Valeriy Franchuk

I create so that people do not forget that they have a soul. There is an opinion that the soul is eternal.

I live and work in Kyiv, Ukraine.
I studied at the Kyiv State Art Institute. Faculty of Graphics. Easel graphics workshop.
Since 1989 I have been working in the graphic shop of the Kyiv Plant of Monumental and Decorative Art.
Since 1990 I have been creative activities, painting and making sculptures.
The main directions are expressionism, impressionism and symbolic realism.
I created more than 5500 paintings, 1300 graphic works and about 100 sculptures.
I have participated in about 120 group art exhibitions and more than 180 solo exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad.

The main series and cycles of my works

Painting, graphics
- Series of works "I pray for you, Ukraine" (about the history of the Cossack era and the Ukrainian artist Taras Shevchenko)
- Cycle of works "Swaying Bells of Memory" (about the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-1933, the cycle is based on the stories of my mother, who survived the Holodomor)
- A series of works "Knowledge of Truth" (search for answers to the eternal questions of human life)
- A series of works «Chorna-Bylʹ»(about the Chernobyl disaster)
- Series of works "Hosanna to the Creato...

Kyiv State Art Institute. Faculty of Graphics.
Easel graphics workshop (1981-1986)

Personal exhibitions
Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1992
Barva Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1993
Cultural and educational center "Ukrainian House". Kyiv, Ukraine, 1994
Taras Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1995
National Art Museum. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1996
Actor's house. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1996
National Art Museum. Lviv, Ukraine, 1997
UN Office in Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1998
Watercolor Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1998
Exhibition - presentation. Genoa, Italy, 1999
National Museum of History of Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1999
Gallery "LE ARTE". Rapallo, Italy, 1999
Lavra Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2000
The third exhibition is a presentation. Genoa, Italy, 2000
Sumy Art Museum. Sumy, Ukraine, 2000
National Museum. T.G. Shevchenko. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2001
Baltic Russian Institute. Riga, Latvia, 2002
Cultural Center of Athens City Hall. Athens, Greece, 2002
National Museum of Literature of Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003
Lavra Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2004
Ukrainian house. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2005
Khmelnytsky Regional Art Museum. Khmelnytsky, Ukraine, 2006
Lavra City Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2006
Museum of Terror. Budapest, Hungary, 2007
National Museum of Literature, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2007
Universit...