Tatyana Khomutovska

Tatyana Khomutovska was born 10 June 1985 in Kryvyj Rih.

She has been painting since she was able to keep a pencil in her hands. Fond of painting, graphics, embroidering, and weaving, she finished arts school in Kryvyj Rih. 

In 2003 Ms. Khomutovska entered the M. Boychuk Kyiv State Institute of Crafts and Design in the course of  “Art Textiles”.  She achieved the qualification of crafts painter.  During her studies she became acquainted with the process of work of famous textile artists Marta Bazak and Serhiy Nechyporenko.   She was impressed by the magic of different textile materials: wool, linen, cotton, silk.

During her studying at the Institute, Tatyana participated in all-Ukrainian and international exhibitions in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Lviv and Odesa.  She was an active participant of the international textile symposium “ArkheNytkaNovo” 2006 (Lviv).  Since 2008 she has been a member of the youth organization NSKHU.
The main themes of Tatyana Khomutovska’s works are nature and the beauty of the Ukrainian land, and the magic world of angels, people, and animals. The artist employs hand-weaving, batik, experimental textile, collage, graphics and painting.

Humanity is a permanent source of creative inspiration in her works. The artist is trying to reveal the unique inner world of people through the world of crafts, which is a complicated language, intended not only for the eyes, but for the mind and feelings. The palette of colors she employs plays an important role in her works. “Similar to a musical chord, the color ‘chord’ can call forth certain feelings such as lightness,  joy, or the opposite – sadness; or  severe or disturbing feelings.  Heavy, resounding color chords in strong color tones lead us into an atmosphere of weighty thoughts; lighter color tones captivate us, while blazing shades of hot yellow, contrasted with cool, pale tones, reveal before us the dramatic ‘music’ of spiritual life.”