Volodymyr Kolesnyk

1959 – born in Kyiv, Ukraine 1983 – graduated from the National Art Academy, Kyiv 1990 – Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine “XXIII Salon International du VAL D’OR” Plastica Latina, St.Amand Md., France. Gold medal for the best artwork among foreign painters “XXth International Arts Fair”, Buxières, France. Prize for the best artwork of the exhibition Exhibition "Montmartre in Europe", Paris, France 1999 – exhibitions: “Société Nationale des Beaux Arts”, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris; "3rd Artistic, Craft and Model Exhibition", Gueugnon, France 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