February 2022 changed our lives forever. Till now Ukrainians are still manifesting their freedom and human dignity on the battlefield and in the rear. So the very first R/N/R collection is a tribute to our homeland. R/N/R loves Ukraine and its bold spirit. Our identity is grown on the beautiful land praised in our culture for centuries. Terra Ukraina is a hand-knotted rug series consider it a patchwork of Ukrainian charisma but first, it’s about something we feel like never before.
This linocut letter ornament offers a multi-layered experience of perceiving and deriving meaning from letters that aren’t just tools of communication but also independent graphic elements. This transformation enables a dual sensation: recognizing familiar letters and uncovering new meanings within the ornament.
This poster features 4 unique Ukrainian alphabet letters, resembling decorative capital letters in manuscripts, underlining self-identification through Ukrainian language.
Ukraine army has a significant and one of the biggest percentage of women in Armed Forces.
Cities, like people, have their own history of relationships, history of victories and defeats, successful negotiations and projects. Each of their residents is responsible for the future prosperity of their cities and for preserving the achievements of past generations.
“Damaged Treasures” collage was created in a memory of ruined house of Tanya’s husband family. All their photoalbums and other family relicts were burned after several attacks on the 16th of March 2022 in Mariupol.
This illustration created during the full-scall invasion russia into Ukraine. Artist shows the feelings of ukrainian’s children during alarm. Surrealistically she depicts ukrainians lives in pain and sorrow,
simultaneously leaving a place for hope and faith.
They have a very glorious history of their country – Ukraine. They have such strong roots that no one will ever be able to uproot them. Their land helps them.
My reflection on a polemic around negotiations and peace at any cost.
The lettering is dedicated to the moment when the city of Kherson was freed from occupation, and at the same time the threat of a Russian attack on the neighboring city of Mykolaiv was reduced. The name of the city of Mykolaiv is written on the picture and the elements of the sea and birds are depicted, as the city is next to a reservoir. This lettering is also dedicated to my friends from this city.
Poster created for protest against police violence
How big can your feelings make you? How secure does your home make you feel? How much does your home affect you as a person?
The artwork “Ukrainian Realism” was created in the end of May 2023, when Kyiv had been massively attacked by Russia 17 times – almost on a daily basis. The collage shows of the artist’s impressions of all horrible morning news of that month.
This immersive war simulation used manipulated 360-degree images of Basel and was presented as an interactive website. The viewer was able to look around and visit multiple places in the city.
the work is dedicated to a very productive day for our air defenders
The magazine-manifesto Buriak aims to explore the surrounding visual and auditory space to develop new ways of perceiving and reproducing images within the existing information sphere. Buriak offers daily exercises to train the creative muscles of creators and is interesting for anyone who seeks to attentively experience the moments of daily life. Buriak has its workshops, that always are an expedition with recording of findings in the form of zines, posters, maps etc.
Buriak means beetroot.
“Nikifor” or “Nykyfor” is the name used by Epifan or Epifaniusz Drowniak, a Lemko naïve artist who lived Krynica (today’s Poland).
Exhibition was at The Ukrainian Museum in Ney York in 2023.
This linocut letter ornament offers a multi-layered experience of perceiving and deriving meaning from letters. They aren’t just tools of communication but also independent graphic elements. This transformation enables a dual sensation: recognizing familiar letters and uncovering new meanings within the ornament. The ornament of the unique Ukrainian letter “ї” represents the bricks of the identity well as if one is looking into its depth.
Illustration created for the celebration of Kyiv City Day. It depicts the “Southern Bridge” and the inscription “Slopes of the Dnipro”(Shyly_Dnipra) – a reference to a well-known song about the city. This illustration reflects the hope that the city experienced three months after the full-scale invasion. I saw a beautiful bridge at sunset and decided to preserve this feeling for everyone.
Conception:
The surrounding world, through the prism of typography.
‘Object’ is an accidental font, which in this case acts as a graphic image of the environment, drawing the viewer’s attention to the uniqueness, form’s character of this or that object encourages reflection, allowing looking at the surrounding world and analyzing everything that fills it.
*more materials and information about the project on my website: https://alexbabariko.com/object_typeface and Instagram @babariko_1_02.png
Work is expression of dark feelings that you can’t actually understand. They eat your mind inside during the darkest hour in your life and the horrible time for your country.
some things in our life are pretty simple, but they can explain other complex things
They see reality…
Reclaiming the once tainted beauty.
All my works made on improvisation. Just experiments with forms, colours, compositions, textures without any purpose.