vladimir budnikov
Born in 1947 in Kyiv. In 1965 he graduated from the Republican Art School named after T. Shevchenko (Kyiv, Ukraine). In 1971 graduated from the Kiev State Art Institute (Academician Tatyana Yablonskaya’s workshop). The founder of neo-baroque flow in non-figurative painting. Since 1975 he has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. An Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, Professor of the National Academy of Arts. In 1998 he was awarded the title of "The Artist of the Year" and “the Golden Section" Prize at the III International Art Festival in Kyiv. Vladimir Budnikov’s artworks are presented in museums in Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhya, Chernihiv, Berdyansk, Sumy (Ukraine), as well as in public and private collections in Austria, Germany, the USA, France, Japan. Honored Artist of Ukraine. Professor of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. The painter lives and works in Kyiv.
Selected exhibitions and art-projects:
- solo:
2012 | Reflection, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Landscape, art-centre YA Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
2011 | Heat, together with Vlada Ralko, Contemporary Art Center “GUGA”, Gursuf, Ukraine. |
2010 | Clouds, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2009 | Paradise, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2007 | Classical motif, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Hunting, art-centre YA Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
2006 | New Works, Karas Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. |
2005 | Metaphysic of code, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2004 | Painter’s Delight or Vacations in Rome, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2003 | Infinite Journey, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2002 | Landscape, Center for Contemporary Art “Soviart”, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2001 | Drawings, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Gallery "In der Gerbgruben", Burgenlend, Austria. | |
2000 | Retrospection, L-art gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
1999 | Objects, Center for Contemporary Art "Soviart", Kyiv, Ukraine. |
1998 | Exhibition at the Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Oasis, Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
1997 | Retrospection, Exhibition Hall "EEG", Berlin, Germany. |
1996 | White in White, Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
1995 | Palette gallery, Kleve, Germany. |
Kunst Brucke gallery, Berlin, Germany. | |
Secret of Life, Alipiy gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
1994 | Intercontinental gallery, Berlin, Germany. |
Sergei Popov gallery, Berlin, Germany. | |
1993 | Loggia gallery, Hilton, Vienna, Austria. |
Raissa gallery, Erfurt, Germany. | |
Embassy of France, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
K. d’Eparne gallery, Toulouse, France. | |
1992 | Inselstrasse, 13 gallery, Berlin, Germany. |
1991 | Handeswerbend gallery, Vienna, Austria. |
Cultural Centre, Bonn, Germany. | |
1990 | Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of the USSR, Moscow, USSR. | |
House of USSR Culture and Science, Berlin, Germany. |
- group:
2018 | Colorings, special project by BIRUCHIY in the framework of Kyiv Art Week, Toronto center, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2015 | Paper. World. Art, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2013 | Art. Design. Photography, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Selected, Triptych Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
2012 | The Great Transportation. Residence, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Neofolk within Gogolfest 2012, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
Heat, together with Vlada Ralko, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
2011 | Ukrainian abstraction. Black-and-white work, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2010 | Landscapes. Retrospective 1968-2008, Kyiv Museum of Russian Art, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2004 | Farewell to Arms, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Masterpieces of Modern Ukrainian Art. Summer 2004, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
2003 | First collection, Kyiv, Ukraine. |
Calling Karmapa, Kyiv, Ukraine. |