Valentina Olympiiuk-Vinnikova - Ukrainian artist

Born on December 9, 1979 in the city of Makiivka, Donetsk region. Graduated from the Donetsk Art School (1999), the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, department of “easel painting” (2005). Member of the Kharkiv organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (since 2006). Teacher of drawing and painting at the Kharkiv Professional College of Technologies and Design. I have been participating in regional, all-Ukrainian and international art exhibitions and plein airs since 1997. The works are in state and private collections of Ukraine, China, Italy. I work mainly in the technique of oil painting, and also do watercolor works. I prefer eternal themes, with philosophical, symbolic content. I paint floral still lifes, landscapes, paintings on religious themes. People, nature, life and beauty around us inspire my creativity.