Alla Vorokhta

Alla Ivanovna Vorokhta (; 13 December 194617 February 2025) was a Ukrainian artist and educator who worked in the fields of graphic art, book illustration, painting, and decorative and applied arts (macrame, thread graphics, art dolls, batik, artistic painting).

Biography Alla Vorokhta was born on December 13, 1946, in the city of Odesa. She studied at an art school under Mykola Zaitsev. In 1971, she graduated from the art and graphics faculty of the Odesa Pedagogical Institute named after K. D. Ushynsky. Her professional mentor was Viktor Yefymenko.

For over 50 years, she taught at the Ushynsky Pedagogical Institute and at the Grekov Odesa Art School. Among her students are renowned Ukrainian artists such as Oleksandr Bilozor, Ivan Shyshman, Nataliia Aksyonova, Victor Korenyok, Serhii Tkachenko, Serhii Paprotskyi, Nataliia Popova, Halyna Karaman, and others. She was a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 2008.

Artistic Work Alla Vorokhta was a regular participant in prestigious international exhibitions, including the International Biennial of Drawing in Plzeň (2012) and the 12th Florence Biennale (2019). Her artworks are held in national museums and private collections in Ukraine and in 67 countries worldwide. Dance teacher Razdvatris. (Illustration for Yury Olesha’s fairy tale Three Fat Men). Etching. 20×20 cm, 1977 (in the collection of the Literary Museum, Odesa). Vorokhta's graphic works are noted for their refined lines, complex gradations of black and white, and a velvety texture. Her graphics are deeply poetic, each piece filled with a precisely articulated plastic idea. She mastered all graphic techniques equally well: etching, pen drawing, silverpoint, graphite pencil, sepia, sanguine, pastel, gouache, and watercolor.

She did not confine herself to a single genre, which is evident in her paintings, macrame panels, art dolls, batik, and decorative painting.

Personal life She was married to Mickola Vorokhta, an Honored Artist of Ukraine.

Exhibitions Verweile doch!, O. M. Bilyi Museum of Fine Arts, Illichivsk, 2010 Graphic Biennial, Plzeň, Czech Republic, 2012 Dreams and Memories, Mukachevo – Odesa, 2012 Urbi & Orbi, Odesa, 2013 E pluribus unum, Potocki Palace, Lviv, 2016 A Moment as Long as a Life, Odesa, 2016 Linea tenera et aspera, Odesa, 2019 XII Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy, 2019 The Line of Life, Odesa, 2021–2022