Thanks to The City of Helsinki, The Finnish Arts and Culture Agency, and the Ministry of Education and Culture for their support! We also warmly thank Myymälä2 and curators Ramiro Carmelo and Krista Mikkola for making this possible!
She also is the author of the monograph “Statics-Dynamics in Graphics and Picture Tests” (2018), which explores the concepts of statics and dynamics in graphics, painting and socionics.
Learn more about AR-Safe Haven resident Olga Karpenko:
https://artistsatrisk.org/2026/03/24/ar-resident-olga-karpenko/
AR-Resident Olga Karpenko - Artists at Risk (AR)
Born in 1966, Olga lives and works in Kyiv. A mathematician by education, psychologist by profession, and artist by vocation, she works in watercolor, sepia, watercolor monotype, pen and ink, Chinese ink, and acrylic, focusing on landscapes, flowers, marine life, … Continue reading →
Olga Karpenko is a Ukrainian graphic artist, a psychologist-consultant, who holds a Master of Mathematics and a PhD in the field of socionics.
Her practice is rooted in attentive observation of urban spaces, natural elements and infrastructure as essential frameworks enabling human existence. Since 2022, her work has responded to life in Ukraine during war.
Learn more about the exhibition here:
https://www.myymala2.com/?p=10606Myymala2 » Blog Archive » Process Wall: Olga Karpenko: Helsinki–Kyiv 9.4.–19.4.2026
Through watercolors, Karpenko presents a visual chronicle of her life across two cities, one where vital everyday infrastructure is protected, and another where it remains under constant threat, reflecting on the value of normal life itself.
🗓 9–19 April 2026, Wed-Sat 12-18, Sun 12-17, Mon-Tue Closed
✨ Opening: 8 April, 17:00–19:00
AR-Resident Olga Karpenko’s “Helsinki–Kyiv” exhibition opening soon in Helsinki!
Join us at Myymälä2 for “Helsinki–Kyiv”, the first solo exhibition in Finland by Ukrainian artist and AR-Safe Haven resident Olga Karpenko.
📍 Myymälä2,Uudenmaankatu 23 F, HELSINKI 00120
(long-term network funding), Svenska Kulturfonden, Finnish Ministry of Culture and Education and the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
We warmly thank all our partners: Creative Residency MC6 (Ukraine), Nida Art Colony (Lithuania), Nordic House (Iceland), Retreat House (Ukraine), Nordic Artists’ Center (NKD, Norway), Detali (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) and MASSIA (Estonia); as well as our funders the Nordic Culture Point
