Steering wheel
to the rescue

“Steering wheel to the rescue” is a fundraising campaign organized by the Ukrainian artists together with the Charity Fund “Grateful”

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Borys Bios
"BIOS"
Accumulated: 102 401.49 uan
JAR
BIOS, 2023

polyptych from 4 parts, 120х50
spray on acrylic plate

Borys Bios
@bios.lines

Bios actively engaged in graffiti back in 2005. He is a bright representative of Ukrainian urban culture from Odesa. Due to his activity and participation in international festivals he became one of the most famous names of classical graffiti artists in Eastern Europe. Owner of a graffiti shop “Vulychnyi” (Street) and founder of the magazine about Ukrainian graffiti “Legacy”. Borys treats his work as a meditation process. Over the past 20 years he has developed an original style, in which he mastered the combination of shapes and colors.

Dzvinia Podliashetska
"Sneaky Friend"
Accumulated: 105 384.45 uan
JAR
"Sneaky Friend", 2022

155x170cm
canvas, acrylic, oil and soft sticks

Dzvinia Podliashetska
@dzvinya_studio

Born in Lviv in 1994. Her artistic practice is focused on expressive paintings and works on paper based on a strong interest in mental health, human interactions and emotions. Having an airy and naive style of painting, she deals with complex subjects. In her works you can see how violence and anger are presented comically and colorfully. It is important for Dzvinia to see the light in dark days. She always tries to find it and therefore paints dark things with bright colors.

Andrii Roik
"Search"
Accumulated: 100 002.52 uan
JAR
"Search", 2021

45х70 cm
Canvas, acrylic

Andrii Roik
@andriyroikstudio

Born in Lviv in 1995.He graduated from the Ivan Trush Lviv College of Decorative and Applied Arts and the Lviv National Academy of Arts, where he studied at the department of monumental painting. He works with painting, graphics, collage art, ceramics. The main object of his work is the human body. He believes that the body is the source where taboo can intersect with deconstruction, sacred with metaphysical.

Anton Hudo
"Anger & roots"
Accumulated: 102 185.08 uan
JAR
1. "Anger & roots", 2023

103x83
mixed media, canvas

2. Stoned & textures, 2023

Ø80
mixed media, canvas

Anton Hudo
@anton_hudo

He turned to painting back in 2007 as a way of rehabilitation after a stroke. Later it became a way of expression. He has a detailed hand drawing technique, he transfers it into various media. Following the theme of acute social problems and social thriller aesthetics, the author takes his worries and paints them through the reflection of certain abandoned social behavioral constructions. In his works you can see the understanding of war, social rudeness or cruelty. By working with such topics Anton aims to show the uselessness of such principles in modern life, and that violence will disappear as an atavism.

Valentyn Lapshyn
"Harites"
Accumulated: 102 476.83 uan
JAR
"Harites", 2021

145x145
Oil on canvas

Valentyn' Lapshyn
@valiklapshin

Born in Odesa in 1990. He started his career as an independent artist in 2013 after graduating from the Faculty of Art and Graphics. From street art to pop art, Valik has worked with a variety of instruments to create and develop his personal style. His art was influenced by book graphics, illustrations, comics, figurative painting and street art. Valik Lapshyn combines mysticism with elements of folklore and religious experience. The meanings of his works are not obvious, which allows the viewer to create their own interpretations of his human psychics research.

Vova Keno
"Sunday"
Accumulated: 109 772.75 uan
JAR
"Sunday", 2022

120х90
Canvas, acrylic, oil pastel

Vova Keno
@vovakeno

Vova Keno - an Ukrainian artist, who works in the field of experimental art. There is no specific topic or story that can set boundaries for new discoveries. Starting with already known foundations and developing them into something new, mature and powerful, exploring how settings, shapes and colors affect the work, is a fundamental principle of all his works. The combination of classical, academic painting with street art brings a free spirit and lightness to the works. Every work is a discovery.

Oleksii Bordusov
"Haunted House"
Accumulated: 101 192.69 uan
JAR
"Haunted House", 2021

Size of the paper: 80/66 cm., print size: 46/37 cm.
print is a b&w serigraphy, printed on a fine, cotton paper 300 gr./m., fully hand colored with watercolor.

Oleksii Bordusov ( Aec Interesni kazki )
@aec_interesnikazki

Oleksii Bordusov (Aec Interesni Kazki), known for his impressive visuals, is a Ukrainian artist whose surreal works embellish walls around the world. He acquired basic knowledge and skills in drawing and painting while studying at the Faculty of Architecture of the Academy of Arts. At the end of the 1990s, he started painting classic graffiti on the streets of Kyiv. In 2005, together with Waone, he created the “Interesni Kazki” team, where, combining science fiction, fantasy and Ukrainian traditional culture, they created their own fairy-tale universe filled with mysterious plots. Now he continues his solo career focusing on work in the studio. He works on canvas and paper using acrylic, watercolor, ink and oil paints. He sees the creation of art as "an opportunity to understand the mystical reasons of the universe" and to rediscover topics that range from science and history to religion and myth.

Feros
"The burden"
Accumulated: 110 206.32 uan
JAR
"The burden", 2023

60X60
Acrylic and spray at canvas

Feros Serhii Hrekh
@ferosone

Born in Drohobych in 1992. Feros is a nickname that has been attached to Serhii since 2007, from the time when he was actively involved in graffiti. This experience influenced him as an artist, and laid a powerful background in his subsequent work. This is manifested in his masterpieces and interpreted in new forms. Currently, Serhii is concentrated on two areas — abstraction and figurative surrealism. Moreover, Feros continues to work with murals and small walls in open spaces in Ukraine and abroad. In his works, the central character is a person and his inner state, which shapes the environment around him. Quite often it is a journey or a state, a dream or a vision, an illusion or a figment of the imagination.

