Anna KOSTENKO (1975), Venice in pink; 2022

Acrylic, canvas; 90 x 90 cm
Signed, dated, described on the back: ANNA KOSTENKO 2022/ "VENICE IN PINK" / VENICE IN ROSE" / 90 x 90 cm / Acrylic / canvas

She was born in 1975 in Kiev to a family of architects. She studied easel painting from 1993 to 1998 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and received a private scholarship to Paris from Prof. Jan Szancenbach. She completed the course by obtaining a diploma with distinction in Prof. Jan Szancenbach's studio, shown in a solo exhibition at the TPSP art palace in Cracow. Immediately after her diploma, she started cooperation with Jorgensen Fine Art gallery (Dublin, Ireland), with which she worked for 18 years, covered by an exclusive contract. She has had 27 solo exhibitions and numerous group projects. She has also collaborated with Albemarle Gallery in London and Opera Gallery in Paris and Singapore, among others. The artist travels extensively carrying out various painting projects. The leitmotif of the artist's work remains man and his aesthetic and cultural distinctiveness. The artist creates in the trend of expressionism with a visible influence of colorism, in oil and acrylic technique on canvas, she likes to experiment. The artist's works are in numerous private collections around the world, as well as the collections of UNICEF and the Turner Art Foundation. Her works are in the Collections of: The Turner Foundation UK, The Royal Art Academy Collection, Dublin, Ireland, J. Czapski Foundation , France , UNICEF and Turner Art Foundation France and in numerous private collections, including in the UK, Ireland, France, USA, Singapore, Germany , Sweden, Australia, Ukraine or Poland.