About The Artist

Born in 1952, Makeyevka, Ukraine Currently resides in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, USA Education: State Art Institute, Kiev National Art School, Kiev Awards: 1977 – 1st Prize award winner of art degree in UN exhibitions 1978-81 – Grant from Academy of Art of the USSR 1982 – 1st Prize winner of National Republican exhibition in Kiev 1986 – Top Artist achievement Award of Ukraine Selected Exhibitions: 1977-91 – Continuously exhibited at Republican, National, and International exhibitions in Ukraine and Russia 1978-85 – Yearly exhibited at Nakamura exhibits in Tokyo, Japan 1980 – “20th Century Outstanding Russian Artists” at Hermitage Gallery, London 1988 - “20th Century Ukrainian Art at “Krane Gallery”, New York 1989 – National Museum of Kyoto City, Japan 1990 – Contemporary Ukrainian Art, “Christies”, London 1993 – Art Asia, Hong Kong 1993 – Art Miami, Florida Museum Collections: “Tretiakov Gallery”, Moscow, Russia “Museum of Russian Art”, Kiev, Ukraine “Museum of Contemporary Art”, Köln, Germany National Museums of Herson, Zaporozhe, Sevastopol, Nikolayev, Cherkassy, Feodosia, Chernigov, Lutsk, Khmelnitsk (Ukraine) Private Collections: USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hong Kong, Finland, Netherlands, N