Katya Kononenko

Hi! My name is Katya. I have been drawing since I was a little kid. Last few years I`ve been traveling a lot: Austria, Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Poland, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Greece, France, Netherlands, Latvia, Madagascar. So all my landscapes are part of my traveling. I inspired by nature and art galleries and museums during my adventures - Claude Monet (Albertina), Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, Anselm Kiefer, Edvard Munch (Oslo, Bergen), Rembrandt, Vincent Van Gogh (Amsterdam), Ivan Marchuk, Pablo Picasso and so on. I use heavy texture in my paintings. It means that I use natural gifts - oat flakes, groats, dried flowers and grass, etc. I feel like I am a sculptor, not only a painter. Art is my religion. Art is my flow and freedom. My energy and my private world. Should I be another person? Should I live with my art person on a distance like with a neighborhood? Should I negotiate with art? Or leave it? Art does not tolerate cowardice and talk. It is a voluptuous and cruel step. You can not sleep or eat from it, forget about everything and everyone. And in those moments when you get well, you can find another person inside of you, feel the vibrations in the body and grasp the Universe. So are you ready to take a step and find your own healing painting? My site katyakononenkoart.com.ua

My Exhibitions: 2020 - Personal exhibition "Textures", Soul cafe, Kyiv 2020 - Personal exhibition "Color, shape and lines", coworking Creative Quarter (Astarta BC), Kyiv 2020 - Personal exhibition "Nautical abstractions", medical center Osoblyvyi, Kyiv 2020 - Personal exhibition "Covid art", coworking True Office, Kyiv 2020 - Personal exhibition "Madagascar", coworking Creative Quarter (Guliver BC), Kyiv 2020 - Personal exhibition "Nautical abstractions", coworking Anthill Space, Kyiv 2019 - Personal exhibition "Iceland", coworking Creative Quarter (Guliver BC), Kyiv

My Education: ● I had been painting with a teacher, taking part in contests during school life ● 2012 - Finished Kyiv National University named Tarasa Shevchenko, Psychology faculty ● 2009-2012 - I was a member of Ukrainian Art-therapy association ● 2010 - volunteer in a Rehabilitation Centre as an art-therapist ● 2013 - Finished Art courses by European School of Design (Kyiv) ● 2015 - I had been practicing with Chinese artist on The Chinese art courses ● 2018-2019 - Finished Contemporary art courses by Andriy Bludov in Karas Gallery (Kyiv)