DENIS GORODNICHIY
Born in 1984, in Poltava, Ukraine
Education The Poltava National Technical University
Began his art career by painting a plein air and participating in exhibitions.
BIOGRAPHY
Mostly the subjects for the works are Ukrainian landscapes. The most interesting is to express different states of nature, and its mood. Creativity for Denis is a constant search and experiment, an attempt to create something new and not repeated. The only thing that remains unchanged is the subjects close to his heart.
Denis is equally comfortable painting at the easel in his studio, or outdoors being inspired by the beautiful landscapes of his local area. Each painting session is different - sometimes he completes a painting in one sitting; others take several sessions. He enjoys working with a palette knife which produces a ‘pasty’ texture to the work. Denis admires the the Old Masters. “Probably because they delved more into the essence of nature, while contemporary artists pay more attention not to the study of nature, but to the disclosure of their own inner world’. It is important not to forget that art is a phenomenon
designed to educate a person’s soul and cultivate the most valuable qualities in a person, such as love. Therefore, artists have a great responsibility - what to release into the world, and what to open up to the viewer. This, of course, is only my subjective opinion.”
2008 – Participation in the international exhibition "Winter Etude", Poltava
2008 – Participation in the international festival "Parade of Traditions", Kharkiv
2009 – Collegium of Arts in Oposhna
2009 – personal exhibition "Fresh Breath" in the exhibition hall of SCU in Poltava
2009 – Personal exhibition in the whist. Halls of the Kharkiv Art Museum "September Quinta"
2013 – solo exhibition "Feel the Moment" in the exhibition hall of SCU Poltava
2014 – solo exhibition "Awakening" in the exhibition halls of the Poltava Art Museum
2014 – solo exhibition in the halls of the Kyiv National University named after T.H. Shevchenko, Kyiv
2012 – solo exhibition "Awakening" in the Center of Ukrainian Culture and Art, Kiev
2016 – Personal exhibition "Presence" in the literary memorial museum named after I. Kotlyarevsky, Poltava