Alla Bartoshchuk

Alla Bartoshchuk (Musgrave) is a Ukrainian-American representational fine artist who works in a variety of different traditional media with an emphasis in oils. 

Born in Rivne, Ukraine (1988), Alla moved to the United States in 2005. She received her BFA from Memphis College of Art (2010) and later completed her MFA at Laguna College of Art and Design (2013). She currently resides in Southern California and splits her time between her studio practice and teaching.

I am drawn to the timeless quality of image making and its ability to communicate on a level that words cannot. As a storyteller at heart, I employ symbolic imagery to tell those stories. The symbols in my work are usually implied and are not always used in a literal sense. Rather they are private, imaginative images that arise from the depth of the psyche and embrace the surreal quality of dreams, fantasies and premonitions.

My paintings are like dreams and distant memories -  not fully realized, sometimes confusing, and sometimes absurd. Each painting is an attempt to recollect and make sense of my subconscious mind, offering not a singular statement but a kaleidoscope of possible meanings and interpretations that can be infinitely discovered.