Olga
Baryshnikova

I was born and raised in Mariupol, Ukraine. A beautiful city by the sea. But the place where I spent the first years of my life does not exist anymore. The city where I spent my childhood was shelled and destroyed.

There have been some difficult periods in my life. After the divorce, I became a sociopath. And then, oil paints fell into my hands. This saved me. It was the new world. Colors gave me a new sense of life, sexuality, and sensations. Colors are an aesthetic and visual stimulus for me.

Forced emigration opened up for me a world of new people and incredible nature, and I am surrounded by incredible children, talented and smart, every day I draw inspiration from them. 

In a perfect world, as I imagine it, there is no tension and grief. Music, dancing, and the sea.