Blue Dream Print

Artist, former gallerist and collector, mother, former owner of two galleries, traveling artist, and lady of art. Originally from Bucha, Ukraine; Graduated from Odesa Art College. He worked in various monumental and design works for Soviet government institutions in the field of art: ceramics, tapestry, painting, cold encaustic; I was born in the city of Bucha, Ukraine. In 2009, my family moved to South Africa and my creativity took on a new dimension. In 2019 I returned to Ukraine. Inspiration never leaves me for a moment. I am an artist, I work every day. I prefer traditional painting and mainly work in oil painting techniques. I have over 30 solo exhibitions in galleries and museums and over 40 group exhibitions around the world. My paintings are in museum and private collections. I have many awards, diplomas and the Order of St. Sophia for my contribution to the art of Ukraine. Founded the first private art gallery in Ukraine “Art Studio”; She headed the Odessa Business Women's Club; In 1993 he founded the Odessa Maritime Art Gallery; Founded the first maritime art fair in Ukraine, Biennale MARINE-96; MARINA-1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, which have since been held twice a year with great success and made a significant contribution to the development of naval art, were held in Eastern Europe; I have made several monumental frescoes in Ukraine and abroad: one for the Hotel De Medici, Bruges, Belgium; Client: Golden Tulip Group; made using cold encaustic technique. For 15 years I headed my unique project Maritime Art Gallery with the support of the Odessa seaport. I was the secretary of the National Union of Art Galleries of Ukraine. I created the art project “Ah Africa” with the support of the South African Embassy in Ukraine, it was presented in many cities such as Odesa, Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikopol, Sevastopol, Lviv, Kharkiv from 2005-2010. I founded the international art project “SEA OCEAN” SOUL ART. From 2009 to 2016, I lived in Cape Town, South Africa, where my daughter's family was staying. In 2016, I worked as an artist in the Redbubble Art Residence program in Melbourne, Australia.