Kateryna OCHEREDKO (b. 1985), In the Embrace of the Sun, 2026

oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm, signed lower right: Ocheredko K. 2026

Born in 1985 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She has lived and worked in Poland since 2022.

A multimedia contemporary artist and a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 2012. Founder of the artistic duo OCHEREDKO ART TWINS.

She has participated in over 45 international exhibitions and held 10 solo exhibitions at prestigious cultural centers in Europe, China, the U.S., Australia, and Cyprus. In 2020, she was awarded the Silver Key Honorary Prize by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cyprus.

From 2012 to 2018, she created mosaic compositions for the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Kyiv. From 2016 to 2023, she worked as a painter-animator and supervisor of painting animation on the production of feature-length animated films created using oil painting techniques, such as *Loving Vincent* (Oscar-nominated) and *The Peasants*, produced by Breakthru Films.

Her works are included in museum collections, including:

the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Castle Museum (Nicosia, Cyprus)

The Museum of Graphic Arts (Guanlan, China)

The Library of Alexandria (Egypt)

The Booth Family Special Collections Center at Georgetown University Library (USA)

She works in the fields of easel and monumental painting as well as printmaking. Her works are also held in private collections in Poland, England, Germany, China, Cyprus, the U.S., and Kyrgyzstan.