Can you help Ukrainian abstract artist show her work?

Ukrainian artist Nadia Sadoviak came to Newbury two months ago from her hometown of Ivano-Frankivsk in the west of the war-torn country.

She works in fluid art – using liquid acrylic techniques.

The founder and organiser of Ukraine’s first exhibition of abstract artists, the 57-year-old has shown her work in numerous abstract art shows in Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv and Chernivtsi and held her first solo show, Painted Dreams, in 2020.

She has taken part in many charity auctions and since the beginning of the war has donated more than 40 works to be auctioned in Ukraine, France, Norway, Croatia and Poland.

Acrylic pouring, also known as flow art or fluid art painting, uses acrylic paints with a runny (fluid) consistency. Layers of acrylic paint are poured into a vessel, which then react with each other when combined to create free-flowing abstract compositions.

When poured on to the canvas or surface, the imbalance of paint densities creates interesting reactions.

Nadia, who enjoys weekly creative sessions at the Educafe – the Diverse Ethnic Communities Support Agency for West Berkshire that organises activities at the library – said: “ I now have 20 finished works and I continue to draw in new techniques to develop as an artist.

“I would really like to join the Newbury art community, show my works in a gallery and at charity events.

“I’m not yet familiar with people who are engaged in art and help in the organisation of exhibitions.

“After the end of the war in my country, I dream of returning home to my family, my friends and with all my might to help rebuild Ukraine.”