Born in 1968, Kyiv, Ukraine
Lives and works in Kyiv

EDUCATION

1987-1988 Private Drawing and Painting lessons (A.G.Poluyanov Studio, Kyiv)

1900-1995 Bachelor Program: Art History and Theory; Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts, Kyiv

1997-2000 MFA Program, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada;

2000 MFA (Master’s of Fine Arts), Painting

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Canada)

2005 Vancouver Art Institute: Teacher/ Instructor: Color Theory, Fundamentals of Design, Life Drawing

2004/ 2003 Redhouse College of Classical Animation: Teacher/ Instructor: Life Drawing

2003/2000 S.C.E.T.CH College of Art and Design: Leader/ Instructor: Life Drawing

1999 University of Saskatchewan: Teacher/ Assistant: Introductory Drawing

1998 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Teacher/ Assistant: 1st Year Painting Lab.

EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2012

"Anger" Solo project within ARSENALE 2012 ( The first Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art), Leonardo Business Center, Kyiv, Ukraine

2011

"Artist's Double Portrait" at "Kiev Art Contemporary" Art Fair, Art Centre "Mystetskyi Arsenal", Kyiv

"Space Odyssey", Art Centre "Mystetskiy Arsenal", Kyiv

"YIN", Centre for Contemporary Art "M17", Kyiv

"AYT", Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art , Kyiv* (co-curator)

"YOU +", Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv

2010

"AYT",* "Chocolate House", Kyiv (Artist/ Art Curator,Guest/ Presenter at TEDex Kiev

"Kiev Art Contemporary" Art Fair, Art Centre "Mystetskyi Arsenal", Kyiv

"On the Wave", Gallery "Bottega", Kyiv

"A4" Gallery Atelier Karas, Kyiv *

Art Auctions

2011 Contemporary Art, Aucion #19, Action House "Golden Section", M17 Centre for Contemporary Art *, Kyiv

Contemporary Art, Aucion #17, Action House "Golden Section", M17 Centre for Contemporary Art *, Kyiv

2010 Contemporary Art, Auction #14, Action House "Golden Section", M17 Centre for Contemporary Art *, Kyiv

2009 Contemporary Art, Auction #09, Action House "Golden Section", Gallery "Lavra", Kyiv

Selected exhibitions 2009 - 1994

2007 "Bloom's Day" International Festival of Contemporary Art, Gallery "Collection", Kyiv, Ukraine *

2003 "Daring Confessions; Romance And The Modern-Day Girl", "Mendel Art Gallery", SK, Canada *

"Paintings From L. Bereznitskaya Private Collection", Gallery "L-Art", Kyiv, Ukraine *

2001 "Women Business". Museum of Cultural Heritage, Kyiv, Ukraine

2000 "Pause", "Gordon Snelgrove" Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

"Revolutios", Saskatchewan Soundworks, Saskatoon, SK, Canada *

1999 "AUT", Saskatoon, SK; "Antechamber" Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada

"Mute Worth", "Gordon Snelgrove" Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

1998 "Not From Here", "Gordon Snelgrove" Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

1997 "Great Ukrainian Women Artists", Gallery "Lavra", Kyiv, Ukraine

1996 "Sugar Plum Vision", SCCA (Soros Centre for Contemporary Art), Kyiv, Ukraine *

1995 "Ultra Dialogue", Gallery "Blank", Kyiv, Ukraine

"Neochimerism", Odessa, Ukraine

"Mouth of Medusa", Gallery "Brama", Kyiv, Ukraine

"Barbaros", Ukrainian Artists' Union Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

1994 "Free Zone", State Museum of Fine Arts, Odessa, Ukraine

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

University of Saskatchewan Art Collection, Saskatoon, SK

The Museum of National Heritage, Kiev, Ukraine

Private Collections:

Igor Voronov, Ludmila Bereznitskaya, Natalia Zhevago, others

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2004 Individual assistance Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Canada

1999 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, U of S, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

1998 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, U of S, Saskatoon, SK; Canada

Sonya and Roman Stratiuchuk Scholarship, U of S, Saskatoon,

Individual Artist's Grant, Soros Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine