NEW WINGS Print

Vasili Zianko was born on November 8th, 1977, in Stolbcy (Belarus), lives and works in Minsk (Belarus). Since 2009 - member of Belarusian Artist Union Since 2011 - member of Belarusian Design Union Since 2019 - Chairman of the section of monumental and decorative arts Belarusian Artist Union. Majority of his art activity dedicates to design, decorative and applied arts. Preferred techniques include wall painting, ceiling painting, mosaic, relief, stained glass. Works are characterised by high professional level, ability to think constructively and develop large volumes of enclosures, bending them according to his own design. Creative background of the artist includes such major monumental projects, as "TIME" relief (115 m2) for Republic Clinical Medical Centre; wall and celling painting (40 m2) in Independence Palace (residence of the president of the Republic of Belarus); murals in the showroom (70 m2) in National History and Culture Museum-Reserve «Niasvizh» according to the project of D.O. Sursky and A.G. Trusov; "Ancient Greece" relief (27 m2) at a GEFEST facility; relief (10 m2) at "Priozerny" sanatorium (Office of the President of the Republic of Belarus); murals (6 m2) at Center of Enviromental tourism "Stańkovo" and others. Durning 2019-2020 was leading a group of artists from Design and Decorative and Applied Arts unit of BAU durning completion of sgraffito on fronts of the Old Castle in Grodno durning its restoration. Successfully handles easel painting. Creates pieces with personal technique, marked by original view on interaction between humanity and nature. Personal technique is based on painting with acryl on canvas with use of different textures, thinnest glazing, volumetric outlines. Pieces contain deep understanding of human being, philosophical problems, which are always relevant to humanity. The artist is capable of poetising natural phenomenons, weaving thoroughgoing relief arabesques from simple lines. In 2018 "By feeling to see..." art-project had began, which became the first inclusive art-project of the artist designed for blind and visually impaired people. The project became an important step on a path to creating bounderless enviroment in Belarus. In 2019, a film dedicated to this project and overall inclusive art direction in Belarus was created by national TV channel "Belarus 3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MjixunvWDE.