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Olena Golub

{{Othernames| Golub; Holub (name)}

 Olena Golub (born December 25 1951 Kyiv) — is  Ukrainian contemporary artist, painter, digital image maker  and art-critic , member of National Union of Artists of Ukraine   from 2003 р.

In visual art tends to expressive, grotesque forms of expression, paradoxical comparison of objects in the compositions, which are peculiar mental structures. Sidor-Gibelinda O. Golub Olena Y. / / Encyclopedia of Contemporary Ukraine. - K.: Institute of encyclopedic research NASU., in Ukrainian:Сидор-Гібелинда О. Голуб Олена Євгенівна. // Енциклопедія Сучасної  України,. — К.:Ін-т енциклопед. досл. НАНУ — Т.6, — 2006, — С. 108, 213. — ISBN 966-02-3966-1. 

Curator and participant of many art projects, national and international. Her works exhibited in countries: Germany, Netherlands, Belgium South Korea, Poland, Austria, Hungary and other. Her works, in various techniques, are united by motion of self-improvement, finding meaning in the existence of complex labyrinths of urban civilization.

Biography
Olena Golub was born in December 25, 1951 in Kiev, in intellectual family. Her parents some time acted on stage as a singers, then father Yevgen Golub became a journalist and mother Zinaida Morozova - official. A. Golub graduated from Kyiv National University by T. Shevchenko in 1974, Department of Biophysics. Some time she worked as an engineer. But dreamed of becoming a professional artist. But she didn't want to join the Art's Academy, she was not agree to make topical compositions in the spirit of Soviet ideology. Thus, took private drawing lessons i and graduated from Institute of journalistic skill in 1986, faculty artists press. In addition, attended teaching painting in Ukrainian Academy of Printing. She worked as an illustrator in magazines, an editor at the publishing house etc. Her husband Peter  Yakovenko  is culturologist,  daughter Anna Golub is photographer, son Andrey Yakovenko is designer. She lives in Kiev. Repeatedly traveles abroad with exhibitions.

Creativity
Her career began with opposition to the Socialist Realism in the circle of art underground artists, when she was written in the style of Expressionism. Avant-garde young people in Kiev founded an association « Rukh»(«Movement»), in which gathered writers, scientists, artists and discussed many interesting things. In 1977 they organized  exhibition, where were artists:  Tregub,  Baklitsky,  Zalevsky Kostetsky,  Golub  and others. Her art works were turned to the inner world of contemporary, were written in an expressive manner  with   active deformation and  using of pure colors. («Engineer's portrait», «Empty plate», «Two», etc.).

thumb |Engineer's portrait .1976. Http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:21-Golub-inz-w-.jpg

The second surge of lifting art by Olena Golub associated with the revival of civic activities and the advent of private galleries, where she began to exhibit new works. In her paintings such  as «Aunt», «Fisherman», «Chupa-chups, or the illusion of equality»  increased  social-critical motif with characteristic for  Ukrainians hints of humor. These works found understanding and at home and abroad, in the International Art Festival in Magdeburg (Germany). ). uk: Andrew Yakubinsky. In Magdeburg remained Ukrainian "Angel." / / Den (the Day) 2000, - October 6, in Ukrainian [Http://www.day.kiev.ua/51776]   Alex Titarenko. People and animals. / / Den (the Day), 2001,-- February 23. in Ukrainian: [Http://www.day.kiev.ua/60562]   Irena Bazhal. Briefly - the main thing. / / Zerkalo Nedeli ( Mirror  Weekly).2002  - 27 April. 