Nina Nikonenko ist eine Künstlerin aus der Ukraine -

Nina Nikonenko - Vita | Plein Air Artist & Painter from Ukraine

Born: April 5, 1984 in Sursko-Litovskoye, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine
Lives and works in: Dnipro, Ukraine
Profession: Painter, lecturer, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine

Academic education

2004 Graduated from Dnipropetrovsk State Art College
2008 Bachelor in Fine Arts at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kiev
2010 Master's degree in the studio of Prof. Mykhailo Guida at the same academy, Kiev

Artistic profile

Nina Nikonenko is an internationally active Ukrainian painter with a focus on Plein Air Painting, Landscapes, Still life and lyrical portraits. Her artistic signature combines classical academic training with a modern color language and a deep emotional connection to the nature and culture of Ukraine. Her works are often created in the open air - plein air - This gives them a special light and color intensity.

Nikonenko is regarded as a representative of a contemporary painterly poetics, which in the Ukrainian landscape painting as well as in the symbolism of European art history. Particularly noteworthy is her ability to merge sound and image - as in her highly acclaimed project "Landscape of Music".

Important projects

"Landscape of Music" - An interdisciplinary exhibition in cooperation with the ARTgallery cellar and the Baden State Theater Karlsruhe | The cycle of works combined visual art with musical associations and showed 16 paintings that were created during an artistic residency in Germany.
"Plein Air Painting" - Live artwork in Desenzano del Garda with ARTgallery cellar | 2017.

Artistic focus

Plein Air Painting - Intensive observation of nature on site, atmospheric and atmospheric
Landscape painting - Lyrical expanses, impressions of Ukrainian nature, light and horizon
Still life - Symbolically charged imagery with clear composition and strong color effects
Portraits - intimate, often female characters full of grace, melancholy and inner strength

Stylistic features

Free, rhythmic brushstrokes
Harmonious color compositions
Combining tradition and modernity
Themes of Ukrainian folk culture, music, nature and joie de vivre

Exhibitions (selection)

2016 "Landscape of Music" - ARTgallery-Keller & Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Germany
2016 "Landscape of Music" - ARTgallery-Keller - Messe Stuttgart - Awarded the 1st Critics' Prize
2017, 2018, 2019 "Plein Air Painting" - ARTgallery-Keller - Exhibition ART Innsbruck, Innsbruck
2019 "Plein Air Painting" - ARTgallery-Keller - AAF Stockholm, Stockholm
2019 "Plein Air Painting" - ARTgallery-Keller - ART BODENSEE, Dornbirn
2018 – 2025 "Plein Air Painting" - ARTgallery-Keller - in-house exhibitions, Germany