Oles Tsura

Bio

Oles Tsura was born on 02 January 1993 in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, in the West of Ukraine. He has loved drawing, exploring and inventing since childhood. His personal and professional interests have always centred on combining design and art. As a result, he attended the State Children's Art School during his high school years, which was his first step into the world of art. Then he decided to go to the Kosiv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts. There he learnt various artistic disciplines, including the artistic technique of metalworking-blacksmithing as his major study. After that, he studied at the Lviv National Academy of Arts specialising in Decorative Arts and Crafts. There he studied various subjects, majoring in jewellery art. After graduating from the Lviv Academy, he decided to develop his professional focus and passion for creativity and invention by furthering his studies in Europe. Therefore, from 2017-2021, he studied at the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Gemstones and Jewellery at the Trier University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Following his successful graduation, he worked for 3 years at a local gemstone-cutting company. Since 2025, he has been studying for a Master of Arts at HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hildesheim, Germany.
 

Statement

I consider my jewellery like a lure that tricks and seduces, similar to the situation in angling where the fish encounters the bait. I was inspired by the idea of curiosity, because it is part of the human condition. Each of my works is a metaphorical reflection based on these ideas. Each of them tells small situations whose aim is to evoke stories in the viewer's memory. My pieces are made of different materials so that people want to touch and carry them.

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