Yury Khilko

Yury Khilko is a contemporary Belarusian artist, associate professor, and head of the Department of Graphic Arts at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. He works in book graphics and easel painting, and he depicts images from nature in both the realist and expressionist-abstract styles. The creative path of Yury Khilko is a continuous search. He experiments and seeks to unify the traditions of painting and graphic arts. The artist chooses his palette in accordance with these goals. His fluid color transitions create a feeling of light haze, subordinating all of the depicted objects to a certain rhythm. He applies the lines and composition structure of drawing to painting, where they serve to create a certain naturalness and harmony. These qualities can be seen in his pure landscapes, which are permeated by a subtle philosophical and lyrical mood. Yury Khilko took up abstract painting in an effort to capture and convey his feelings and thoughts. These paintings feature expressive multilayer structures, though they are used concisely and are aligned to the composition. Thanks to the artist's special perception of light, he is able to combine the individual details of his works into expressive cloud-like figures, which resemble raw a...

1960 born in Baranovichy, Brest Region

1976 - 1980 studied at Minsk State Art College named after A. Glebov

1985 - 1991 studied at Belarusian State Theatre and Art Institute under Y. Vykhodcev, A. Salkov, A. Malishevsky, V. Sharangovich, and V. Savich

1990 laureate of the Prize of the Slavic Writing International Fund named after Saints Cyril and Methodius

1993 member of the Belarusian Union of Artists

Since 1993 Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Graphic Arts at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts

1995 Diploma from the Republican "The Best Book of the Year" competition

1998 Diploma from the Belarusian Union of Artists “For Active Creative Work”

1999 Diploma from the Republican “Artist and Book” competition

2002 Medal for Merit in Fine Arts

2003 Diploma from the Republican “Book Art 2003” competition

2010 Certificate of Honor from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts

2010 Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus