feature Ukrainian symbols referencing many periods in history in an abstract style utilizing colours ​generally with warm tones. Within this context I explore themes of life, death, good and evil, peace, ​equality, mutual understanding, harmony, catharsis, and memory. Beyond this, I also create realistic ​architectural landscapes that connect the identity of society, landscape, depicting the memory of the city.

Recently, I moved to Toronto. With every stroke, I aim to create art that is bears goodness and light. I ​believe that every moment is unique and can never happen again, and every lost life is irreversible. ​Therefore, I hope that my art, within the brevity of time, can offer a moment of reflection and self-healing for ​the viewer. Let us save memory, stop violence, and end war.

Artist Yaryna Yuryk

What PRESS Say - Must see artist ArtExpo New York 2023

ArtMarket 2023

an article about the artist Yaryna Yuryk, Miami Art week

Artour 2018

Inspiration Art Book vol 2017

Published on Jul 27, 2017

Art & Beyond March/April 2017

What PRESS Say

Art & Beyond Winter Print Edition 2015

Monday, March 13, 2023

Artexpo New York, now in it’s 46th year

Watercolor paintings

Miracle of life

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2016

Wisdom

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2016​

Miracle of life

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

C​reation

Year: 2016​

Watercolor paintings

From the series - Creation

Dimensions: 30 x 40

Creation

Year: 2006

This wonderful life

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2016

From the series - Creation​

Dimensions: 30 x 40

Creation

Year: 2006

Watercolor paintings

My Ukraine...

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...

Year: 2005

The birth of spring

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...

Year: 2004​

Wisdom

Dimensions: 30 x 40

My Ukraine...

Year: 2004​

Watercolor paintings

Crimean landscape-3

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...

Year: 2006​

Righteous

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...​

Year: 2006​

Crimean landscape-7​

Dimensions: 30 x 40

My Ukraine...

Year: 2006​

Watercolor paintings


Miracle

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2015​

Joy of life

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Cr​eation

Year: 2014​

Am​our

Dimensions: 30 x 40

Cr​eation

Year: 2014​

The cold wind...

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...

Year: 2009​

Oil paintings

Greatness

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...

Year: 2008

Wisper of Angels..​.

Dimensions: 30 x 40

My Ukraine...

Year: 2014​

Pastel, Watercolor, Oil painting

Creation - 29

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...

Year: 2014​

From Sites Memory-​133

Dimensions: 24 x 36

Pl​aces of memory...

Year: 2012​

colors of war

Dimensions: 30 x 40

My Ukraine...

Year: 2014​

Watercolor paintings

Miricle of life

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2017​

My Ukraine...-238

Dimensions: : 82x 59xO,3 cm

My Ukraine...

Year: 2015

Creation

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

My Ukraine...

Year: 2002​

Watercolor paintings

Te​rra incognita...

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Catarsis

Year: 2014​

Blue Birds

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm 36

Catarsis

Year: 2015​

Or​igin of life...

Dimensions: : 82x 59xO,3 cm

Catarsis

Year: 2015​

Watercolor paintings

From Sites of Memories ​

Dimensions: 30 x 36​

Place of memories

Year: 2010​

From Sites of Memories

Dimensions: 30 x 36​

Place of memories

Year: 2010​

From Sites of Memories

Dimensions: 30 x 40

Place of memories

Year: 2004​

Watercolor paintings

Su​nrise

Dimensions: 30x 36

Creation

Year: 2003​

Genius

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2016​

Primavera...

Dimensions:82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2016​

Watercolor paintings

an abstract painting with swirls and colors, Yaryna Yuryk, 2024

with in...

Dimensions: 24 x 36

Flow

Year: 2023​

My UkrainE...1202

Dimensions: 24 x 36

Flow

Year: 2023​

My UkrainE...1222

Dimensions:24 x 36

Flow

Year: 2023

Sense of life

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...

Year: 2003

Watercolor paintings

Pe​ace

Dimensions: 24 x 36

My Ukraine...

Year: 2004

Pa​radise

Dimensions: 30 x 40

My Ukraine...

Year: 2004​

With in...

Dimensions: 24 x 36

Flow

Year: 2023

Watercolor paintings

Creation

Dimensions: 24 x 36

Flow

Year: 2023

The way...

Dimensions: 30 x 40

Flow

Year: 2023

Watercolor painting Watercolor painting Mixedmedia painting

wisdom

Dimensions: 24 x 36

Creation

Year: 2002

The origin of life

Dimensions: 24 x 36

Creation

Year: 2002

Creation...

Dimensions: 30 x 40

Creation

Year: 2003

Watercolor, Mixedmedia, Acrylic

Blue Bird

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2000

Mericale

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2006

Paradise

Dimensions: 46 x 40

Flow

Year: 2023

Apocalypse

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2013

Watercolor paintings

love of life -33

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2013

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2015

Watercolor paintings

S​oul of the Unyverse

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2015

Catharsis

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2006

Creation

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Creation

Year: 2015

Watercolor, Oil, Watercolor painting

Sites of Memories

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Place of memories

Year: 2009

Vanety

Dimensions: 46 x 30​

Creation

Year: 2009

Sites of Memories

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Place of memories

Year: 2009

Watercolor painting

Sites of Memories

Dimensions: 82x 59xO,3 cm

Place of memories

Year: 2009

Memoress​

Dimensions: 36 x 24

Place of memories

Year: 2009

Rainbow

Dimensions: 40 x 30

P​lace of memories

Year: 2009

Watercolor painting

Contact me



Toronto, ON, Canada

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