Roksana Rublevska

Author

I was born in Uman and moved to Kyiv when I was 14. My father worked in antique appraisal and inspired my love for art. I earned a degree in art history and later worked as a TV editor and screenwriter at Film.ua and Star Media. I have been in cultural journalism since 2015, writing for Forbes, Liga.net, Detector Media, Elle Ukraine, L’Officiel, Vogue, Novoe Vremya, and Babel. I was the editor of Art-Kursiv, an academic journal on contemporary art for three years. I also co-authored the art books 25 Years of Presence and 30 Years of Presence for ArtHuss and worked on artwork attribution for the Goldens auction house.

In 2019 and 2020, I received six journalism awards from PRESSZVANIE and Novamedia. I also managed the PR campaign for Bad Roads, a film by Natalka Vorozhbyt that won at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.

After the full-scale war began, I was forced to leave Ukraine and settled in Barcelona, Spain. I learned Spanish and completed a master’s degree in marketing, PR, and communications at UCJC University. Now, I write about Ukrainians who have pursued their dreams abroad.

Publications of the author

Russians are abducting Ukrainian children. Director Tetiana Khodakivska and three EU countries tell the story of this war crime in a film — interview
Tetiana Khodakivska is a Ukrainian film director and a member of the European Film Academy and the Ukrainian Film Academy. One of her major works is the documentary ...
“The only thing I want is to live to see the moment when Russia is held accountable for its crimes.” A major interview with illustrator Serhiy Maidukov
Black-and-white silhouettes, battered high-rises, trenches, drones, and people quietly living amidst the war. The illustrations of Sergiy Maidukov are easily recognizable:...
“My audience comes for the recipes but stays for the stories.” How chef and columnist Olia Hercules is introducing Ukrainian cuisine to the United Kingdom
Olia Hercules is a Ukrainian chef. She is 42 years old and has lived in London for more than 20 years. Olia is the author of six cookbooks and writes about food for BBC ...
“Art always falls short of the reality of war.” Ukrainian artist Lesia Khomenko on violence and her journey from Kyiv to New York
Artist Lesia Khomenko is one of the key figures in contemporary Ukrainian art and a co-founder of the R.E.P. group, which emerged in response to a new political reality...
Alexandra Alissa Novitchkova built an academic career in Ukraine, left it for human rights advocacy, and now teaches in Canada. In her own words
Scientist and human rights activist Alexandra Alissa Novitchkova is 46 years old. She graduated from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (KMA) and pursued postgraduate studies. In 2005,...
“My job is to prevent time from erasing the evidence.” Dariia Martyniuk is a conservator at Auschwitz-Birkenau. We spoke with her about how to preserve memory
In the conservation laboratories of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum , specialists dedicate themselves to preserving one of humanity’s most tragic historical records:...
Galyna Solovei studied in South Korea, contributed to education reform in Ukraine, and taught in Kyiv, Amsterdam, and Madrid. Here is how she managed to do it
Galyna Solovei is 47 years old. She studied philosophy, took part in reforming Ukraine’s education system, trained in international development policy in South Korea, and...
Voices of Children has spent years helping children affected by war. The story of one of Ukraine’s largest charitable foundations
Olena Rozvadovska and Azad Safarov founded the Voices of Children foundation after working on the film A House Made of Splinters about a children’s shelter in ...

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