Oxana Kovalchuk

Oxana Kovalchuk is an artist from Kazakhstan, currently living and working in New York/New Jersey. Kovalchuk’s artistic process is an exploration of her overlapping experiences as a woman, immigrant, mother, and an artist. Her mixed-media collages use a combination of sourced and invented imagery to establish new, hybrid worlds.

Of her work, she shares, “I have moved many times from one country to another, and every time I assimilate into a new culture, I feel parts of me change. I always feel a little bit like a foreigner, never fully belonging—but at the same time, I feel like a stranger in the country from which I left.

My artistic process is an exploration of my overlapping experiences as a woman, immigrant, mother, and an artist. My artistic practice is an opportunity to speak out about the events that are happening around me and that excite me. My projects are a direct reflection of how I feel and think about important events in my life. One of my biggest sources of inspiration are my children and the events that take place in our daily lives. I am an observer and I notice the details in everyday objects which I also incorporate into my work.”

More from Oxana at oxanakovalchuk.com