Viktoriia Oreshko Ukraine, b. 1997

Viktoriia Oreshko is a painter whose work examines cultural memory,

personal history and the emotional weight of contemporary conflict. She

trained in monumental painting at the Lviv National Academy of Arts and

later continued her studies in Bordeaux, Montreal and Paris. In 2025 she

graduated with honours from Beaux Arts de Paris, the same year she won the

Sisley x Beaux‑ Arts Prize for Emerging Artists.

Oreshko’s paintings combine figurative clarity with an atmosphere of quiet

intensity. Critics describe her work as a realm of liberation where imagery

shaped by war transforms into something delicate, reflective and intimate .

Her practice often revolves around memory and the body, weaving together

autobiographical fragments, family histories and broader social narratives.

Viktoriia Oreshko's art depicts her interest in the passage of time and the

ways in which private experience becomes entangled with collective events.

Her exhibitions include presentations at Galerie C in Paris, Musée des

Cordeliers, Palais de Tokyo, Galleria Continua and 68projects by

KORNFELD. Before moving to France she participated in projects such as

the Vezha Festival in Lviv and exhibitions in Bordeaux focused on

postcolonial and archival themes. Alongside her painting practice she has

worked as an interpreter in film and media, an experience that deepens her

engagement with visual perception and the translation of images across

contexts.

Oreshko’s work is shaped by displacement and the search for continuity

across fractured histories. Her paintings offer a sensitive and patient

reflection on memory, resilience and the fragile beauty that persists even in

times of uncertainty.