Viktor Vinogradov

For a long time, art has been a way of expressing people's thoughts and feelings. For me, paintings are the best way to leave here the thoughts which I won't be able to express in words and to depict such feelings as admiration, anger, joy, or sadness that have accompanied me since childhood.

I was born in the territory of today's Germany, from an early age I lived and studied in Riga, Latvia, and showed interest in art and martial arts. From the age of thirty, I traveled a lot around the world - from America to Asia, teaching martial arts. But life has taught me to be strong not only physically, but also spiritually. Paintings for me are my inspiration, where I draw my strength from, so art is as valuable to me as air.

More than 20 years ago I moved to live in Ukraine, Odesa, in a beautiful city by the sea. I love the people here, nature, atmosphere. Here I have my own art gallery with a permanent exhibition of my work and temporary exhibitions of other artists. Here I organized a creative union of professional artists of Ukraine.

I believe that the artist's hobbies help shape his work. Some of my main hobbies are fishing and cooking. Cooking is also great art, which, on the one hand, allows the culinary specialist to fan...

My paintings repeatedly participated in exhibitions in Moscow, Cologne, Luxembourg, and in different cities of Ukraine.