Elena Bandurka Art

I wove a tapestry as I returned home to the front-line city of Kharkov, which is constantly under fire. At home, I felt that I wanted to implement the ideas that I had come up with earlier, I wanted to create something new, and the sounds of sirens and explosions did not bother me anymore. Created with the sound of sirens and explosions. Combining bright particles of yarn and thread, I imprint my positive attitude, I live a full life, I breathe. This work is one of the sari of my knitted tapestries, a modern interpretation of the carpet tapestries that used to be hung on the wall, let my bright tapestries...

Garden of Eden, The work was written to the sound of sirens and explosions. I express all my positive emotions on the canvas, live life to the fullest, ...

Structural tapestry, my interpretation of contemporary, traditional Ukrainian folk art. I saw the idea and the visual form of the sculpture as a picture in my imagination just the other day, and I immediately wanted to try to implement it, because. I don’t always fully understand how in the process it will be possible to realize what was conceived. This tapestry differs from others in that it has a form, a small volume created from wooden sticks and wire. And then the usual textiles. This tapestry is part of the project on my idea before the war, I continue to implement my ideas old and new. My arrival home gives me new strength and ideas. Despite the danger of living in a frontline city. My new tapestry is a modern interpretation of classic tapestries...

I did a photo session of a neighbour in my bombed-out office in a studio in Kharkiv. A Russian fighter jet dropped a bomb on March 2 on the roof of this 5-storey building and a neigh...

I did a photo session of a neighbour in my bombed-out office in a studio in Kharkiv. A Russian fighter jet dropped a bomb on March 2 on the roof of this 5-storey building and a neigh...

Lotus of Desires, The work was written to the sound of sirens and explosions. I express all my positive emotions on the canvas, live a full life, and breathe. On this canvas is a Lot...

“Paradise Garden” (Diptych, 2022) This vibrant diptych, titled Paradise Garden, was created in 2022 after I returned to my home city of Kharkiv. Having been forced to leave due to t...

"The Dreamers" (2021) was created under the profound influence of a film that deeply moved Ukrainian artist Elena Bandurka. Throughout the painting proc...

I did a photo session of a neighbour in my bombed-out office in a studio in Kharkiv. A Russian fighter jet dropped a bomb on March 2 on the roof of this 5-storey building and a neigh...

New tapestry, my interpretation of modern, traditional Ukrainian folk art As part of the project on my idea before the war, I continue to implement my ideas, old and new. My arrival home gives me new strength and ideas. Despite the danger of living in a frontline city. My new tapestry is a modern interpretation of classic tapestries...

Wedding in military front-line Kharkiv. These are sincere emotions between experiences when you hear an air siren, the threat of a missile barrage, and the sounds of explosions. whe...

Knitted sewn habile from the city of Hero Kharkiv. The tapestry is made in an eco theme from previously used knitted items. This is the embodiment of my wild fantasy to use the freed...