Tracing her family’s migration from Ukraine to the Canadian prairies and her own journey from Saskatchewan to Glasgow via Montreal, Dmyterko reflects on how these generational movements are captured in the symbolic motifs of her vibrant paintings.
Ayla Dmyterko
Ayla Dmyterko (she/her) is a Ukrainian-Canadian artist currently based in the UK. She received her MFA from the Glasgow School of Art and her BFA from Concordia University, Montréal. She looks forward to attending the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (US) and a solo exhibition at Alma Pearl (London, UK).
Several of the works in this issue consider how the domestic is shaped not only by private life but also by global currents, family histories, and consumer goods, nudging at the conditions that shape how we live, where we live, and with whom we choose to share our lives.
