Volodymyr Kolesnyk - Ukrainian artist

1959 — born in Kyiv, Ukraine 1983 — graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Kyiv 1990 — member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine «XXIII Salon International du VAL D'OR» Plastica Latina, Saint-Amand-Md., France. Gold medal for the best work among foreign artists «XX International Salon of Arts», Buxiers, France. Prize for the best work of the exhibition Exhibition «Montmartre in Europe», Paris, France 1999 — exhibitions: «National Society of Fine Arts», Carousel Louvre, Paris; «3rd Salon of Arts, Crafts and Models», Guégnon, France Member of S.N.B.A. (La Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts), France Diploma and Silver Cross awarded by the organization «Le Mérite et Dévouement Français» for contribution to the field of art. Member of the French organization «Merite et Devouement Francais». 2001–2003 — Salon “Symphonie des Arts”, IV Salon of Painting, Watercolors and Sculpture, Montpon-Ménesterol, France 2000–2004 — Participant in collective exhibitions of Ukrainian artists, Gallery “Dzimas”, Athens, Greece 2010–2014 — Participant in collective exhibitions of Ukrainian artists, Gallery “P-12”, Vienna, Austria 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 — Triennial of Painting “All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting” 2015 — Exhibition “To the 110th Anniversary of Serhiy Lifar” 2016–2026 — Exhibition “Salon de la DOUTRE”, Angers, France. 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 — participant in the "SALON d'AUTOMNE", Paris 2020, 2022, 2023, 2026 — participant in the exhibition "LE SALON de la SOCIÉTÉ DES ARTISTES FRANÇAIS", Grand Palais, Paris.