Yuri Kachkin

Yuri Kachkin - Symbolist painter and the only artist in the world who has worked in the open air without a studio in a modern mega-cities six years in a row. He created a series of thematic cycles and plein-air miniature: "Moscow. Kremlin. February 2010", "Vilnius. Lithuania. June 2010", "All the churches of Kiev," "Kyiv - city of flowers", "Kyiv. New Millennium" as well as a unique multi-genre cycle "Andrew's descent, and its inhabitants." The author's unique method of "painting in a metropolis." His works are housed in the Museum of M.K. Čiurlionis, the National Reserve "Sophia of Kyiv", Kyiv History Museum, Memorial Museum of Mikhail Hrushevsky and many others. etc. He was awarded the diplomas of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Ukrainian Fund of Culture, Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and many others. etc. Since 2006 takes part in exhibitions of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. In 2012 admitted to its members. Since 2007, his open-air work sold at auction of paintings and antiques. Since 2009 takes part in national and international programs of Ukrainian Confederation of Journalists. Autodidact.