Nazar Strelyaev-Nazarko (b. 1998, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian artist based in Milan. His practice explores nostalgia and memory, moving between personal recollection and collective history. Bringing together artifacts of the past, elements of the present, playful ambiguity, and theatricality, Strelyaev-Nazarko constructs a somnambulic world of images where familiar figures and objects appear suspended between recollection, fiction, and dream.
After graduating in Industrial Design in Kharkiv, Strelyaev-Nazarko moved to Italy, where he developed a direct engagement with the traditions of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque. His painting practice is informed by historical techniques and material knowledge, including the use of traditional pigments and prepared grounds. He later earned a Master’s degree in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies at NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, and also studied Painting at Accademia di Brera.
His first solo exhibition, Paramnesia, was held at Marsèll Paradise in Milan in 2023, accompanied by a text by Vittoria De Franchis. Recent solo exhibitions include Butterfly Hunt at Ncontemporary, Venice, in 2024, and La Generazione Felice at Ncontemporary, Milan, in 2026. His work has also been presented in group exhibitions across Europe.
In 2026, his paintings Untitled (2023) and Paramnesia (2023) were featured in Louis Vuitton’s FW26 women’s collection designed by Nicolas Ghesquière.
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Nazar Strelyaev-Nazarko
Born in 1998 in Kharkiv, Ukraine
Resides and works in Milan, Italy
Education:
2023 – 2024 — Painting, Brera Academy, Milan, Italy
2019 – 2022 — MA Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
2015 – 2019 — BA Industrial Design, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Selected exhibitions and art fairs:
2026 — La Generazione Felice, Ncontemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo exhibition)
2026 — MIART, Milan, Italy (art fair)
2026 — Democracy is Coming, Galleria Alessandro Casciaro, Bolzano, Italy (duo exhibition with Leander Schwazer)
2025 — Artefiera, Bologna, Italy (art fair)
2025 — UNSETTLED, Ncontemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy (group exhibition)
2024 — BUTTERFLY HUNT, Ncontemporary Gallery, Venice, Italy (solo exhibition)
2024 — SGUARDI III, ABC-ARTE, Milan, Italy (group exhibition)
2024 — Your Endless Summer, Galerie SABINE BAYASLI, Paris, France (group exhibition)
2024 — AMICA - THE ART ISSUE. Il Corpo Artistico, Brera Academy, Milan, Italy (art prize)
2023 — Paramnesia, Marsèll Paradise, Milan, Italy (solo exhibition)
2023 — ReA! 2023, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy (art fair)
2023 — Still Waving, Port Tonic Art Center, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France (group exhibition)
2022 — Extraneous, EXILE, Vienna, Austria (group exhibition)
2020 — Free Wall Space, Free Wall space [link], online exhibition (group exhibition)
2019 — June, Vovatanya Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine (two-person exhibition)
2019 — The Importance of Being Earnest, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine (group exhibition)
Collaborations / Special projects:
2026 — Louis Vuitton FW26 Women’s Collection, collaboration, Paris, France
Residencies:
2025 — Viafarini, Milan, Italy
2024 — Viafarini, Milan, Italy
2024 — Lami-Genolini, Erba, Italy
2023 — Port Tonic Art Center, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France
Selected press:
2026 — “La democrazia sta (forse) arrivando,” Alto Adige / Costume & Società
2026 — “Louis Vuitton Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear Collection,” Vogue Runway
2026 — “За лаштунками Louis Vuitton: Назар Стреляєв-Назарко про мистецтво та український код,” Harper’s Bazaar Ukraine
2026 — “Folkore, Man Ray, fourrure… À Paris, le défilé Louis Vuitton tire tous azimuts,” Le Figaro
2026 — “Louis Vuitton brings folklore and fur to the Louvre for fall/winter collection,” Reuters
2026 — “Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu close Paris Fashion Week with competing visions of nature,” Associated Press
2026 — “Louis Vuitton: Ready-To-Wear AW26,” 10 Magazine
2026 — “Louis Vuitton Fall 2026 Fashion Show Review,” The Impression
2026 — “LOUIS VUITTON FW26,” Behind The Blinds
2026 — “Ce qu’il restera de la Fashion Week parisienne FW26,” Mixte Magazine
2026 — Valeria Radkevych, “La nuova collezione di Louis Vuitton porta nell’abbigliamento la pittura di un artista ucraino,” Artribune
2026 — “Картини українського художника стали частиною нової колекції Louis Vuitton,” Суспільне Культура
2026 — “Роботи українського художника стали частиною колекції Louis Vuitton,” The Village Україна
2026 — “Louis Vuitton presented a collection with works by a Ukrainian artist: what it looks like,” LIGA.net
2026 — “Louis Vuitton used a painting by a Ukrainian artist for prints in its new collection,” Pragmatika
2026 — “Картини художника з Харкова є частиною колекції Louis Vuitton,” Люк
2022 — Kate Sutton, “Extraneous,” Artforum
2022 — Àngels Miralda, “The True Story of Kelet: Curated By 2022,” Echo Gone Wrong
2021 — Giulia Profeti, “Blackout Book #1. La mostra di NABA su Artribune,” Artribune