Yurii Yermolenko

Yurii Yermolenko – A Master of Fine Arts (MFA), author of special, large-scale, monumental picturesque projects, set designer, art director (musical video), music video director, photographer, Facevinyl & RapanStudio Founder and CEO.
Born in 1973 Kiev (Ukraine)
Lives and works in Kiev.
"LIVE PAINTING"
One will never forget works painted by artist Yurii Yermolenko. They carry a rave of color, flexibility of motifs, and a very special reality.
- Yurii, how long have you been living for painting? Creation of a painting, the plot, the canvas – is this an outburst of emotions, or reflection of your world outlook?
- I believe that I began to live for painting even before I was born. The birth of a painting on canvass most of all resembles a rite, when you are led by some creative ecstasy, intuition. It should be noted however that the period preceding the creation of a painting is very interesting. Here, an entirely different scheme works, involving a great deal of analysis, collection of information, anthropological studies, maybe, travelling.
- Your paintings are distinguished for intense colors. Does this reflect your temper, or the desire to add colors to everyday routine?
- In the first place, it reflects my temper of an ...

1980 – 1992 – T. Shevchenko Republican art school, Kiev, Ukraine
1992 – 1998 – National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture (NAFAA), Kiev, Ukraine
1998 – 2001 – Post-graduate education ( M.A.degree ), NAFAA, Kiev, Ukraine
2003 – Got a scholarship of Ministry of Culture of Poland ”GOUDE POLONIA”, Krakow, Poland

2019 - 2020, "GOLDILOCKS ZONE" project, fluorescent acrylic on vinyl.
2018 - "Garden of Wandering Geniuses" project by Psychedelic Art Association (Yurii Yermolenko, Alexander Khodchenko & Ostap Stupka), Художники Літератори Артисти Музиканти (Х.Л.А.М.), Mezhyhirska Street 23/22, Kiev, Ukraine.
2017 – 2018 – “MY FAVOURITE DOLLS” project, Tauvers Gallery international, Kiev, Ukraine.
2017 – 2018 – “Flea Psychedelic Market” project by Yurii Yermolenko & Alexander Khodchenko, Художники Літератори Артисти Музиканти (Х.Л.А.М.), Kyiv, Ukraine.
2016 – 2017 – In “Search of Dark Energy”, Vysehrad, Prague, Czech Republic; Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria.
2014 – 2015 – “Mу Favorite Dolls”
2014 – “Brothers in Arms”
2013 – “Facevinyl”
2013 – “Ukrainian Psychedel”, Fort.Missia fest; “HYPE” project, The Oblique caponier, Kiev, Ukraine
2013 – “Magical Garden”, creative lab
2013 – “Suitcases the Classics”, Fort.Missia fest; “HYPE” project, The Oblique caponier, Kiev, Ukraine
2013 – “May be always be my mother, may there always be me”, Tsekh Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2012 – “Conversion”
2012 – “Immigration to Cuba”, Tsekh Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2011 – “Sings of Cuba”
2011 – “Ladies I didn`t get along with”, Tsekh Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine ...