Oksana Basarab is an artist working at the intersection of abstraction and figurative painting, exploring the vulnerability of human experiences through landscape and portrait.

She was born in a small town in western Ukraine and currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia. She holds a master's degree in art restoration. After her studies, she worked as an illustrator, including in the field of children's books, and as a graphic designer. Moving to Australia in 2024 became a turning point: it was then that she began searching for her own painterly language, drawing on deep personal experience and cultural roots.

Oksana creates abstract landscapes based on real places primarily Ukrainian mountainous scenes transformed under the influence of inner states. She conveys her attitude toward the depicted subjects through color palette, rhythm of composition, and the balance between order and chaos. Her conscious rejection of realism is an attempt to reach a deeper truth beyond form.

In the series Shades of Sadness, she turns to portraiture as a form of visual diary a map of emotions evoked by war, memory, a sense of loss, and inner change.

The artist is actively developing her career in Australia, participating in exhibitions, creating new series of works, and exploring the connection between landscape, emotion, and the body. In her practice, art becomes both a way of understanding herself and a means of delicate communication with others without words.