Olesya Ostrovska-Lyuta

Olesya Ostrovska-Lyuta
Оле́ся Остро́вська-Лю́та
Ostrovska-Lyuta in 2014
1st Deputy Minister of Culture
In office
February 2014  December 2014
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
MinisterYevhen Nyshchuk
Personal details
Born
Olesya Bohdanivna Ostrovska-Lyuta

(1978-08-05) 5 August 1978
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Alma materNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (MA)
OccupationCultural manager
AwardsWomen in Arts Award

Olesya Bohdanivna Ostrovska-Lyuta (Ukrainian: Оле́ся Богда́нівна Остро́вська-Лю́та; born 5 August 1978) is a Ukrainian cultural manager and curator of contemporary art. She is the director of the state enterprise Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex under the State Management of Affairs. In 2014, she served as the first Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine. In 2019, she was awarded the Women in Arts Award.

Ostrovska-Lyuta was also a member of numerous professional organisations. Among them are the board of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art (SCCA), the jury of the Kazimir Malevich Artist Award established by the Polish Institute in Ukraine, the jury of the Molodist International Film Festival, the boards of the "I3" award program, and the Dynamic Museum project at the Ukrainian Development Foundation.