ANASTASIIA KOVTUN ARTIST. OIL PAINTING AND GRAPHIC
art works.
about me.
Anastasiia Kovtun
Artist / Psychologist
I became an artist by running through the village fields, gathering apples from the orchard and eating them with friends on the outskirts of the village, watching the sunset. I became an artist by walking the path from my garden to the river, chasing kingfishers through the reeds, raising a whole farm of fireflies, rushing every summer morning to the strawberry patch in search of the first red berry, standing barefoot on the cool morning earth…
All of this taught me to love life and to see beauty. It took me years to truly grasp the infinite value hidden in the ordinary — in the beauty of everyday moments.
I was fortunate to study at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine — a time I remember with joy. My second degree, in psychology and psychotherapy, deepened my path. I immersed myself in art, psychology, and philosophy, seeking to bring them together into a single creative process. For me, art and psychotherapy are like two wings; one cannot fly without the other. One is spiritual, the other — verbal.
The most precious gift art has given me is the revelation of a depth inaccessible to ordinary consciousness. In art, we see not only the external form of things, but also their inner essence. To create is an impulse, an inner urgency that resists control. I am not the one painting — I am the one through whom it is painted.
Creativity is a Meeting, a space where something new and unique is born. It is non-being transformed into being. It is the Mystery of the creative process.
Education
National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine – Fine Arts, Theatre, Film and Television
T. G. Shevchenko State Art Collegium – Oil Painting
Kyiv Shevchenko National University – Practical Psychology
Kyiv Gestalt University – Gestalt Therapy
Process Work Institute of Hawai’i – Process-Oriented Psychotherapy, Mastery Program
Deep Democracy Institute International (Portland, Oregon) – Worldwork, facilitation, conflict resolution.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions in creative spaces and galleries in Austria and Ukraine
Collaboration with galleries in Kyiv and Austria
Participant in national exhibitions of the Union of Young Artists of Ukraine. Also worked for many years in film production as an art director and in television.
Collections
Private collections in:
Austria, England, USA, India, Spain, Poland, Turkey, France, Ukraine
Awards
2022 – Grant for the project Body Language, awarded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sports (BMKÖS)
2022 – Gold, Paris Animation Studios Festival, Best Story (Colorist)
2019 – European Promax BDA Award, Gold, for the collective work Children of Victory 2018 (Concept Idea)
2018 – Teletriumph Award for Children of Victory (Concept Idea)
2006 – Recommended by the Union of Young Artists of Ukraine
2002–2006 – Participant in National Exhibitions of the Union of Young Artists of Ukraine
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine
🔗 Visit my psychology practice website:
