Olena Mykhaylova-Rodina
Works
Biography
Yelena Mikhaylova-Rodina was born in Kyiv in 1955. She studied at the T. G. Shevchenko Republican Secondary Art School in Kyiv. She then trained at the I. Ye. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in St Petersburg (Leningrad), in the graphic arts studio of Prof. G. D. Yepifanov.
She has exhibited since 1977 and has lived and worked in Kyiv since 1980. She has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 1987. She works in book illustration, easel graphics and easel painting and has taken part in international illustration exhibitions in Italy, France, Turkey, Portugal, Israel and the USA.
Her works are held by the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, the Union of Artists of Russia, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and the National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery". They are also in private collections in Italy, Germany, the USA, Azerbaijan, Poland and the United Kingdom. She was the wife of the painter Borys Mykhailov (1959–2015) and is the mother of the artist Ivan Mykhaylov.
Selected exhibitions
- 2026
XIII H. Yakutovych Graphics Competition, Kyiv
- 2026
5th Triennial of Illustration, Kyiv
- 2024
International Biennale of Illustration "Revolution and Metamorphoses", Haifa, Israel
- 2021
All-Ukrainian Exhibition for Independence Day, Kyiv
- 2021
IX Triennial "Graphics-2021", Kyiv
- 2003–2021
All-Ukrainian art exhibitions, Kyiv
- 2019
"Primavera", exhibition of three women artists, Central State University, Kyiv
- 2016
"Our… Crimea", exhibition of four artists, Kyiv
- 2015
"Mytets" Gallery, Kyiv
Solo exhibition
- 2015
Exhibition of two artists, V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, Kyiv
- 2003
Artist's Day Exhibition, Kyiv
- 2002
"Art of Ukraine 1991–2002", Moscow, Russia
- 1999
Exhibition of four artists, "Yaroslavna" Gallery, Kyiv
- 1998
Moscow International Art Salon, Central House of Artists ("TsDKh-98"), Moscow, Russia
- 1997
"Artists of Ukraine", Houston, USA
- 1996
13th International Exhibition of Illustrations for Children, Istanbul (Turkey), Centre Pompidou, Paris (France), Lisbon (Portugal)
- 1995
13th International Exhibition of Illustrations for Children, Sarmede, Italy
- 1992
National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery", Kyiv
Solo exhibition
- 1989–1990
6th Republican Exhibition of Illustration and Book Design, Kyiv
- 1987
Republican Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Kyiv
- 1987
All-Union Exhibition "Youth of the Country", Moscow
- 1987
Republican Exhibition "Youth of the Country", Kyiv
- 1986
5th Republican Exhibition of Illustration "Artist and Book", Kyiv
- 1983
4th Republican Exhibition of Illustration "Artist and Book", Kyiv
- 1982
Republican Youth Exhibition, Kyiv
- 1977
6th Republican Print Exhibition "Prints-77", Kyiv