Olesya Parfenyuk (AUT/UA) is a visual artist with a practice operating between art direction and image-making, spanning both still and moving formats.
Her work explores the intersection of identity, fashion and narrative. Guided by intuition, she is drawn to a regard intérieur (inner gaze), capturing moments that feel suspended—shaped by a quiet tension and a melancholic, nostalgic, and slightly surreal atmosphere.
With formal training in design and photography and international experience, her practice moves fluidly across cultures and languages. She collaborates with forward-thinking brands, organizations, agencies, magazines, and a diverse range of creatives and artists to develop distinctive and cohesive visual identities.
Currently based between Vienna and Paris.
For inquiries and print requests contact olesyaparfenyuk@gmail.com
Selected Clients
Tanzquartier Wien, Austrian Fashion Association, Concept Korea, Portugal Fashion, Yuhan Wang, Bora Aksu, Julie Kegels, Jennifer Milleder, Flora Miranda, RUIbuilt, VIS A VIS, Full Of Desire, Guito Charles Herard, Tiago Bessa
Selected Publications
Le Mile, Senza Futuro, Vakuum, VEIN, Latest, Sicky, LULA Japan, C/O Vienna Magazine, NVRMIND paper Ukraine
Selected Musicians
Sanna Lu Una, Alicia Edelweiss, Mae M
Education
Mgr. Art, University of Applied Arts Vienna
2019 - 2025
Applied Photography and Time-based Media
as of 2021
Stage and Film Design
as of 2023
Graphic & Editorial Design at Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade do Porto
Exhibitions
group exhibition, Art Kolkhoz M7, Vienna — 2025
solo exhibition ‘Beyond The Gaze’, Angewandte Festival, Vienna — 2025
group exhibition ‘ZORY:UA’, Improper Walls, Vienna — 2023
solo screening ‘Ich bin der Welt abhandengekommen’ at ‘Vienna Queerstories’, Austrian Filmmuseum, Vienna — 2022
group exhibition ‘Kopfkissen’, Tokonoma Gallery, Kassel — 2022
group exhibition ‘Sublimations’ 7 Days Photo Agency, Voies Off Arles, Galerie des Arenes, Arles — 2019
group exhibition ‘1 Year ART ATTECH’, Volkstheater, Vienna — 2019
solo exhibition, Bräuhaus Ten.Fifty., Vienna — 2019