Galyna Moskvitina

Galyna Aleksandrovna Moskvitina (known as Gala) is a Ukrainian painter born in 1963, celebrated as the founder of 'laternative realism,' a distinctive creative style rooted in the conceptual perception of light, luminance, and luminescence. She refers to her paintings as 'svetangs,' describing them as expressions of her spiritual experiences and the movement of her soul rendered in pictorial form. Her work explores the interplay between light and the objective world, making her a unique and visionary voice in contemporary Ukrainian art.