About Marina Yukish

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 Marina was born in Kherson, Ukraine. More than 20 years she lived in Odessa, Ukraine. In 2024, because of the war, she moved to Vienna, Austria, and now it’s her hometown.

  In 2001 she graduated from the art school in Kherson, Ukraine. Received a bachelor's

degree in art design and a master's degree in fine arts, art teacher, ethics and aesthetics in Ukraine.

Marina used to work in the fashion industry for 11 years as a designer of apparel, two years 

of which were under contract in China (Shanghai) at GBF Corporation as a head of fashion designers. 

She launched three personal clothing brands - Marina Yukish maternity wear, YUKISH, Marina Yukish kids couture, which were recognized at the international

exhibitions and catwalks, and received first prizes and gold medals. 

Since 2013 she got back to painting, felt like she has a lot to tell to this world.

Now, Marina is actively engaged in contemporary art, taking part in international art fairs all over the world, such as Red Dot Miami, Art Expo New York and in solo and group exhibitions.

She is working in acrylic and mixed media. 

The main topics that Marina explores is the Role of Women in modern society, Weaknesses of the world, modern form of faith and religion.

Artist-researcher of the role of women in modern society.

The main topics that concern me are the ideal of a woman, her sexuality, hidden desires and fantasies, the experiences and pains of a woman in different cultures in modern society.

Woman in culture - her role in the past, present and future. Changing stereotypes.

The feminization of society. Strengthening the position of women in important areas of culture.

A woman is a mother, a support, an object of admiration. Delicate and strong at the same time.

In different eras, the ideal of a woman was different. In ancient times, a woman was primarily a continuer of the family, her breasts and stomach were mainly depicted in the images, no attention was paid to her face. Later, in ancient Greece, the physical beauty of a woman became an object of worship. In the Middle Ages, a woman was valued - the ability to conduct a secular conversation, nobility, a sense of tact, courtesy. In the Renaissance, the image of a high forehead spoke of high spirituality.

In modern society, a woman is in a constant struggle for gender equality with a man. She strives for equality in the family, for independence, for self-realization in the professional sphere. Now the woman takes positions in which previously only men could be found. For the happiness of a modern woman, it is necessary to combine the main areas of her life - work and family.

The process of development of civil society entails not only an inevitable change in the roles of men and women, but also a change in stereotypes of beauty.

Through my projects, I show the transformation of modern reality, changes in values and priorities, the hyperbolization of beauty and its significance for society. I observe the process of changing the role of a woman over time. I ridicule artificiality and rejection of what is created by nature. I study the issue of living disappointment in relationships, and the problems that a woman faces.

The task that I set myself is to consider the role of a woman from the point of view of her historical roots in socio-cultural dynamics.

Since the spring of 2022, I have been working on my charity project - a free drawing school for children ‘Mama namaluy" on the YouTube channel. 

Due to the war, many children were forced to leave their homes, and are unable to attend kindergartens and clubs, elementary school, where education was conducted in their native language. Children faced enormous stress that will leave a mark on their whole lives. 

Therefore, trying to be useful in this difficult time, I decided to create this project.

For this purpose, the YouTube channel "Mama, namaluy" was created, where drawing lessons are published in their native language. 

Lessons are designed for ages from 3 to 11 years. 

Kindergarten and elementary school. 

Interesting lesson topics. 

Highly stylized images, which makes drawing easy and interesting. 

The main goal of the project is to distract children, immerse them in the colorful world of drawing. To give them the opportunity to feel capable of drawing anything they want, to have confidence in their abilities. 

The channel is developing and already has more than 32 thousand subscribers, hundreds of real reviews from parents, and thousands of children's drawings in my arsenal.