Maiia Kolesnyk - (b. 1986) ukrainian artist born in Odesa, Ukraine. She has graduated Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture in 2009 with a Master’s degree in Architecture and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon with Master in Art in 2017. Participant of the exhibition of 20 nominees of the Pinchuk Art Prize in 2009. The artist's works are kept in private collections worldwide and in the collection of Odesa National Fine Arts Museum. Lives and works in Odesa.