I was born in Ukraine in 1958. I stopped my studies at the technical university in 1980, when I have decided to devote myself to art. My teacher Vitaly Stasevich, on the speciality of Fine Arts at the pedagogical university (1981-1986), helped me to understand that this devotion could be a meaning of life. The life of my teacher and friend Victor Reihet, professor of St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1987-1993), was a realization of this meaning. Since 1995 I am a member of Professional Creative Artist's Union of International Federation of Artists UNESCO. Now I am a painter in Sweden.

Since 1989 my art is called Postsymbolism Art This art has absorbed the aesthetic of Symbolism - one of the directions of Art, which iss truly close to me. The works are related to cosmic harmony - that is an essential moment of my art. Herein I represent the aesthetic vision of the modern and real world into the Symbolism.

EXHIBITIONS:

• 1989 "Postsymbolism" The Majakovsky Library,
  St. Petersburg
• 1990 "100 Years of Russian Symbolism" International Friendship House, St. Petersburg
• 1990 "Modern Art of St. Petersburg" Palitra Art Gallery, St.Petersburg
• 1991 "Gifts of TV-Marathon The Revival to the collection of St. Petersburg Museum of Modern Art"
• 1992 "Russian Symbolism" Umerov Russian Art Gallery, Minneapolis, USA; /solo/
• 1992 Na-Solianke Art Gallery, Moscow; /solo/
• 1993 "Postsymbolism" Exhibition Hall Hotel Ritm, St. Petersburg; /solo/
• 1994 "Postsymbolism" Forum Art Gallery, St. Petersburg; /solo/
• 1997 "The Biblical Symbols" Forum Art Gallery, St. Petersburg; /solo/
• 2001 "Adding Beauty to the World" Gallery Galax - The Art Factory, Gothenburg, Sweden; /solo/
• 2001 Exhibition-presentation of "The Artists' Declaration" at the time of European Conference 2001, Royal Hall Hotel Eggers, Gothenburg, Sweden; /solo/
• 2003, February. Exhibition dedicated to the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, The General Russian Consulate in Gothenburg, Sweden;
• 2003, June. Exhibition dedicated to The National Day of Russia, The General Russian Consulate in Gothenburg, Sweden; /solo/
• 2003, June - August. Summer Exhibition, Granhyddan Gallery, Beddinge, Sweden /solo/

ADDITIONAL WORK:
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