Dymchuk Gallery presents Olga Zaremba’s solo project Monuments in partnership with MYPH, a school of conceptual and art photography. The exhibition features paintings and photographs created by the artist between 2020 and 2026.
The exhibition continues the conversation about memory, the social landscape, and human interaction with urban space that the gallery has been exploring in its projects this year.
In this series, Olga Zaremba addresses two themes: the documentation of forms of memory and how monuments reflect our contemporary realities. The artist invites us to broaden our understanding of urban space, where not only official landmarks but also random, spontaneous objects become part of our identity. Alongside Kyiv’s monumental structures, elements of the urban environment from Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia coexist here—from small architectural forms and parking hemispheres to children’s slides and spontaneous “urban folk art.” It is precisely this visual diversity that allows us to go beyond standard tourist routes and gain a deeper understanding of the city.
In one of the exhibition’s key works, Olga depicts the Motherland Monument. By employing fragmentation and shifting perspectives, Zaremba challenges the conventional perception of the monument as a cohesive symbol. Instead, the focus shifts to individual details and forms, which return the image from the realm of ideological representation to its materiality and physical presence. In this interpretation, the monumental image emerges as a vulnerable corporeality, free from objectification.
The project invites us to rethink: what exactly can be a monument and how everyday urban images become carriers of memory.
About the Artist
Born in 1994 in Dnipro. She graduated from the Dnipro Art College in 2014 (Department of Painting) and, in 2020, completed the monumental painting workshop at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.
The artist actively participates in nationwide exhibitions and international residencies. Olga’s works are held in collections of the Museum of Ukrainian Painting (Dnipro), Portal 11 Gallery (Kyiv), Imagine Point Gallery (Kyiv), as well as in private collections in Turkey, Finland, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Germany, and elsewhere.
She lives and works in Kyiv.