Zoomquilt2. Sketchbook 2010 (vol. 2) on the Behance Network. BEAUTY HAS NO COLOR. Graffiti. The drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. James Roper. Kseniya Simonova, Sand Animation, Ukraine's Got Talent 2009 Winner. Video Description Kseniya Simonova is a 24 years old Ukrainian artist. She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret the occupation of Ukraine during WWII.
She won Ukraine's Got Talent 2009, watched by over 13 million people. Source: Kseniya Simonova.com. Kseniya Simonova Kseniya Simonova (born 1985) is a sand animator from Ukraine. She started drawing with sand after her business collapsed due to the early 21st century credit crunch and had been drawing for less than a year when she entered Ukraine's Got Talent. She became the 2009 Winner of Ukraine's Got Talent, constructing an animation that portrayed life during USSR's Great Patriotic War against the Third Reich in World War II. Simonova won 1,000,000 Ukraninan Hryvnia (approx. She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.