Lesia Mazanik
Illustration, Web Design, Digital Art
About me
A creative in Kyiv, Ukraine
Design & illustration artist with media and online content projects background.
I am co-founder and art director of the women’s online magazine DIVOCHE.MEDIA, creator of the popular art project DyvoLesya — a series of posters about prominent Ukrainian writer Lesia Ukrainka. For the past 9 years, I have been engaged in illustration, web design, creating brand style and layouts for different media content projects.
Creative SKills
Skills
Illustration
Web Design
Graphic Design
Digital Art
New Media
Background
Journalism & Online Media
In 1998, graduated from Kyiv National University, specializing in German and English languages. In 2003, completed an educational course for journalists at the Reuters headquarter in London (Great Britain) and interned at Creative Warehouse (website development, content creation, web design) in Worcester (Great Britain). Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. Worked for leading independent Ukrainian media, developed and managed online media projects for the media holdings, TV & press.
Design skills
Web design, Illustration & Digital Art
Travel Map of Ukraine
Design of promo materials for Ukrainian tour operator
Design and production of Travel map of Ukraine in Japanese & English language and some promotional print materials & souvenir products packing for Ukrainian tour operator company ARKTUR.
EasyDrive Booklet & Website
Driving School website & promotional materials
Design and brand style layouts for EasyDrive driving school in Kyiv. Branding, website development, designing of the booklet and other print promo materials for the students.
Together We are Europe
Illustrations for EU Delegation to Ukraine
On 21 August 2022, the illustration exhibition “Together We are Europe” started near the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People in Kyiv. It presented a series of drawings by Ukrainian female illustrators as a creative reaction to Russia’s war of aggression and the EU`s help for Ukraine. I made three illustrations for this project.
DyvoLesia
Art project dedicated to Ukrainian writer & intellectual Lesia Ukrainka
Popular art project “DyvoLesia” (2020) and its sequel “Lesia On Time” (2021) — it is an attempt to depict a modern Ukrainian woman, when women serve in the army, fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, sit at the helm of airliners, engage in extreme sports, create blogs with reach millions, pursue a political career, engage in art and raise children, through the image of prominent Ukrainian writer, intellectual & feminist Lesia Ukrainka (1871-1913). This is a project about women at a time when they can choose their own path.
Media Design
Layout design and illustration for publications in media
Marketplace Prom.ua
Dairy factory Halychyna
Illustrations
War in Ukraine Series
Illustrations for media
DIVOCHE.MEDIA
Design, layouts, illustrations and website development for independent women’s online magazine DIVOCHE.MEDIA.
Creative Women Publishing
Design and layouts for the website and online book store of the female publishing house Creative Women Publishing.
MedUP Marketing
Design and layouts for website of the marketing and business consulting company in medicine MedUp Marketing.
Geulla Medical Laboratory
Design and layouts for the website of the Ukrainian-Israeli pathomorphological laboratory of oncodiagnostics Geulla.
FlyPoint Air Services
Design and multilingual website for air concierge service company FlyPoint.
Alliance Francaise
Design and layouts for 5 websites (ie AF Lviv) of the Alliance-Francaise Fondation in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Art Library
Library of Ukrainian Art collects and preserves books about Ukrainian art, published in the 20th century, and information & articles about Ukrainian artists.