Angelina Gafynets

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Modern colourist: still lifes, experiments with form and hue Categories: Paintings, Mixed Media, Drawings, Digital Art

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"I am interested in color as a self-sufficient substance. Each shade has its own strength and energy, and well-composed colors can evoke deep emotions"

Angelina Hafynets (b. 1992, Transcarpathia) is a Ukrainian artist who merges the still-life tradition with contemporary explorations of colour, form and texture. A graduate of the Transcarpathian Academy of Arts and the Adalbert Erdeli College, her painting is noted for decorative clarity, a vivid palette and emotional intensity; Silver Easel 2017 and “Picturesque Ukraine” 2018 laureate.

Hafinets’ Still Life: A Dialogue with Abstraction

Angelina Hafynets was born in 1992 in Transcarpathia. She studied at the A. Erdeli College of Arts (2011), Transcarpathian Art Institute (2013), and Transcarpathian Academy of Arts (2018). In her work, color is central—material, strong, and dense. “A professional sense of color, combined with simplified yet powerful structural solutions, close to early constructivism, creates the key impression—an experience of space,” notes Yuriy Komelkov, Director of the Museum of the Avant-Garde. According to art historian Volodymyr Petrashyk, Hafynets was the first in the modern Transcarpathian school to approach still life through a new color-plane system, where color itself shapes composition and builds depth, establishing her as a representative of the school in a contemporary dimension.

Represented by

Mironova Gallery

Credentials

Awards

2021 Laureate of the Yosyp Bokshay and Adalbert Erdeli Prize in the "Fine Arts" category (for significant contribution to the development of the Transcarpathian school of painting).
2017 Special Prize of the All-Ukrainian Open Painting Contest "Silver Easel" (Uzhhorod).
2016 1st Degree Diploma of the All-Ukrainian Triennial "Preview," organized by the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
2015 Scholarship holder of the Transcarpathian Regional Yosyp Bokshay and Adalbert Erdeli Prize for gifted youth.
2014 Awardee of the All-Ukrainian Exhibition-Contest "Best Work of the Year" (NUAU, Kyiv).
2013 Winner of the Student Painting Competition at the Transcarpathian Academy of Arts.
Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU) — official status confirming professional recognition at the state level.

Solo exhibitions

2025 "Still Life Space," Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv
2024 "Interiors," Imagine Point Gallery, Kyiv
2023 "Inner Space. Color," National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery," Kyiv
2023 "From a Different Angle," Art Ukraine Gallery, Kyiv
2023 "From a Different Angle," Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art (MSUMK), Lutsk
2022 "From a Different Angle," Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lutsk
2022 "From a Different Angle. Still Life," Zenko Gallery, Koruna Resort, Tatariv
2021 "From a Different Angle," Museum of Kyiv History, Kyiv
2021 "Color Structures," Iconart Gallery, Lviv
2019 "Chiaroscuro," Josip Bokshay Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum, Uzhhorod
2018 "Geometry of Color," Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod
2018 "I Do Not Perceive Color. Unfinished Project," Uzhhorod Gallery, Uzhhorod
2017 "Angelina Gafynets: Painting," VashArt Gallery, Oleksandria
2016 "Faceless," BrovdiArt Space, Uzhhorod

Group exhibitions

2025 “Ukrainian Avant-Garde. Evolution. Expansion 4.0”, Museum of the Avant-Garde, Museum of the History of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine. 2025 – “A Glimpse Through Reality”, Lavra Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. 2024 – “Transcarpathian Academy of Arts”, Gallery of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 2023 – “300 Works of Contemporary Ukrainian Artists”, Art Ukraine Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. 2022 – “…and Rise”, Lavra Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. 2019 – All-Ukrainian Creative and Scientific Action “Art …

