Bio

Oleksandra Martson ( b. 1984, Ukraine) is a figurative artist now living and working in London. Her main medium is oil painting on canvas, some of Oleksandra’s works use mixed media. Her signature style includes realistic painting, clean and dramatic composition with graphic detail.

After years of creative career Oleksandra restarted her artistic path and came back to the medium of oil painting.  Her first solo show ‘Still’ took place in London at Incubator gallery in October 2023, her works have been included in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023 and 2025 and long-listed for Herbert Smith Freehill Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Artist statement

Oleksandra refers to the theme of Sleeping in her practice in search of an inner place of peace and balance.

‘I came across the idea of the Sleeping series during long sleepless nights in Kyiv, when air defense alarms give you no time for restful sleep. People have to go to bomb shelters in case of an air raid, but when exhaustion takes over after weeks of such nights, it seems like the safest place on earth is your own bed, that your sheets will protect and the only way to find peace of mind is sleep.

Interview https://www.curatorymagazine.com/post/oleksandra-martson

Recent exhibitions

2024

• Mind to hand a drawing show, Incubator gallery, London

• The shortest history of Earth, Eye see gallery, Kyiv

• Fragile dream, Gallery at DSQ, London

• Dream atelier, group exhibition, National art center Ukrainian house, Kyiv

• Works on paper 2024, group exhibition, Gallery at Green and Stone, London