Karina Kulyk

Karina Kulyk, a Ukrainian-born artist now based in Germany, predominantly works in oil on small canvases, infusing her backgrounds in classical art, music, and restoration. She masterfully applies vibrant, contrasting colors with direct brushwork, often eschewing sketches and favoring techniques reminiscent of Fayum portraits and distressed icons. Her art conjures fantastical beings and otherworldly landscapes, embodying Symbolism and phantasmagoria, where texture takes a backseat to vivid imagery. Through her work, she channels the haunting allure of immortality and surreal beauty, contrasted by poignant melancholy and existential longing.