On 19 December 2018 personal exhibitions of the painters from Dnipro Oleksandr Vasylenko “Windows” and Mariia Hrym “Yanivka willows” were opened.
    Oleksandr Vasylenko was born in Dnipro, graduated from the College of Theatre and Art (2002), teaches in Children’s Art School No.2 and is the head of visual arts studio “Art studios” in the City Center for children and youth.
    Mariia Hrym was born in Kirovohrad region, the title of her first personal exhibition “Yanivka willows” represents her childhood memories about time spent at the granny’s in the village Ivanivka, Oleksandrivka district which earlier had the title Yanivka. Graduated from Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University named after V.Vynnychenko (now Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after V.Vynnychenko) in 1993, later moved to Dnipro and currently teaches in Children’s Art School No.2 and is the head of the studio of fine art “Design and décor” of the Center for children and youth.
    A successful pedagogical work painters Oleksandr Vasylenko and Mariia Hrym combine with creative work. They are active participants of the city, regional, national and international exhibitions.
    More than seventy works created in the recent two years are shown at the current first personal exhibitions. Among them are watercolor, pastel and gouache sketches made from nature at the plein airs in Dnipro, Lviv, Prague and also in the Carpathians and in Kirovohrad region.
    During the opening of the exhibitions, the artists told about their creative travels, illustration interesting and funny art stories with numerous photos and videos. And as Olexandr Vasylenko had mentioned during the presentation, he called his exhibition “Windows” because a piece of paper or canvas where the seen is reflected represents a window outside which there is the whole world.
    Merited Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadezhdin congratulated artists from Dnipro on the opening of the personal exhibitions. He gifted them a catalogue “The Nadezhdin’s family”. The initiator of the event Larysa Kulinich, a senior lecturer of Art and Graphic Department of the Art Faculty of Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after V.Vynnychenko, a member of the National Unions of Artist and Masters of Folk Art of Ukraine, a laureate of the Regional Award in Architecture, Heraldry and Vexillology, and Decorative and Applied Arts named after Yakiv Pauchenko, introduced her colleagues and presented them with her author’s work – a ceramic candle holder. The museum staff presented the artists with Certificated of Acknowledgement and souvenir cups with the image of the memorial building.
    The visitors had been communicating with the authors of the exhibition for a long time – among them were family, friends, fellow artists, and simply worshipers of visual arts, and of course students of Art and Graphic Department of the Art Faculty of the university. Oleksandr Vasylenko and Mariia Hrim shared their knowledge and gave autographs to all their fans.