Kateryna Savych
Kateryna Savych was born in Luhansk (currently this territory of Ukraine is occupied by Russian troops). After graduating from school, she entered the Pedagogical University in the city of Melitopol, majoring in “Pedagogy and Methodology of Secondary Education”. In 2008, she graduated from the Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University with a master’s degree, obtaining a qualification as a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature and foreign literature. She has over 20 years of teaching experience, and has written a number of scientific papers on the methodology of applying receptive aesthetics in literature and art lessons.
The artist is engaged in weaving, working in the techniques of tapestry, collage, and artistic textiles, and working on a frame or loom. Working with her hands is important for Kateryna, especially during the war. In 2023, she fulfilled her dream of entering the Lviv Academy of Arts at the department of art textiles. In 2024, she participated in the International Project “Crafts as a Form of Sustainability” (Hlynyany, Ukraine).
Artworks
Unfathomable roads that people walk.Material: WoolTechnique: Weaving loom
The bark of trees, like human skin, is layered with experience and trauma. Sometimes there are gaps in the trees, an uncovered middle. So there are places in humans that are open to the outside. And who knows what experience will be layered here.Materials: Wool, canvasTechnique: Tapestry
The bark of trees, like human skin, is layered with experience and trauma. Sometimes there are gaps in the trees, an uncovered middle. So there are places in humans that are open to the outside. And who knows what experience will be layered here.Materials: Wool, canvasTechnique: Tapestry