Volodimir Kolesnyk

"Kolesnyk has never had any problems in choosing the object to love; without love it is impossible to create. He has a keen eye and, consequently, a loving heart" Olga Lagutenko.

Member of S.N.B.A. (The National Society of Fine Arts), France Diploma and Silver Cross awarded by the Le Merite et Devouement Francais for the contribution in the field of the Arts. Member of the Merit and Devoement Francais. 2001 - 2003 - Salon "Symphonie des Arts", IVth Salon Painting Watercolor Sculpture, Montpon-Menesterol, France 2000 - 2004 – Participant of collective exhibitions of Ukrainian painters, Gallery “Dzimas”, Athens, Greece 2010 - 2014 – Participant of collective exhibitions of Ukrainian painters, Gallery “P-12”, Vienna, Austria 2007,2010,2013,2016,2019 – Painting triennial “ALL-UKRAINIAN Triennial of Painting” 2015 - Exhibition “For the 110th ANNIVERSARY OF SERGE LIFAR” 2016 - 2022 – Exhibition “Salon de la DOUTRE”, Angers, France. 1993,1994,2000,2001,2013,2015,2017,2019,2021,2022,2023-24 – participant of “SALON d’AUTOMNE”, PARIS 2020, 2022, 2023– participant of “LE SALON de la SOCIÉTÉ DES ARTISTES FRANÇAIS”, Grand Palais, PARIS

1977 - Graduated from art school, Kiev 1983 – Graduated from the National Art Academy, Kiev