Juliya Povkh

Hi, my name is Juliya. I am a self-taught artist.
For many years, creativity was coming into my life in various ways, but I have focused on another things.
But the time has come when I realized - I can no longer delay, cannot live without creating.

In my work, I am most attracted to freedom.
Creativity is freedom. Painting is freedom.
When you can put whatever you want on a canvas.

Painting for me is a process with an infinite source of energy and inspiration.
If you look at my works, you will always see vibrant colors, emotions and soul in them.
When someone asked why I became an artist, I tried to find a full and exact answer to this question. But I realized that the answer is very simple: I create because I can't not do that. Create because that's what my soul does to survive.
I don't have any secrets of inspiration.
I just go to the studio, take a canvas, colors, and start to paint.
I love bright and vibrant colors, I try to look for their combinations, hues, saturation and how it can be combined.
I really want the paintings I create make people happier.
Each of you finds something interesting and intimate in them.
And one thing is always there. It is a joy. The joy of life, creativity and inspiration th...

Self-taught artist

Since 2018 - studying in studio of Ukrainian painter Liubomyr Khudiak
April, 2019 - Member of live workshop of American artist Lori Putnam
September, 2020 - on-line class of Michael Carson

2020
June - Group Exhibition as Creative Mansard member/Museum of Regional Ethnography/ Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

2019
March - Group Exhibition-competition "Portrait and Figure" (3 prize) / Bastion Gallery/ Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

August - Solo Exhibition "Come and sea" / The Blossom Gallery/ Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

October - Group Exhibition as Creative Mansard member/ Kyiv City Nature House/ Kyiv, Ukraine

November - Group Exhibition as Creative Mansard member "Five Universes"/ Creative Centre "Svytovyd Gallery"/ Kolomyja, Ukraine

December - Portraits Solo Exhibition "So Different"/ Bastion Gallery/ Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

2018
January- Group Exhibition as Creative Mansard member/ Museum of Regional Ethnography/ Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

October - Group Exhibition as Creative Mansard member/ Kyiv City Nature House/ Kyiv, Ukraine