Olena Tolstokora, also known as Bravebirdie, was born in 1997 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and is currently based in Vancouver, Canada. She moved 2 years ago because of the war.

Olena is a visual artist, predominantly working in digital art, painting, and drawing. Her distinctive artistic approach is marked by the use of ready-made light sources in combination with traditional materials such as wood, metal, paint, and glass. Olena is best known for her artistic style, which is defined by its raw, bold, and pure nature.

Olena’s work delves into profound themes, exploring the nature of adulthood, empathy, hopecore, and war.

Bravebirdie has gained recognition through her participation in exhibitions worldwide. Her works have been showcased at esteemed venues such as the Villa Daumier Gallery in Paris, France; MOM Art Gallery in Hamburg, Germany; SYNdicate Gallery in Tokyo, Japan; and more.

Exhibitions:

Coldwater Road - solo exhibition - Slice of Life Gallery - Vancouver, 2025

A Century of Blood, a Sky Full of Stars - solo exhibition - Studio Kura - Fukuoka, 2024

Meet Me At The Playground - solo exhibition - B1 Gallery - Vancouver, 2024

Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just Passing By - duo exhibition - WhyBase - Tokyo, 2024

ポップカルチャー＆テクノロジー - duo exhibition - SYNdicate - Tokyo, 2023

En plein dans l'œil ! - duo exhibition - Villa Daumier - Paris, 2023

Square spaces - collective exhibition - Shirahama, 2023

Prometeusz - collective exhibition - Warsaw, 2023

Ridniy chorniy - сollective exhibition - Kharkiv, Odessa 2023

PB - collective exhibition - Vancouver, 2023

Unbreakable - collective exhibition - MOM art Space - Hamburg, 2022

Unbreakable 2.0 - collective exhibition - Galerie Broken Art - Zittau, 2022

The art of Kindness - collective exhibition - William Campbell Gallery - USA (New York, Fort Worth), 2022

Kharkiv - collective exhibition + event - Tokyo, 2022