Bio

 

1972 - Was born in Odessa, Ukraine

1973 - Moved with my parents to Berdyansk (a little town on the Azov Sea)

1979-1989 - Studied at secondary school and attended the drawing classes at the state art studio

1989 - Entered State University in Zaporizhzhya (Faculty of Foreign Languages)

1991 - Was excluded from the University for the taking place in democratic anti-communist regime compaigns. Then went to Sweden to ask the political asylum. In a month get the refusal ( it was the time when the putch failed in Moscow and Ukraine got the independence in few months ) and went back to Ukraine

1993 - Applied for the emigration to the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv (Ukraine) and got the refusal. Entered Teachers Training Institute in Berdyansk (home town) and continued my education

1997 - Finished the Institute and went to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine to make an artist career. Got acquainted with a lot of foreign diplomats and began to sell my art. At that time applied to a lot of Kyiv's galleries for an art-show and got the refusals because of the criticism of anti-human regime of president Kuchma

2001 - Had my art-shows at the residence of South African Ambassador Mr. Delarey van Tonder and at Kyiv International School (founded by Americans) and had a great success

2003 - My friend made the web-site for me. So people got the possibility to see my art on the Internet

2004-2005 - Took part in the Orange Revolution which didn't bring the real democracy to Ukraine and real freedom to Ukrainians

2005 - All the Ukrainian galleries still refuse me to make my show

2005 - Art-show in State of the Arts Gallery (Sarasota, Florida, USA), Beeldkracht Gallery (Scheemda, Netherlands)

2006 - Art-show in cafe-club The Drum (Kyiv, Ukraine)

2007 - Art-show in Gogol-Fest (Kyiv, Ukraine)

2008 - Art-show "Our Ukraine", Antin's Collection, Art-Foxtrot Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)


 

 

 

 

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