Edward Pustovoitov, 1964 | Fantasy painter

Эдуард Пустовойтов was born in Makeyevka, Ukraine.

He gained the Designer’s qualification at Odessa Institute of theatrical and artistic studies.

Irresistible desire of travelling once led Pustovoitov to come to Latvia and to join the Riga nautical college; after graduating he worked as a sailor at Latvian Shipping.

Sonia Delaunay | Mother of Abstraction

From: MoMa, The Museum of Modern Art

"We are...only at the beginning

of color research (full of mysteries

still to be discovered)...."

Sonia Delaunay-Terk (13 November 1885 - 5 December 1979)

Red and green, blue and orange, yellow and violet: these color combinations were vital to the artistic practice and theory of Sonia Delaunay-Terk, whose vast body of work-paintings and drawings, prints and illustrations, textiles and furnishings, clothing and accessories-enthralled its earliest viewers, users, and wearers.

While living in Paris in the 1910s, Delaunay-Terk and her husband, Robert Delaunay, began to explore the visual properties of contrasting colors-colors opposite one another on the color wheel.

Tetyana Erhart, 1965

Тетяна Ерхарт is an internationally renowned professional Ukrainian photographer from Lviv, where she currently lives and works.

- "I started dealing with portrait photography when my children were born.

It was mid of the 1980s and I used a film camera.

There was a long pause in my photo career until the mid of the 2000s when I got my digital camera".

Tania Rivilis, 1986

Tania Rivilis, born in Ukraine, did not embark on her artistic journey until her move to Germany.

This shift, both geographical and personal, marked the beginning of an exploration that she started at the age of 27.

When Tania first set foot in Germany in 2012, little did she know her path would take her to global recognition.

Sergiy Lyacevitch, 1981

Sergiy Lyacevitch è un pittore figurativo impressionista che vive e lavora in Ucraina.

Lyacevitch per i suoi quadri usa dei soggetti classici - le ballerine, la bellezza della donna e Parigi come cornice di sfondo per le sue figure.

Olga Grigoreva-Klimova, 1984

Olga Grigoreva-Klimova / Ольга Григорьева-Климова was born in the city of Shchelkino,  in Crimea.

She graduated from the Crimean Art College Nicholas Samokish and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine (Kiev).

Since 2007 she has been a participant of republican and all-Ukrainian exhibitions.

Works are in the Kiev Museum of Modern Art, as well as in private collections and galleries in Ukraine, Russia, USA, Taiwan, Poland, Romania, China, Switzerland, Great Britain.

Svetlana Tartakovska, 1979

Svetlana Tartakovska was born in Berditchev near Kiev.

She lives and works in The Netherlands and she graduated at the Klassieke Academie voor Beeldende Kunst (Classical Academy for Visual Arts) in Groningen.

She also studied at The Art Academy in Florence and attented workshops at Sam Drukker.

She is a young woman with a rich inheritance from an old culture: a treasury of world-famous authors including Dostojewsky and Lermontov and great painters like Repin.

Nikita Busyak | Urban sketcher

Nikita Busyak comes from Ukraine, the city of Kharkov, and it is this city that he depicts in his incredible illuminated architectural sketches.

In each architectural drawing, he digitally manipulates the windows so that they glow with golden light, making it seem as though someone is home.

Nikita is an inventor of Glowing Archisketch technique.

Artyom Tolstuhin, 1981

Ukrainian artist Артем Толстухін / Artyom Tolstuhin studied at the Mykola Samokysha Crimean Art College, founded in 1922, and he graduated from the Kharkov Academy of Design and Arts, Restoration Department in 2011.

Tolstukhin was elected to the All-Ukrainian Young Artists Union in 2008.

Tolstuhin has emerged as one of the leaders of the Union as well as of the Degrazh, the association of young Kharkov artists.

Eugenia Gapchinska / Евгения Гапчинская, 1974

Евгения Гапчинская is one of the most famous Ukrainian artists, lives and works in Kyiv, her galleries are located in the capital and in several cities of Ukraine.

Gapchinska was a student at Kharkiv Art College and graduated from The Institute of Industrial Arts in Kharkiv.

Eugenia Gapchinska also had an internship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, Germany.

Andrii Frolov | Romantic Impressionist painter

"I am an artist from Ukraine.

The reality around us can be very overloaded with details and meanings, and my main goal is to find the key to conveying all the diversity with minimal means, the shortest possible path to the viewer, and I am grateful for the opportunity to convey my work to viewers around the world!"

