Nadiia Forkosh (Ukrainian, b. 1984) is an artist working in a self-described "phygital" format that combines traditional painting with digital media, including animation, sound, and NFTs. Born in Kyiv, her surrealist work frequently explores emotional states such as happiness, sorrow, love, hesitation, and suffering.
Forkosh has drawn since the age of three and holds two degrees, in economics and fine arts. She began showing her work online in 2006 on platforms including Shutterstock. The Spanish company Marqués de Riscal later reached out to use one of her images as a label for an eco-friendly wine. Her first major exhibitions took place in the United States, and she later signed with a London gallery interested in pairing her digital work with traditional canvases. After the war in Ukraine made it impossible to open a studio there as she had planned, she moved to Vienna, where she received a grant from the Austrian Ministry of Culture, and her work has since also been shown in Brazil.