Iryna Maksymova
"Knight dancer"
Accumulated: 127 363.21 uan
JAR
"Knight dancer"

85х100
Acrylic

Iryna Maksymova
@maksymova.art

She was born and raised in Kolomyia. In 2013, she graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Design of Lviv Polytechnic National University. She started her professional artistic activity in 2020. Since then, she has been participating in group and personal exhibitions in many countries of the world. In her work, Iryna easily and innocently expresses world problems that affect her personally. She explores the female and male body. Maintains equality and interconnectedness, constantly looks for a way to add traditional Ukrainian motifs into new visual forms, cultivating the Ukrainian primitivism.

Waone
"ETHEREAL ADVANTURES"
Accumulated: 206 459.37 uan
JAR
"ETHEREAL ADVANTURES", 2022

78х60,5
Lithography, Edition of 100, Printed o lithographic presses Idem Paris.

Waone
@waone_interesnikazki

Born in 1981 near Kyiv. His father was an art lover. The house was filled with art books and magazines, so he became interested in art when he was 4-5 years old. He began his art career in 1999 under the creative pseudonym WaOne, which refers to the aesthetics of hip hop. In the mid-2000s, together with a friend he founded the “Interesni Kazki” team, in the framework of which they developed their unique style with a surrealistic form of monumental art, and over the next 12 years created murals in many countries around the world. Now he actively continues working with ceramics, sculpture, graphics and studio painting. For Waone art is a path to perfection and a portal to divine worlds. His purpose is to explore himself and the outside world. Through artistic practice, push aside the hustle and bustle of modern existence and touch the unexplored invisible world, the source of all existence.

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Why is it so important?

The area where the battles are fought is very well visible to the enemy. The enemy spares no ammunition in order to prevent any vehicles from reaching the positions of our military. Therefore, the only way to evacuate the wounded from the battlefield and trasport them to the place where qualified medical assistance can be provided is to carry them on stretchers, often a distance of 5 km or even more.

HOW CAN WE HELP A WOUNDED PERSON

and a combat medic to overcome an extremely difficult distance under the enemy shelling? Provide them with evacuation buggies, which ensure the most important thing - time, which is quickly running out for the wounded, and also make the way for evacuation as safe as possible under the given conditions.

WHY BUGGIES?

The transportation of the wounded from advanced positions to relatively safe zones is the most dangerous and unpredictable part of evacuation. In conditions of open steppe terrain, which is visible and fired upon by the enemy, any large-sized vehicle immediately becomes a target. Therefore, sometimes the only possible option to transport the wounded to the medics for receiving qualified assistance is to carry them on stretchers for 5-10 km.

Time plays an incredibly important role in saving a wounded person. An alternative to long-term and physically exhausting evacuation on stretchers can be evacuation on buggies, which are less noticeable due to their size, produce less noise, require fewer people involved in the evacuation, and reduce the evacuation time several times.

What is the "Steering wheel to the rescue" project about?

"Steering wheel to the rescue" is a project that unites contemporary Ukrainian artists with the "Grateful" Charity Fund for the purpose of purchasing evacuation buggies aimed at rescuing wounded soldiers. As part of this project, artists will present their works for a raffle, and the funds raised will be used to purchase buggies for medical evacuation at the front-line.

What artists took part in the project?

In the "Steering wheel to the rescue" project took part 10 outstanding Ukrainian visual artists: Iryna Maksymova, Waone (Volodymyr Manzhos), Anton Hudo, Bios, Valentyn Lapshyn, Feros (Serhii Hrekh), Vova Keno, Aec Іnteresnі Kazki (Oleksii Bordusov), Dzvinia Podliashetska and Andrii Roik.

What are the main goals of the “Steering wheel to the rescue” project?

The main goal of the “Steering wheel to the rescue” project is to collect funds for the purchase of evacuation buggies, which are used by combat medics to evacuate wounded soldiers at the front-line. Moreover, the project is aimed at uniting artists and promoting their contribution to helping the Ukrainian defenders.

How can I join the “Steering wheel to the rescue” project?

You can join the “Steering wheel to the rescue” project by donating at least 300 UAH. For example, for 300 UAH (8 USD) you will get one ticket, for 600 UAH (16 USD) - two tickets, and so on. The fundraising has been ongoing since September 20.

How are the funds collected within the project used?

Funds collected as part of the “Steering wheel to the rescue” project will be used for the purchase of evacuation buggies aimed at evacuating wounded soldiers at the front-line.

Why were evacuation buggies chosen as an object of aid?

There is (and will be) a large need of vehicles for evacuation of the wounded. Since in some directions the battles are currently being fought in the steppes, ambulances and jeeps are not used because they become targets immediately, overturn from explosions, are noisy and expensive in case of their destruction.

So, taking into account that buggies are fast, easy-to-maneuver and inconspicuous for the enemy in the steppe terrain, they are a practical solution to this problem.

Where can I find more information about the “Steering wheel to the rescue” project and the artists who took part in it?

You can find more detailed information about the artists and their works on the official website of the "Steering wheel to the rescue” project. Also, you can find out about the implemented projects and current activities of the "Grateful" Charity Fund on their official website.As this project shows, art can save lives and be an important part of supporting Ukrainian defenders.

I am an artist who wants to join the Grateful’s initiatives. How can I do it?

Please write us about your idea to gratefulcomua@gmail.com

We joined our efforts to convert all our resources
into action aimed at helping our combat medics and defenders.