Olena Klymenko is a contemporary Ukrainian painter whose evolution into fine art began in 2015, following a career in design. With formal training in fashion design from the Kyiv Institute of Light Industry, she brings a strong sensibility to line, color, and composition.

Klymenko’s work often oscillates between watercolor and acrylic, favoring fluid, minimal gestures that evoke light, movement, and poetic resonance. Her “flying artist” moniker speaks to the airy, transcendent qualities in her pieces.

Kiev artist - mother of six sons! Despite this, she is a successful, fruitful artist. In 1993 she graduated from the Kiev Technological Institute of Light Industry with a degree in fashion designer clothes. Works in different techniques: oil painting, watercolor, graphics, batik. Elena also paints icons in the traditional technique using gilding. Participant of many exhibitions. Her paintings are in private collections in Europe, Asia, America, Australia.