Nikolai Shmatko

The life of Nikolai Shmatko is full of strange, sometimes mystical coincidences. He became a sculptor at the age of 33, and in 1996 he met the famous model and gallerist Dina Vierny in France, who predicted his great future and advised him "not to scatter his works worldwide" - during all his creative development Nikolai Shmatko has created more than 750 various monuments (low reliefs, high reliefs, sculptures, busts, etc.) and about 500 pictures without any support from the government or sponsors.

The author's collection, exposed in the gallery "Shmatko & Sons", consists of more than 80 sculptures made of Ural and Italian marble, and about 300 pictures (paintings, graphics, and architectural projects).

Permanently opened exhibition in the gallery "Shmatko & Sons" 1985–1991 (Bolgrad, Odessa region)
Permanently opened exhibition in the gallery "Shmatko & Sons" 1991–2003 (Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk region)
Personal exhibition in the city of Luhansk, 1992
Personal exhibition in the city of Kyiv, 1993
Personal exhibition in the Institute of World Civilizations, 2000 (Moscow)
Personal exhibition in the city of Donetsk, 2003
Permanently opened exhibition in the gallery "Shmatko & Sons" 2003–2004 (Slavyansk, Donetsk region)
Permanently opened exhibition in the gallery "Shmatko & Sons" 2004–2012 (Luhansk, Luhansk region)
Florence Biennale, 2007 - awarded with a high international prize "Lorenzo il Magnifico" (Florence, Italy)
Florence Biennale, 2009 (Florence, Italy)
Art Monaco'12 (Monaco, Nikolai Shmatko & Shmatko Jr.)