Milena Piletska

Although now I live in Berlin the roots of my family originate from a beautiful city of Svitlovodsk, in Ukraine.

My first acquaintance with art happened when I was 13 years old. It was quite an exciting experience for me. The art of painting made me feel happy and beckoned to continue this activity. Furthermore, it was the moment when I realized the primary goal of my life - to make people all around me experience the same feeling of joy through the play of colors.

Later, I took up the art seriously and learned from a giften man, Viktor Chumachenko who is now a famous artist in Ukraine.

The art became an unattainable part of my life, capturing my breath, ideas, and driving me far into my dreams. I spent hours and hours, working under new paintings instead of doing my school homework. It was just a beginning of a lifetime story of my love to art.

Then I studied art in Florence, Italy. This place gave me an excellent opportunity to learn a new way of painting, and a chance to improve my skills, being supervised by a fantastic American teacher.

It is said that the best experience comes with the number of works created. I painted a few and I am proud to say that people from different parts of the world bought my works: s...

Florence institute of ART