Vitaly Didenko

HEARTED WELCOME DEAR ALL,
Vitaly Didenko is my name
and I believe that a huge part of my understanding toward the value of art lays in my fundamental art education. I guess I am an artist from birth (bit of a natural :) thanks to my creative heritage after my father. See me as the one with classic heir to the Russian school of painting which in turn has its roots in Western Europe.

I graduated from Academy of arts in Turkmenistan, specialized in ceramics. Besides my main degree, I studied design at the art institute, and did a year at architecture academy in Novosibirsk, Russia. Given that I come from a family of artists, education is what I chase since my birth. Sometimes it is very tiring, but education maximizes artist's possibilities to realize creative idieas.

Nevertheless, I was born and raised in the Central Asia region, which has always dominated decorative art forms and I was fortunate to learn the techniques of pottery and carpet weaving from early on.

All the above naturally shaped and contributed greatly to help me in my work.

I really hope that I have a recognizable style but seriously speaking, I cannot draw or paint in one certain style. That did upset me till I was about 25, but now I understand ...

1995 - 2000 : State Artists Academy of Turkmenistan
(1996-1997 Novosibirsk State Architecture Academy in Russia)

1992 - 1994 : Arts College Ashgabat

1990 - 1992 : Design School of Ashgabat (Arts & Design)

1986 - 1990 : Arts Academy Ashgabat (Basic Arts Education)