United Through Art and Music

UNITED THROUGH ART AND MUSIC

ARTISTS

VALERIA NIKIFOROVA

The Life The idea was to combine the old and the new, the natural and the man-made. Inspired by Petrykivka painting and cubism as representatives of the art of different times, I began to create. The sunflowers are a symbol of nature as well as what they represented since ancient times. Freedom Square located in Kharkiv downtown is a a symbol of the new, modern, and human - its buildings are the representatives of constructivism, a new style compared to Petrykivka painting. Cubism is also used in how the buildings are painted. A fine texture was created and covered with thick paint to create natural gaps, which is a symbol of the imperfection of life in general. in painting. For another two years, I kept studying academic drawings and paintings in order to enroll in a competitive university. In 2022, after successfully passing the creative competition with 191 points (out of 200), I entered the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, majoring in Graphic Design, where I continue to study. I, Valeria Nikiforova, started to be interested in art from a very young age. At the age of 5, I asked to join a children‘s club where I would learn to draw. One year after I started my first grade, I joined the art school. In 2020, I graduated from the Children’s Art School in Izium, having studied there for 9 years. I was fond of many types of art, but my artistic orientation in painting came first, so I decided to continue receiving education

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