Ivan Ohirmenko

I was born in a small town called Veseloye, in the Zaporizhia region. My conscious childhood was spent in a village where the views of endless fields, domestic animals and Ukrainian huts left vivid impressions in my memory. This period was full of childhood adventures and discoveries. Since my parents painted, their works became my first inspiration in the world of art. Even then, I was interested in depicting people and animals on paper. One of my first “models” was a neighbor who came to our house to call relatives. Thanks to my parents, my brother and I moved to the capital of Ukraine - Kyiv. My youth began here. At school, I met a teacher of fine arts, Zhukova Larisa Petrovna, with whom I later began to study. At that time, I had access to high-quality watercolor paints and paper. From various books, I became acquainted with the work of world artists. Two activities were especially close to me - drawing and cooking. Having chosen the latter, I entered the College of Food Industry. However, after graduating and starting to work in this field, art remained an important part of my life, albeit as a hobby. Later, I realized that this was not enough for me, and decided to continue my studies in the studio of Oleksandr Zastenchenko, where I mastered the basics of academic drawing and the subtleties of watercolor technique. Later, I entered the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, where I studied for a year, but for personal reasons I decided to leave and go "free swimming". This gave me the opportunity to independently find my own path in creativity, experiment with techniques and develop

Exhibition at the Modi Gallery in the center of Kyiv in 2022-23

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