Monumental art on paper - with Olena Pronkina

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Ukrainian artist Olena Pronkina about her experiences with motherhood and its impact on her artistic practice.

#5 Between Mothers In conversation with Ukrainian artist Olena Pronkina, as part of a new series of Kitchen Conversations devoted to mothers and motherhood in the arts. For the past couple of years, Olena’s work has focused on experiences of transition, instability, and the search for one’s place within new environments and conditions. Becoming a mother brought a pause to her usual artistic practice for almost two years. During that time, Olena turned to analog photography, which she could practice during walks while her child was sleeping. References: Artist Insta: https://www.instagram.com/olena_pronkina/ Artist YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@fotohrafynia Exhibition at KVOST: https://kvost.de/en/exhibition/upcoming-olena-pronkina/ Claus Michaletz Preis: https://kvost.de/en/claus-michaletz-preis/ Favourite home food: Uzbek plov and manti ___ Support the podcast: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kitchenconversations Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations Visit shop: https://www.etsy.com/de-en/shop/PatrycjaRozwora?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1398125905&from_page=listing Get in touch…

People in this episode

Host: Patrycja Rozwora

Guest: Olena Pronkina

Topics covered

• motherhood
• art
• Ukrainian artist
• analog photography
• transition
• instability

Keywords

• Olena Pronkina
• motherhood
• art
• analog photography
• Ukrainian artist
• transition
• KVOST

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KVOST, Instagram, YouTube

Products: Uzbek plov, manti

Books & works: Mama

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