Yaroslav Maksymovych Omelyan (Ukrainian: Ярослав Максимович Омелян; 1 January 1929 – 21 August 2025) was a Ukrainian artist.[1]
Omelyan was born in the village of Mshana, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland. During 1950–1959 he was repressed and spent time in Gulag labour camps in Siberia.[2]
He was a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, an honorary member of the All-Ukrainian Society "Prosvita" and was awarded the Merited Painter of Ukraine.[3]
From 1969 he participated in collective exhibitions in cities across Europe.[4][5]
