Svitlana Nianio is a Ukrainian avant-garde singer-songwriter. She formed the experimental group Cukor Bila Smerť in 1988 with Eugene Taran, Oleksandr Kochanovsky, and Tamila Mazur. After the group disbanded in 1993, she worked independently, producing two albums with Oleksandr Yurchenko. In 1999, she released her first solo album, Kytytsi, on Koka Records. Her music experienced renewed international interest in the 2010s, leading to reissues and a return to performing beginning in 2017, including livestreams during the COVID-19 pandemic.