The path of a true artist is always a transformation. It is the ability to hear silence, to feel rhythm, and to translate personal upheavals into creative energy. Oksana Muminova is an author whose works balance on the edge of classical craftsmanship and a modern art object. Intertwining music, motherhood, and the search for new meanings in emigration within her life, she has created a unique artistic style where every detail is not just an adornment, but an architecture of feelings permeated with personal history. In this article, we have collected 10 sincere facts that reveal Oksana not only as a master but as a profound, multifaceted personality.
From Music to Form
“Before coming to visual art, I was a pianist, and music became my first way of expressing my inner world. It was music that taught me to feel rhythm, structure, and the depth of emotions. This feeling did not disappear but transformed into a new form—now I ‘play’ not with sounds, but with threads, crystals, sequins, and beads. In my works, one can catch the same rhythm: pauses, accents, tension, and harmony. Essentially, I continue to create compositions, only instead of notes, I use texture.”
Returning to Oneself Through Motherhood
“Several years of my life were entirely dedicated to family and motherhood. During this period, creativity seemed to fade into the background, but in reality, it was simply ‘waiting.’ When I returned to art, it was already a different state—more mature, deep, and conscious. I gave a part of my soul to my children—in touches, in sleepless nights, in endless love. And it was this given part that returned to me in a new form: a silence appeared in my works that is impossible to invent—it can only be lived. Concentration and inner strength appeared—soft and fragile.”
Culinary Art as the Art of Care
“I love to cook very much—it is as much a part of my life as music and embroidery. My acquaintance with the kitchen began early. At seven years old, I was already cooking my first soup—by myself, without my parents’ help, while they were at work. I could bake bread, prepare something simple, and feed my sister and brothers. Since then, food for me is not just a daily routine; it is care. It is the same creativity, only in a different form—alive, real, and always with love.”
The Honesty of the Creative Process
“I do not work on demand and do not adapt to world trends. Each piece is born only when there is an internal response and a sense of necessity to create it; every object I create is unique by its nature. This makes my process honest and organic. This is the strength of my signature style. I listen to the silence within myself and translate it into the language of form, texture, and color. That is why my works cannot be mass-produced—they have their own time of birth and their own state.”
A Turn of Fate: From Conservatory to Embroidery
“I could have become a professional pianist and was preparing to enter the conservatory. Music was my path, my language, my future life. But in my fourth year, shortly before the state exam, everything changed—due to long and persistent practice, I tore a tendon in my hand. In one moment, it became clear: this path was no longer possible. At the time, it seemed like a loss. But with time, I realized—it was a turn. Not an end, but a redirection. Everything that happens, happens for the best. Sometimes it just takes time to see it. And now my soul has found itself in embroidery.”
Resetting and a Point of Support in the USA
“Moving from Ukraine to the USA became a point of total reset for me. A new country, a new reality, and the need to rebuild my daily life, myself as a person and an artist, and to find a point of support. In that moment, art became not just an activity; it filled every day of mine with inspiration, warmth, and light.”
Inspiration Without Copying
“For many years, every morning of mine starts with a cup of coffee and a portion of inspiration that I draw from other masters. I love to explore creativity, to subscribe to the accounts of various talented people—this brings me colossal growth and forms my creative thinking. But at the same time, I have never copied or repeated others’ techniques. On the contrary, observing others’ works helped me find my own style. Every time I created a new element or came up with a unique technique, I felt that I had not encountered anything similar in others’ works, and this filled me with the joy of discovery and creative freedom.”
Perfectionism and a Sculptural Approach
“My approach to details can be compared to the work of a sculptor. I can spend hours, and sometimes days, to achieve the desired result. For me, it is important not just to make it beautiful, but to find the ideal solution.
This perfectionism becomes a part of my artistic language. It is in the details that the sense of value and depth is born.”