Media coverage

2025 “The Space of Still Life: An Exhibition of Transcarpathian Artist Angelina Hafynets Continues in the Capital”, Vechirniy Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://vechirniy.kyiv.ua/news/112761/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL-0mVjbGNrAv7SV2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeK21Pc4ECU11hrG2AJag4QlaBU4VE2YPl6W2pV5mUQm6UtOE-DNYN3JJRZ1A_aem_U42vaqq8cXqt_9r8RHHs9A
2025 “The Space of Still Life by Angelina Hafynets”, MITEC – Contemporary Art of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://mitec.ua/prostir-natyurmortu-angeliny-gafynecz/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL-0xVjbGNrAv7TEGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeaFZJzIUTvF-UutcqqS8Ri5g-WazAf_wE63Qp6FVsoeG_MUuLurO7E78bbmM_aem_wDS46XXPAKjYbUwEN5mS1A
2023 “Tradition and Innovation: Exhibition of Angelina Hafynets at the National Museum ‘Kyiv Art Gallery’”, Antikvar, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://antikvar.ua/tradytsiya-i-novatorstvo-vystavka-alinyj-gafynets-u-kyyivskij-kartynnij-galereyi/
2023 “Intellectual Abstraction”, kyivdaily.com.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://kyivdaily.com.ua/gafynecz/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGIXpVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaEcEv0WrJTvuH9h62dsnl2Yeivz5atjN3wZJy9Sy-JeFGisA0oE4HtESw_aem_sbHTozAuvwRo5O5BC4Nk1Q
2023 “Angelina Hafynets. Painting Exhibition ‘Inner Space. Color’ at the Kyiv Art Gallery”, Honest PolitProhnoz, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://youtu.be/rrRyBsp1h4w?si=Jn8lUXWO5C0cpqwd
2023 “Inner Color. Space”, MITEC – Contemporary Art of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://youtu.be/PxJ2-BIgz24?si=XxgNhchPS_IYfQpZ
2022 “Angelina Hafynets: Color Gives Energy. Conversation, Korsaks’ Museum”, Raion.Kultura, Lutsk, Ukraine. https://youtu.be/JxbJmEz7_ZA?si=QB1rdbvwNkckmouk
2021 “At the Museum of the History of Kyiv, an Exhibition by Angelina Hafynets ‘From Another Angle’ Was Presented: Photo Report”, zn.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://zn.ua/ukr/amp/CULTURE/u-muzeji-istoriji-mista-kijeva-prezentuvali-vistavku-anhelini-hafinets-pid-inshim-kutom-fotoreportazh.html
2021 “IN DETAIL / ‘From Another Angle’: Extraordinary Color Solutions by Uzhhorod Artist”, tv21Ungvar, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://youtu.be/Wrb8z3efxTw?si=ZJeSuz6rLpKSmxqz
2021 “At the Museum of the History of Kyiv, a New Exhibition by Artist Angelina Hafynets Was Presented”, Kyiv 24 live, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://youtu.be/MZ65f7Ooe5s?si=ui-YOIEjQBMZDHWW
2021 “Artist Angelina Hafynets Offers an Unusual View of Interiors”, Gazeta.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://gazeta.ua/articles/culture/_hudozhnicya-angelina-gafinec-proponuye-nezvichnij-poglyad-na-interyeri/1054839
2021 Art. "An exhibition by Angelina Gafinets 'At a Different Angle' presented at the Museum of the History of Kyiv: photo report", zn.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 Art. "IN DETAIL/ 'At a Different Angle': extraordinary color solutions by the Uzhhorod artist", tv21Ungvar, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
2021 Art. "A new exhibition by artist Angelina Gafinets presented at the Museum of the History of Kyiv", Kyiv 24 live, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 Art. "Artist Angelina Gafinets offers an unusual view on interiors", Gazeta.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2018 “The Art in Color of Young Artist Angelina Hafynets”, tv21, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://youtu.be/_M15NALeGcQ?si=KaUbZ4eTLBwkIWp0
2018 “Angelina Hafynets: For Me It Is Important to Convey Mood Through Still Life”. Ksenia Shchokina, official website of Silver Easel, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://molbert.brovdi.art/2017-2/novyny/angelina-gafinec-dlya-mene-vazhlivo-cherez-natyurmort-peredati-nastrij
2018 “Beginning Artist Angelina Hafynets Won the ‘Silver Easel’ Competition”. Ksenia Shchokina, Ukraine Art News, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://ukraineartnews.com/news/events/hudozhnik-pochatkivets-angelina-gafinets-zdobula-peremogu-v-konkursi-sribnij-molbert
2018 Art. "Art in color by young artist Angelina Gafinets", tv21, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
2018 Art. "Angelina Gafinets: It is important for me to convey a mood through a still life." Ksenia Shchokina, official website of 'Sribnyi Molbert', Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
2018 Art. "Beginning artist Angelina Gafinets won the 'Sribnyi Molbert' competition." Ksenia Shchokina, newspaper 'Ukraine Art news', Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
2017 https://molbert.brovdi.art/2017-2/novyny/angelina-gafinec-dlya-mene-vazhlivo-cherez-natyurmort-peredati-nastrij
https://zn.ua/ukr/amp/CULTURE/u-muzeji-istoriji-mista-kijeva-prezentuvali-vistavku-anhelini-hafinets-pid-inshim-kutom-fotoreportazh.html
https://youtu.be/Wrb8z3efxTw?si=ZJeSuz6rLpKSmxqz
https://youtu.be/MZ65f7Ooe5s?si=ui-YOIEjQBMZDHWW
https://gazeta.ua/articles/culture/_hudozhnicya-angelina-gafinec-proponuye-nezvichnij-poglyad-na-interyeri/1054839
https://youtu.be/_M15NALeGcQ?si=KaUbZ4eTLBwkIWp0
https://ukraineartnews.com/news/events/hudozhnik-pochatkivets-angelina-gafinets-zdobula-peremogu-v-konkursi-sribnij-molbert

International fairs

2024 "Byzantine Nostalgia," Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
2023 "In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine," Royal Museum of Mariemont, Belgium
2022 "In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine," Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
2021 "The Route," International Contemporary Art Exhibition, K10 Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019 "The Body of the Message," Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2018 International Painting Triennial of the Carpathian Region "Srebrny Czworokąt" (Silver Quadrangle), Przemysl, Poland
2017 "Boundaries of Painting," House of Arts, Kosice, Slovakia
2016 International Plenary and Exhibition of Young Artists, Visegrad Four (V4), Budapest, Hungary
2015 "Genius Loci," International Art Project, Zemplínske múzeum Gallery, Michalovce, Slovakia
2014 "Carpathian Art," Debrecen, Hungary
2013 Exhibition of Young Transcarpathian Artists, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary

Personal

2017 Awarded the Special Prize of the All-Ukrainian "Silver Easel" Contest (2017) and the Yosyp Bokshay and Adalbert Erdeli Prize (2021).
Professional Status — Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU), signifying high-level professional recognition at the state level.
Recognized by experts as a key successor to the Transcarpathian school of painting (Bokshay, Erdeli), successfully integrating local colorism into the context of contemporary European art.
Recognition by Leading Ukrainian Art Institutions — Solo exhibitions at landmark venues: Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv Art Gallery, Korsaks' Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, and the Museum of Kyiv.
Multiple recipient of state and regional scholarships for gifted youth, underscoring her status as a promising leader in the art market.
Contribution to the "New Wave" of Transcarpathian Art — Creation of a signature style based on the geometry of color and the study of light structures, which has become a subject of analysis for contemporary art historians.