Olha Salnikova

For me, the world has no boundaries, like our imagination, art is boundless, like man himself. That is why the central image of my work is man, the paintings are filled with humanism and melancholy at the same time. My paintings are reflections, a search for meaning. In my work I try to be as honest and frank as possible, so I consider my works deeply personal. In my works I combine realistic and decorative techniques, collage and application techniques, I look for innovative ways to express my philosophy. To write paintings I am inspired by life itself, nature, people around. I live in constant creative search.

2019 - the first solo exhibition "Romantic Realism" in Mariupol, Ukraine. 2019- finalist of the PortraitNow! 2019 competition, exhibition at the Lviv Museum in Lviv, Ukraine. 2019 - Finalist of the PortraitNow! 2019 competition, exhibition at Frederiksborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2019 - finalist of the Odessa International Art Prize, exhibition at the Gardens of Victory Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine. 2019 - exhibition dedicated to the Day of the Artist, Kharkiv, Ukraine. 2019 - Christmas exhibition at the Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine. 2020 - finalist of the competition "Motherhood and Fatherhood", published in the catalog, Kiev, Ukraine. 2020 - exhibition "Beautiful and Eternal", Kharkiv, Ukraine.

i started drawing as a child, studied at the art department of the Mariupol School of Arts, - 2012 entered the M. Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of decorative-applied art, majoring in "Monumental and decorative painting". - 2016 received a bachelor's degree. - 2016-2018 improved my skills as a free listener at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, at the Faculty of Painting. - 2019-2020 Master's degree of Easel Painting at Kharkiv State Academy of Art.