A Further Inquiry

A Further Inquiry

Ola Rondiak on Art Therapy, Motanka Dolls, and Wartime Trauma

How does Ola Rondiak connect psychotherapy, motherhood, and motanka doll art in response to Ukrainian war trauma?

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Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Jun 06, 2026
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Ola Rondiak is a Ukrainian-American contemporary artist, sculptor, and former psychotherapist whose work explores identity, memory, displacement, and Ukrainian cultural resilience. Raised in the United States by Ukrainian immigrant parents, she later relocated to Kyiv, where her artistic practice deepened through engagement with Ukraine’s political uphe…

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