Zhenya Oliinyk is an illustrator and comic artist born and based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She’s a cultural studies researcher and a former journalist. She’s been as a freelance illustrator with a focus on editorial illustration since 2018. Her most common topics are equality, feminism, history, trauma, mental health, and other challenging social issues.
Ever since the Russian full-scale invasion Zhenya’s been creating graphic stories about her experience of living in a country under attack. Her drawings appeared in numerous prestigious newspapers all over the world, including The New Yorker, The Economist, The New York Times, Wired, Berliner Zeitung and many others.
Exhibits within: Yellow & Blue, Out of the Stream LUSTR TALKS: International Guests, The Future for Ukraine: Illustration and Media in Times of Crisis – Discussion, Zhenya Oliinyk: How To Talk About Yourself
