Serhii Cherniakovskyi

I paint places not as destinations, but as memories.


My work explores the space between a real place and the image of it that remains within us after we leave.

I am drawn to landscapes associated with travel, light, anticipation, and personal memory—places such as the Amalfi Coast, Positano, Greece, Venice, and other locations that have become part of our collective imagination. Yet the geographical location is only the starting point of each painting.

Working through contemporary impressionist oil painting, I transform recognizable landscapes through color, light, atmosphere, and expressive brushwork. Details are simplified, colors are intensified, and reality is allowed to shift toward memory. I am interested in the moment when a specific place stops being merely geographical and becomes emotional.

A journey exists twice: first as an experience, and later as a memory. With time, certain details disappear while others become brighter—the warmth of sunlight on a wall, the color of the sea, a distant street, the feeling of freedom, or the anticipation of discovering somewhere new.

My paintings inhabit this second version of the journey.

They are not intended to function as visual records or travel postcards. They are interpre...

I studied Painting and Graphic Arts at the Faculty of Arts and Graphics of the South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky from 2011 to 2016.

Since 2017, I have continued developing my artistic practice through exhibitions, plein air events, and art competitions in Ukraine and Europe. Over time, my work has evolved toward contemporary impressionist painting and an exploration of place, travel, memory, and atmosphere.

Solo Exhibitions

2022
Personal exhibition "Water land" / Gallery "Salon baguette" - Kyiv, Ukraine
2021
Personal exhibition "Water and stone" / MAIN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY NAS OF UKRAINE - Kyiv, Ukraine
2019
Personal exhibition / Gallery "House of Artists" - Odessa, Ukraine
2019
Personal exhibition / galler «Barcode» - Kyiv, Ukraine
2018
Personal exhibition / Victory Gardens - Odessa, Ukraine

Group Exhibitions
2021
All-Ukrainian exhibition Festive still life / National Union of Artists of Ukraine - Kyiv, Ukraine
2020
Christmas All-Ukrainian Exhibition / National Union of Artists of Ukraine - Kyiv, Ukraine
2017
"All-Ukrainian Art Exhibition to the Day of the Artist" / National Union of Artists - Kyiv, Ukraine
2017
Art arsenal / "Kolo” Gallery - Dnieper, Ukraine
2016
Christmas All-Ukrainian Exhibition / National Union of Artists - Kyiv, Ukraine