Vasily Nikitin - Ukrainian artist

Nikitin Vasyl Nikolaevich, born on January 4, 1988, in the village of Vradiyivka, Mykolaiv region.

· In 2008, he became interested in creativity, namely painting and graphics.

· Starting from 2009, he participated in local exhibitions and fairs of amateur masters, decorative and applied arts. He held personal exhibitions.

· Since 2013, he began to participate in exhibitions outside his native village: Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv, etc. He also began to participate in various Ukrainian plein airs.

· From 2014 to 2018, he studied at the Mykolaiv College of Culture and Arts, at the Department of Decorative and Applied Arts.

· In 2015 joined the Mykolaiv Regional Folk Creative Association of Amateur Artists and Masters of Decorative and Applied Arts "Prybuzhzhya". During the entire period of membership, he took part in the vast majority of artistic events organized by this village: exhibitions, master classes, seminars, charity events, fairs, etc.

· Also in 2015. He took part in the first international plein air "Kolorit - 2015", which was held in the city of Volodymyr-Volynskyi.

· Since 2015. began to take part in international exhibitions and competitions.

· Since 2016. began to fruitfully cooperate with the Mykolaiv Charitable Foundation "Support for Children". During the period of cooperation, he took part in many charity auctions, exhibitions-sales of paintings, fairs and master classes. The funds raised were sent to purchase medical equipment for the Mykolaiv Regional Children's Hospital.

· In 2017, he became a co-author of the creative social project of Mykolaiv « Art Workshop LABORATORY ». As part of the project, free master classes and thematic experimental plein airs were held in Mykolaiv with the involvement of the city's youth.

· From 2018 to 2022, he was the head of the art studio «Legka Shkola».

· In 2019, he became a member of the youth association of artists of Mykolaiv «Drink & Draw».

· In 2020, he became a co-organizer of the social creative project «Big Draw». The goal of which was to maximally involve creative people of Mykolaiv in the plein air on the main square of the city.

· In 2021, he became a member of the youth association of the Mykolaiv regional organization of the National Village of Artists of Ukraine.

· In 2022, he became a member of the Mykolaiv cultural and artistic organization «Art-temptation».

· Since 2022. teacher of fine and decorative and applied arts at the Vradiyivka Children's Music School.

· Vasyl's paintings are in private collections in Ukraine, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, the USA and museums in Ukraine.