Embroidered Map of Ukraine

Bravery doesn't have a colour. Bravery has 4 colours - ❤️🖤💙💛 (c)

Olha Petliuk, project organizer

“Art Map Ukraine 2.0 is about the courage to express own experiences during the war.
Record in memory what is happening!
Sincerely and unadorned, in the own words.
We won't forget! We wont forgive!"

Back to life

This project brought together 70 women. With the beginning of the full scale invasion, many lives were lost, and harsh trials for survival began. The hands of the craftsmen fell, because no one could accept the fact that someone needed art.

Despite the loss of loved ones, rocket attacks, regular air alarms, closed windows, and the rattling of gunfire in the streets, these women decided to direct their energy towards creativity. They wanted to capture all of their experiences, fears, resilience, and faith in victory in one big canvas with 4 colors.

"The fire does not burn the hardened"

T. G. Shevchenko. Secret embroidered message in the fragment #37

Personal Touch

Each plot is a reflection of the internal feelings of each person, associations, winged phrases, and symbolism.

And I couldn't stand aside. The fear of seeing my brother... or father... or mother among the dead in the news haunted me, and I couldn't do anything to help while being so far away - here, in Munich. That's what became the basis of my fragment, which you will be able to see with your own eyes.

Did you know that?

There were so many requests to participate, so that Olga Petliuk - organizer of this project - decided to create 2 maps
First map - this one - for charity, probably will be sold before the the ball, collected money will be dedicated to help Ukrainian Army Forces
Second map - will be exposed in the museums in Ukraine
Before the event one can see the map in the Bayerische National Museum
4 colors - ❤️🖤💙💛
140 women
140 fragments 10x10 cm
140 secret messages that will send shivers down your spine...
140 plots that depict all emotions: pain, suffering, hope, faith, experiences and our position...