Stand strong with Ukraine
Funds raised to date after auctions and Screenings of Ukrainian Films at Bio Paradis amounts to over 3,700,000 ISK and raising. Gallery open at Bankastraetti 12 and open 2 - 6 Tuesday through Sunday. More Ukrainian Film Screenings will be announced HERE.
To engage the public in Iceland and beyond to help support Ukraine and to support the people being unjustly invaded.
100 % of Purchase goes to a charity in Ukraine of your choice.
To use art to inspire new ways of seeing and supporting freedom and rights for all humanity. Some of the charities are listed at the link below.
To develop a place for artists to donate and sell their works for the support of the many organizations needing help in Ukraine and the resulting emigration and difficulties that develop
Artists4Ukraine started in the first days after the Invasion of Ukraine. Swedish born Artist Julia Mai Linnéa Maria asked If it could be possible to start an art auction to raise funds for Ukraine and American born Icelandic-Ukrainian Artist Alexander Zaklynsky jumped to the chance to help. In the days since we organized Artists4Ukraine which is an artist run fundraising initiative. As artists we watched the nightmare developing and felt helpless. What could we do to help as artists with no money or capacity in a far off land to make any difference directly. We decided the best thing in the short run was to raise money for charities through art and engaging the public, showing solidarity and initiative to shed light on the ways people could help. Developing a platform for like minded artists to donate work for sales direct to charities was the original plan. This evolved into a collaboration with Bio Paradis to screen Ukrainian films where ticket sales go to charities directly involved in the war in Ukraine. We are developing a program of Ukrainian film and Art Auctions for Ukraine. We Stand strong with Ukraine. Slava Ukraini
Jón Gnarr , Auctioneer for first 2 auctions, Julia Mai Linnéa Maria & Alexander Zaklynsky
When I die,
let me rest, let me lie
amidst Ukraine’s broad steppes.
Let me see
the endless fields and steep slopes
I hold so dear.
Let me hear the Dnipro’s great roar.
And when the blood
of Ukraine’s foes flows
into the blue waters of the sea,
that’s when I’ll forget
the fields and hills
and leave it all
and pray to God.
Until then, I know no God.
So bury me, rise up,
and break your chains.
Water your freedom
with the blood of oppressors.
And then remember me
with gentle whispers
and kind words
in the great family
of the newly free.
Як умру, то поховайте
Мене на могилі,
Серед степу широкого,
На Вкраїні милій,
Щоб лани широкополі,
І Дніпро, і кручі
Було видно, було чути,
Як реве ревучий.
Як понесе з України
У синєє море Кров ворожу... отоді я
І лани, і гори —
Все покину і полину
До самого Бога
Молитися... а до того
Я не знаю Бога.
Поховайте та вставайте,
Кайдани порвіте
І вражою злою кров'ю
Волю окропіте.
І мене в сiм'ї великій,
В сiм'ї вольній, новій,
Не забудьте пом'янути
Незлим тихим словом.