Olexandr Yatsenko

Oleksandr Yatsenko is a Kyiv artist. The oil technique and the style of "openwork" symbolism are his business card, and they reveal his creative credo the most. In his works, the author raises the themes of identification, knowing oneself as a particle of the universe. Turning to the ideas of ecology and globalization, it shows an alternative reality where nature and the technology of civilization can exist in harmony - without destroying each other.Having received an academic education in 2007, I had to rethink a lot.
I did not come to contemporary art right away. Intuition-experiment-copying-search-intuition-analysis.
Marina Abramovic mentioned in one of her lectures - in order to create something new, it is necessary to go beyond the usual way of life. Spring 2008. I decided to fast. I lasted for 2 days. At that time, I was fond of impressionists and was inspired by animalism. I studied macrophotography of nature and insects.
The iconic painting "Chameleon" is the beginning of my work in contemporary art. The chameleon twists its tail into a spiral. Everything moves in a spiral and comes to a new turn. The idea is self-knowledge.
Stylization and symbolism are the main features of my work. The technique of oil painting allows me ...

1992 – 1999 Study at the National Art School named after Taras Shevchenko
1999 – 2007 Study at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture
Member of the Designers Union of Ukraine.
Lives and works in Kiev

2004 Art competition named after Zaretsky, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv.
2004 Received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Faculty, specialization "painting".
Since 2004 study on the Diploma of "Specialist" Faculty of Fine Arts, specialization "painting".
2005 Winner of the prize named after Shatalin, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv.
2006 Art competition named after Puzyrkov, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv.
2006 Exhibition at the Historical and Archaeological Foundation “Demetra”, Kerch, Crimea.
2006 Participation in the exhibition and competition of Spanish Embassy “Mediterranean Sea”, Kyiv.
2007 Art competition named after Zaretsky, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv.
2007 Participation in the exhibition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, the Museum of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv.
2008 Participation in Ukrainian National art exhibition of the portrait "Man. Image. Personality" in the art project "Ways of Art", Kyiv.
2008 All-Ukrainian art exhibition “Still Life”, Kyiv.
2008 -2009 Participation in seasonal exhibitions of young artists “Live.Love.Make.”. "BZ-Art” Gallery an...