Olha Bosak
Olha Bosak manages to successfully combine business and art careers. In the past few years Olha Bosak has developed a distinguished international career as a painter. While working primarily with abstraction Olha uniquely conveys her concepts and solutions to global challenges.
Calgary Ars Development: “Olha Bosak is an artist and innovator fusing her passion for art with her deep understanding of the energy sector. The proud Ukrainian’s journey has taken her across borders and disciplines, culminating in a career that serves as a bridge between the world of art and the complexities of energy in today’s society.”
Olha owes her love for beauty and art to her father Zinoviy Bosak, for whom she painted her first oil artwork when she was 26. She launched her art career in Ukraine having her first solo exhibition in Kyiv in 2014. The very next year, in 2015, she was accepted into the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, which was founded by Oskar Kokoschka, and it is the oldest of its kind in Europe. For the first time she took part in a collective exhibition in Austria in the Hohensalzburg Fortress where her art studies took place. Olha's artwork was noticed in New York and subsequently published in the book International Contemporary Artists. A year later, in 2016 she was honoured to be invited to present her personal art exhibition Live Free at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In Canada, she had her solo exhibitions in local galleries in Toronto and Ottawa. In Miami, she exhibited her paintings twice at Context Art Miami and Spectrum – Red Dot Miami during Art Basel Miami, the most important week for contemporary art in America. In Paris, she was awarded with the Woman ART Award 2017. In Milan, she was selected to be part of a MUSA artistic project Woman’s Essence that represented contemporary worldwide women artists. During the pandemic, Olha managed to hold her solo exhibition Energy Matters on the largest outdoor terrace in downtown Kyiv.
At the beginning of Russia’s large-scale war, the former Vice-Chancellor of Austria Dr. Edhard Busek endorsed her in establishing her life in Austria. Olha continued to work in the energy industry, joining the management team of an Austrian company enso GmbH, was selected to the Board of the Vienna Economic Forum, was invited to join the Rotary Club in Vienna, and continued to create her paintings.
In 2022, she exhibited her artwork in Italy during the Venice Biennale and in Austria at the Sommerfest im Belvedere 21 in Vienna. In the US, her paintings were shown at the Art Expo New York and Art San Diego, as well as published in the book Important World Artists.
In 2023, Olha Bosak presented her paintings United Europe and Thank You for the Solidarity with Ukraine at the Red-White-Red in Europe, which took place in Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna. These artworks, dedicated to the topic of the strength of Europe and gratitude for the solidarity with Ukraine for staying together in defence of European values, were part of the L I F E art series that Olha Bosak presented at the Salzburg Europe Summit and were shown to the chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer.
In 2024, her artworks were shown at the Artexpo Basel during Art Basel Artweek in Switzerland.
Her paintings can be seen on Artsy and Saatchi online gallery:
https://www.saatchiart.com/olhabosak
https://www.artsy.net/artist/olha-bosak
