alla chakir, roman nedopaka & oleksandra davydenko

Alla, Roman and Oleksandra are a family of Ukrainian artists currently living near Nefyn on the Llŷn Peninsula.

ALLA CHAKIR

Alla was born on the banks of a beautiful, bright, warm river. At dawn she contemplated the huge scarlet disk of the sun. This impression remained with her wherever she was! From childhood, she loved to sculpt different animals from clay (on the shore it is multi-coloured: blue, yellow and red) and when she grew up, there was no question of what she wanted to become. Only an artist! Moreover, her dad was an artist and encouraged her aspiration in every possible way. She graduated from the Odessa Institute and as a student she began exhibiting her paintings in galleries. She studied ceramics, pastels and oil painting. Painting is interesting because its possibilities are endless. Painting pictures is a rest and labour of the soul....

ROMAN NEDOPAKA

Roman was born in Ukraine (1986) on the banks of the Danube river in the cosy, picturesque, port city of Izmail to a large and somewhat chaotic family of artists (1986). As a child, it seemed to him that his father drew so well just because his pencil was magic; that’s the whole point. “Take it”, his father once said, handing him his pencil, “try it.” Roman made a few strokes, trying to depict an old, sprawling, walnut tree that grew under their window; the lines turned out to be timid, uncertain, but they opened the door to a wonderful world and carried him away along the road on which he is still a traveller…

OLEKSANDRA DAVYDENKO

Oleksandra was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1997 and graduated from the Faculty of Artistic Weaving and the Institute of Art History. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, she has been living in North Wales with her family. Primarily working with tapestries, Alla has also been working in graphics over the last few months. 

"In my textile works, I try to depict the beauty of the surrounding world with its incredible colours. In my graphic works, I try to depict the world as I see it, with the smallest details. Sometimes exaggerated, but so important to me."