Andrey Zakirzyanov, 1969

Born in Simferopol Crimea USSR, Andrey Zakirzyanov / Андрей Закирзянов is an artist, film director, animator, designer, teacher an so on.

1985 / 1989 - Graduated from V.A. Serov Art school (Roerich Art School).

1990 / 1992 - Russian Academy of Arts.

2001 / 2008 - Professor Design and Animation St.Petersburg State University.

Marfa Tymchenko | Master of decorative painting

Marfa Tymchenko / Марфа Ксенофонтівна Тимченко (1922-2009) was a famous Ukrainian folk artist, master of decorative painting, Shevchenko Prize winner(2000), Kateryna Bilokur first Prize winner.

Specializing mainly in decorative graphic art and the painting of china, she also works in decorative monumental art, book design, poster art, underglaze painting, and painting on wood.

Igor Medvedev / Медведев Игорь, 1961

Игорь Медведев was born in Novopskov, Ukraine.

In 1985 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronics Techniques, physio-chemical faculty.

His first personal exhibition took place in the Youth Dramatic Theatre in 1990.

Thereafter he was regularly exhibited by the leading galleries in Vilnuce, Kaunas: Juste, Contemporary Art Center, Russian House and others.

Pavel Shumov, 1964 | Impressionist painter

Павел Шумов was born in Yalta.

He graduated from the art school named after F.Vasiliev in Yalta(1978), the secondary art school named after B.Ioganson of the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts of Russia named after I.Repin (1983).

He is a member of the National Union of Artist of Ukraine since 2002, a member of the International Arts Fund since 2005, a member of Union of Arts of Russia since 2014, a member of International Association of Art AIAP UNESCO.

Igor Raikhline, 1950 | Figurative Impressionism painter

Igor studied in Kiev Fine Art Academy, where he was awarded a Masters Degrees in Art and Architecture in 1974.

He moved to USA in 1990 and currently resides in suburbs of Atlanta.

Igor got his first International European Award For Outstanding And Gifted Children when he was 7 years old.

During his 55 years of professional career Igor participated in hundreds of solo and group Fine Art Exhibitions worldwide.

Vera Kavura / Віра Кавура, 1978 | Pastel flower painter

In Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, Vera Kavura / Віра Кавура can be found painting her favorite subject: flowers, which she describes as "natural, beautiful, and diverse".

Kavura began drawing as a child and over the years experimented with different techniques until, in 2016, she discovered painting with pastels.

"The pastel medium allows me to work quickly and catch all the color nuances", she says.

"A single photo cannot reflect the shine of a flower’s petals; by painting a bouquet with pastel, I’m able to catch changes in the light and shadows, and even the movement of the petals".

Olga and Sergey Kamennoy

Sergey ed Olga sono la coppia di artisti che lavorano insieme sotto lo pseudonimo di "KAMU Sergey and Olga" per più di 15 anni.

- Sergey Kamennoy / Сергей Каменной è nato nel 1959 a Kharkov, Ucraina.

Ha studiato alla scuola d'arte, frequentando l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Kharkov dal 1978-1983.

E' membro dell'Unione degli Artisti di Ucraina dal 1988.

Durante gli studi si rese conto che era daltonico, anche se lui eccelso in disegno e incisione.

Ha costruito una carriera di successo nella stesura.

Anatoly Metlan, 1964 | Flamenco dancers

Anatoly Metlan’s travels serve as inspiration for his paintings, whether it’s the beauty of Mediterranean landscapes or talented flamenco and tango dancers in Spain. From a young age, Metlan was influenced by the Impressionists, often traveling to southern France to draw the same inspiration as these artists.

More recently, Metlan has focused on depicting dancers, musicians, and gypsies.

In his paintings of dancers, Metlan emphasizes sensual tango poses, forever capturing moments of energy, emotion, and drama.

Full of passion, these paintings draw upon Metlan’s memories of attending flamenco concerts in southern Europe.

"I was captivated by the dramatic suspended tension and the emotional expressiveness of dance moves" Metlan says.

Volodymyr Tsisaryk / Володимир Цісарик, 1978 | Figurative sculptor

Ukrainian sculptor Volodymyr Tsisaryk was born and grew up in Lviv. His works were seen by almost every tourist who visited the city at least once in recent years.

Volodymyr says that he did not choose the profession, but he was chosen by the profession. After graduating from Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Ivan Trush, Department of Monumental and Decorative Sculpture and obtaining Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors, Volodymyr immediately began creating sculptures the elegance of which show the skill of the author.