Evgen Klimenko

A modern Ukrainian artist. Lives and works in Kyiv. Works with various techniques such as painting, graphic, collage.
is a master of expressive painting. During the process of creating his canvases, he delves deeply into his inner world, thereby producing unforgettable thematic motifs.
In exploring Yevhen's works, one can notice the incredible depth of colors and the play of contrasts, reminiscent of the painting style of Oleg Holosiy – a renowned Ukrainian artist and innovator, representative of the New Wave of Ukrainian art in the 1980s-1990s, and a member of the "Paris Commune" art squat in Kyiv.
Yevhen hails from the city of Dnipro, where both artists studied at the same art school. Moreover, Yevhen Klymenko is personally acquainted with Holosiy's teacher. Similar to Holosiy, Yevhen can be considered a very progressive artist, as he internalizes images and consistently creates something unexpected, surprising the public each time.
Some of Yevhen's works may seem light and calm at first glance, but upon closer examination, they reveal a strong, almost tearing tension. His artistic strategy is marked by spontaneity: he creates as naturally as he breathes, guided by visions and intense emotions, extracting images from the subcons...

Theatre and Art College, majoring in "Easel Painting," and earned a bachelor's degree.
2014-2015, studied at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts (KSADA), then transferred to the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (NAOMA), where was studying "Easel Painting" from 2015 to 2020.
In 2020, defended his master's thesis.

EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS (SELECTION)
2016-22
-Participation in the project "CODE".
-"Winter Exhibition", National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv.
-Participation in the project "CODE". Getting the "First place", drawing contest.
-"ART BATTLE", gallery "White World".
-"Magic Colors of the Dnieper", Museum of Ukrainian Painting.
-Personal exhibition "Contemplation", "iMB Hall Art Gallery, -Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University.
-Group exhibition "Not for sale", "iMB Hall Art Gallery, Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University
2022
- Group exhibition "Visiocracy", Institute for Contemporary Art Research, Kyiv Solo exhibition
-"Metro. Zeitgeist" Art Museum , Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine -Solo exhibition, "Visions", Gallery "At the Post", Ternopil, Ukraine
- Solo exhibition "Circus", Kirisenko Art Gallery, Kyiv
2023
-Group exhibition "Unbreakable", Tom Art Space, Hamburg
-Group exhibition "Don't close your eyes", Gallery Schedule, New York
-Solo exhibition "Blue reincarnations", Triptych Gallery, Kyiv
-Group exhibition "New dream" , Sapar Contemporary Gallery ,New York
-Group exhibition "Changes", Art House Gallery, Zurich
-Group exhibition "Other Better Worl...