Yevhen Klymenko
Sub-creator Experienced Creator UA
Young Ukrainian artist (b. 1994), master of expressive painting.
About
“My art is a way to see dreams while awake. When colors turn into stories and texture becomes memory, a new reality is born.”
Yevhen Klimenko is a contemporary Ukrainian painter and graphic artist born in Dnipro in 1994. He studied easel painting at a theater-art school, Kharkiv Academy of Design, and earned a master’s at NAOMA in 2020. His expressive style blends bold color contrasts and mixed media techniques.
Expression and contrast: Klimenko’s vision
Yevhen Klimenko was born in 1994 in Dnipro. He studied at a theater-art school, then at the Kharkiv Academy of Design and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, where he earned a master’s degree. Since 2012, he has participated in group exhibitions and plein‑airs in Ukraine and abroad. His solo projects include the series “Visions,” “Metro.Zeitgeist,” “Circus,” and “Contemplation,” showcased in galleries in Ternopil, Kyiv, and Khmelnytskyi. Klimenko’s style combines expressive color, contrasts of light and shadow, textured surfaces, and dreamlike motifs. He experiments with painting, graphics, collage, and digital media. His works are held in private collections in Ukraine, the USA, Germany, France, and the Czech Republic.
Represented by
Credentials
Awards
- 2013 Poltava/Kyiv — awards from Murashko and Zaretsky competitions
- 2012 2014, Dnipro — winner of “Sicheslav Plein Air,” “Night Plein Air,” and portrait/graphics competitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2023 "Presentiment," Imagine Point Gallery, Kyiv.
- 2021 2022 — "Circus," Kirisenko Art Gallery, Kyiv.
- 2021 2022 — "Metro.Zeitgeist," Khmelnytskyi Regional Art Museum, Khmelnytskyi.
- 2021 "Visions," Na Poshti Gallery, Ternopil.
- 2021 "Contemplation," iMB Hall, Kyiv.
- 2021 "Monument," Green Sofa Gallery, Lviv.
- 2019 2020 — "First Kyiv Exhibition" (early graphics and paintings), Kyiv.
- 2019 "Silence," Art-Svit Gallery, Dnipro.
- 2018 "Beyond Time," Museum of Ukrainian Painting, Dnipro.
- 2017 "Space," Come In Gallery, Kharkiv.
Group exhibitions
- 2023 "Presentiment," Imagine Point Gallery, Kyiv (joint project with Vitaliy Pravdytskyi).
- 2022 "Ukrainian Art in Time of War," Focus Gallery, London, UK.
- 2021 "30 Years of Independence," exhibition project at M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv.
- 2021 "Mechanism of Apperception," Art-Svit Gallery, Dnipro.
- 2020 "Habitat," Khmelnytskyi Regional Art Museum, Khmelnytskyi.
- 2019 Kyiv Art Week, international art festival, Kyiv.
- 2018 "School of Solitude," residency project, Museum of Ukrainian Painting, Dnipro.
- 2017 "Nude," all-Ukrainian exhibition, Come In Gallery, Kharkiv.
Media coverage
- Khtoshcho.media (Instagram): Klimenko’s reflections on techniques, color, and artistic search.
International fairs
- 2025 South Korea — joint exhibition “Dream & Freedom” at Tong‑In Gallery, Seoul
- 2024 USA — participation in “Don’t Close Your Eyes: Ukrainian Artists Respond to War” at The Umbrella Arts Center
- 2024 Lithuania — video‑installation exhibition at Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
Personal
- Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
- Works held in Ukrainian museum collections and private collections in the USA, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
- Participation in volunteer art projects and charity auctions supporting Ukrainian cultural initiatives (Save Ukraine, Archidea).
Art and Life
