Vassily Kostiuchenko

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“I discovered my personal style by an accident” says Vassily. “It happened over 20 years ago. At that time I used to teach at the children’s art studio and could watch the young artists creating their works. Their paintings would strike me with sincerity and clarity of colors. And one day I saw my works in a different light –they looked forced, lifeless and overburdened by unnecessary details. So I decided to turn over a new leaf. I burned my weak, as I saw them, works and started seeking something else, experimenting…”
 
But he turned the corner and now Vassily Kostiuchenko is one of the most promising Belarusian artists. His works were auctioned at Christie’s and in 2006 he became a laureate of President of Belarus award in visual arts.
 
Vassily Kostiuchenko is one of a few modern Belarusian artists who mastered the fundamental property of color – energy. The active spots of red, green, yellow and white colors on his canvases pulsate and transmit emotional heat. Vassily enjoys using unusual colors in his works. Each of them is selected to go in tune with a certain topic depicted in his painting. He thoroughly draws every detail and even at times highlights them with a needle. “A painting, just like a music composition, shouldn’t contain a single false note … shade – to be exact” says the artist.
 
His warm and almost tender in color works enrapture the audience. In his paintings different objects and people keep in tune with corresponding art tonality. The color on his canvases either subsides and softens or, as if suddenly exploding, spills out and spreads out.
 
Vassily Kostiuchenko’s acute and poetic perception of the beauty of the surrounding world and his visualization through colors of deeply personal emotions and feelings makes the core essence of his works.
 
Vassily Kostiuchenko

Vassily Kostiuchenko was born in Vasilievka village, Belarus in 1953
1974 graduated from the Belarusian State Pedagogical University (Art Department)
1976 started participated in various state exhibitions.
2006 became a laureate of the President of Belarus Award in Fine Arts.

Personal Exhibitions
2000 “Lasandr” Art Gallery. Minsk, Belarus
2000 The Museum of Modern Art. Minsk, Belarus
2003 The State Art Gallery “The Palace of Art”. Minsk, Belarus
2005 The Art Gallery. Strängnäs, Sweden
2006 “Galleri Kretsen”, Sweden
2006 “Baltic Art Gallery”. Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 “Tyzengauz” Art Gallery. Grodno, Belarus
2008  "The Names”, the Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia
2009 "Warmth of Color", the National Museum of Art. Minsk, Belarus

Group Exhibitions
1982 “The Youth of Our Country”, the National Exhibition at Manège. Moscow, USSR
1995 “Transit”- the exhibition of Russian and Belarusian artists. Vologda and Moscow, Russia
1996 “The Masters of Fine Art of Belarus”. Vilnius, Lithuania
1996 “Art- Manège”. Moscow, Russia
1997 The exhibition of Belarusian artists. Brussels, Belgium
1998 The exhibition at the Belarusian pavilion at the Central Artists’ House. Moscow, Russia
2000 The exhibition of Belarusian artists at the Jesuits Church pavilion. Vienna, Austria
2000 The exhibition of International Union “The Solar Square” at the Central Artists’ House. Moscow, Russia
2000 The exhibition at the Municipal Hall. Strängnäs, Sweden
2000 “Gold’ Art Gallery. Minsk, Belarus
2001 “Myth” exhibition at the art gallery of the Palace of Republic. Minsk, Belarus
2002 “Art-Step” exhibition at the art gallery of the Palace of Republic. Minsk, Belarus
2002 The exhibition at the Russian Center, Luxemburg
2002 “Belarusian Art” at the Pierre Cardin’s Art Gallery. Paris, France
2002 “Belarusian Art”; St. Petersburg, Russia
2002 “Modern Art of Belarus”. Smolensk, Belarus
2002 “10 years of the Commonwealth of Independent States” exhibition at the Central Artists’ House. Moscow, Russia
2002 “Masters and Pupils” at the gallery of the Palace of Republic. Minsk, Belarus
2002 “Fine Art of Belarus” at the State Art Gallery “The Palace of Art”. Minsk, Belarus
2003 “Art-Step” exhibition at the art gallery of the Palace of Republic. Minsk, Belarus
2003 The Art Gallery. Svetlogorsk, Belarus
2004 The exhibition dedicated to Picasso’s 100th anniversary at the art gallery of the Palace of Republic. Minsk, Belarus
2004 The exhibition of modern art of Belarus. Switzerland
2004 “Art-Step” exhibition at the art gallery of the Palace of Republic. Minsk, Belarus
2004 “Beauty and Power” at the National Library. Minsk, Belarus
2004 The exhibition of modern art of Belarus at the library of A. Pushkin. Minsk, Belarus
2005 Auction “Christies”. London, England
2005 The exhibition of Belarusian artists “To the Memory of Borisov-Musatov” at the Museum of Modern Art. Minsk, Belarus
2005 “Art-Step” exhibition at the art gallery of the Palace of Republic. Minsk, Belarus
2006 “The Solar Square” at the Central Artists’ House. Moscow, Russia
2006 “The Russian Gallery”. Tallinn, Estonia
2006 “Dedication to Belarus” at the gallery of the National Library. Minsk, Belarus
2006 “Art-Step” exhibition at the art gallery of the Palace of Republic. Minsk, Belarus
2007 “Post-tradition”, the State Art Gallery “The Palace of Art”. Minsk, Belarus
2007 “Arcima” Gallery. Paris, France
2007 “Seven white nights” Plen-air. Vologda, Russia
2008 “Ecology of a Soul” the Museum of Modern Art. Minsk, Belarus
2008 The 1st Biennial of Belarusian Contemporary Art. Minsk, Belarus
2008 International Plen-air “Solar Square”, the Russian Center, Brussels, Belgium
2009 The Museum of Modern Art. Minsk, Belarus

Vassily Kostiuchenko’s works are at the National Art Museum (Minsk, Belarus), the Museum of Modern Art (Minsk, Belarus) and private collections in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Poland and France.

ARTICLES:

"Mastatstva" ("Art") magazine #2, 2005 by Fedor Yastreb (in Belarusian), pdf (722KB)

"Mastatstva" ("Art") magazine #11, 2006 by Vassily Kostjutschenko (in Belarusian), pdf (463KB)

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