On May 6, 2025, the presentation of the catalog "Generations of War" took place at the Vcentri HUB

The catalog includes 148 selected works of the art marathon "Generations of War", which began in 2023 in Kyiv and is planned to be held until the end of the war. The best artworks are exhibited in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation of Kyiv near the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, the exposition changes every month and a half. The project collects works of artists of all ages - from children to elderly people who are currently experiencing the war. Among them there are art pieces of military personnel and their children, young and adult citizens of Ukraine who have been living under bombardment in their cities and villages for the fourth year, internally displaced persons and Ukrainians who were forced to leave their homeland due to the war - each in their own place is fighting every day for victory over the invader and peace in Ukraine.

Participants from other countries show support for Ukraine in the world. During the art marathon, artists from 19 countries took part in it: Ukraine, the USA, Canada, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Poland, Latvia, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Greece, Great Britain, Italy, North Macedonia, Israel, the Czech Republic, Spain.

After the exhibition in Kyiv, the works of Ukrainians are exhibited in different countries of the world. Art marathon is art therapy for Ukrainians, it collects art evidence of the war and shows them to the world, calling for support for Ukraine in its difficult struggle against the invader. Also, the artworks of the participants introduce other peoples to the nature, culture, authenticity and contemporary art of Ukraine, demonstrating Ukraine's contribution to the world cultural space. Through the creativity of Ukrainians, the world sees the most valuable trait of humanity - transformation of horror and pain into beauty. During the project, more than 40 exhibitions and cultural diplomacy projects were held, which were presented in 12 countries around the world: Ukraine, the USA, Montenegro, Albania, Japan, Malaysia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Poland, Pakistan, Greece, Argentina. 

The art marathon is part of the large-scale International Art Festival PAINT.UA.WAR - the only cultural initiative in Ukraine, which has been going on without a break since the first week of the full-scale invasion. This is the only project in the world that analyzes the change in consciousness of different generations during a long-term modern war through art. The project is organized by the Association for the Development of International Relations ADRUM, STUDIORAR company with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Kyiv City Government.

The catalog "Generations of War" presents the works of Ukrainians artists. The presentation was attended by project participants and partners, as well as foreign guests. The event was supported by the brand of refined Ukrainian wine Good Wine — inspiration corked in a bottle. The guests were addressed by the President of the Association for the Development of International Relations ADRUM, Tetiana Kolesnichenko, who spoke about the development of the project during the war, the mechanisms of public diplomacy and the results of the struggle on the cultural front. Some of the participants of the art marathon, whose works are presented in the catalog "Generations of War", also spoke:

Serhiy Nazarenko, 52 y.o., Slavuta, military serviceman

Olena Kryat, 24 y.o., village Obukhivka, Dnipropetrovsk region

Kseniya Denysenko, 12 y.o., Kyiv

Mykola Stepanov, 17 y.o., Kyiv

Marina Pauk, 52 y.o., Mukachevo

Yuliya Khudyk, 15 y.o., Kalush

Bohdana Poch, 54 y.o., village Sofiyska Borshchahivka, Kyiv region.

Tetyana Glamazda, 54 y.o., temporarily displaced person, Kharkiv/Kalush

Tetiana Taran, 45 y.o., Kharkiv

Lesia Stankevych, 32 y.o., Odesa

Guests of the event could quench their thirst with water and lemonades from Morshynska. Visitors to the presentation saw several of the more than 2000 works collected from various PAINT.UA.WAR projects that were not included in the catalog - the organizers plan to publish an anthology "Generations of War" for the entire war.

Catalogs and gifts were sent by Nova Poshta to those catalog participants who were not present at the presentation.

Participants of the catalog "Generations of War" (full list):

Jayden Terletsky, Daniela Yurinets, Hanna Nechytaylo, Svitlana Polyova, Olena Myronchuk, Elizaveta Novichkova, Catherine Vladi, Karina Nakonechna, Bohdana Poch, Angelina Korchuk, Oleksandr Polosukhin, Tetiana Satanovskaya, Oleksiy Khanin, Neuro Volya, Olga Sarbash, Mykola Stepanov, Anastasia Donets, Alina Trofimova, Anastasia Bogdanova, Lyudmila Ryabkova, Iryna Ivanets, Viktor Kovalenko, Margarita Chubenko, Alisa Voloshyna, Yevgeny Logvinov, Olga Tretyakova, Angelina Martyniuk, Lesya Lyubchenko, Tetyana Artyushenko, Heorhiy Bogdasar, Yevgeny Oliynyk, Olena Kravchenko, Tasya Gushchyna, Olena Yeresko, Natalia Vashchuk, Olena Rozhko, Maria Borisenko, Iryna Talanchuk, Oksana Ryzhkova, Milena Liganenko, Adriana Chukhniy, Olga Trotska, Margarita Meshchryakova, Marina Pauk, Marina Chip, Olena Kovalenko, Ksenia Denisenko, Vasyl Druchkiv, Yulia Yunik, Violetta Shpachynska, Tamara Vovk, Vladyslava Myroshnikova, Lyubov Martyniuk, Misha Matiiv, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Karina Tkachenko, Tetyana Rybitska, Evgenia Pavlovska, Daryna Pokolodna, Olga Rondyak, Tetyana Fedun, Natalia Golimbovska, Maria Voloshyna, Olena Kryat, Tetyana Beregova, Yulia Khudyk, Natalia Filiak-Zastavna, Mia Markova, Svitlana Radchuk, Anastasia Kholodova, Anna Bogach, Viktoriya Zalata, Maryna Akulova, Anna Guryanova, Anna Shkarban, Olga Muzyka, Serhiy Yevstyukhin, Yegor Moskalenko, Mia-Maria Zhezher, Svitlana Tochynska, Tatyana Taran, Tetiana Glamazda, Oleksiy Kolibabchuk, Anzhelika Borisova, Svitlana Kondakova, Ksenia Pylypchuk, Oksana Yurchenko, Olga Syutkyna, Margarita Lobachova, Maksym Rud, Serhiy Nazarenko, Tatyana Burakova, Andriy Naprienko, Maryna Dreeva, Lyubov Danilova, Maria Umanets, Valentina Nazarenko, Nahema Gabriel, Dmytro Astakhov, Anna Sharynska.

The participants of the catalog received gifts from the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, provided by the “Center for the Protection of the Information Space of Ukraine”.

We sincerely thank the project's info partners: Obozrevatel and personally Lesia Gasych, Trueua and personally Irina Shaposhnikova, Improvizator and personally Natalia Kryaz, Vecherny Kyiv and personally Tetiana Asadchaya, Life Kyiv and personally Serhiy Panamaryov, as well as Tetiana Goncharova and the nationwide TV marathon "United News".

Photo: Oleg Soshko