On January 19, as part of the Masters program, an exhibition by the famous Kharkiv painter Vadym Petrov, V E K T O R, opened. This project is a continuation and development of the previous exhibition, Facades and Backyards of a Megapolis, which was also presented at the Municipal Gallery on the eve of a large-scale war. The previous project reflected the contradictions of urban life, events on the Maidan, and the foreboding of war. The V E K T O R exhibition became the artist’s fifth personal exhibition within the gallery.

The new part of the project continues the theme of the dramatic events of the past and the resilience of the modern city, enveloping it in the contexts of the realities of life during military operations.The main impetus for the creation of the presented series for the author was the explosion of a Russian missile on Kulikovskaya Street – in the area where Vadim Petrov spent a lot of time while studying at the Institute of Art and Industry in the 1980s. Every day he passed by an old house with sculptures of winged women who miraculously survived the impact. The author notes that it is the architectural ensembles of this location that recreate the history of the city, combining the past and the present. They encourage us to think about a conscious approach to understanding and preserving the cultural heritage, present and future of Kharkiv in the format of the Museum of Contemporary Art. The idea of ​​creating such a museum still seems illusory, but its importance is emphasized in the author’s works. The series also contains futuristic motifs that, through the prism of past experience, offer an understanding of a new existential reality: “I WANT TO BE THE FUTURE CITY!”

Vadim Petrov (born in 1960) is an artist originally from Sumy region. From 1975 to 1979 he studied at the Kharkiv Art School, and in 1979 he entered the Kharkiv Art and Industrial Institute, Faculty of Monumental and Decorative Art. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 1988.

The main areas of activity are painting, illustration and graphics. In his work, the artist synthesizes the academic style, decorativeness and achievements of modern pop culture.

Exhibition coordinators – Daria Gerasimova, Daria Kosychenko

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
V A D I M P E T R O V
Born in 1960 in the city of Shostka, Sumy region. Ukraine
1975-79 Kharkiv Art School.
1979-84 Kharkiv Art and Industry Institute (Faculty of Monumental and Decorative Arts).
Since 1985 Participant of regional, republican, international art exhibitions.
Since 1988 Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
*Over 50 group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad
*15 personal exhibitions.
Vadim Petrov’s works are kept in the collection of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the Kharkiv Art Museum, the Zimmerli Museum (USA), the Norton Dodge Collection (USA), the Eduard Nakhamkin Gallery (USA),
the Moscow State University of Art (Kyiv), the Korsak Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art (Lutsk), and private collections in Ukraine and abroad.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2021 Project “Facades and Backyards of the Megapolis” Municipal Art Gallery (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2019 – Project “Whims of Freedom” Art Center White World (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2017 – Project “Route – 2” Triptych – Art Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2016 – Project “Route” Triptych – Art Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2015 – Project “Cathedral” Art-14 Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2014 – Project “Contemplation” Municipal Art Gallery (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2012 – Project “Cathedral” Municipal Gallery (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2011 – Vadym Petrov painting, Triptych – Art Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2003 – Vadym Petrov painting, AVEK Gallery (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2002 – Project “Return of the Hero” within the framework of the All-Ukrainian Festival “Cultural Hero” (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2000 – Project “Return of the Hero” “Atelier Karas” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
1999 – Project “Return of the Hero” Municipal Art Gallery (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1997 – Vadym Petrov painting, Gallery “University” (Kyiv, Ukraine).
– Project “BERTRACHTUNG” House of the Artist (Kharkiv and Ukraine)
1994 – Vadym Petrov Painting, Art Museum (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selectively)
2023 – VIII All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting, Central House of the Artist (Kyiv, Ukraine).
– The First International Triennial of Drawing, Art Center “White World” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2022 – All-Ukrainian Exhibition “Ukraine from Trypillya to the Present in the Images of Contemporary
Artists.” (Kyiv .Ukraine)
“114th Day of War” National Museum Kyiv Art Gallery.
2021 – Project “Your Names Ukraine” Korsak Museum of Contemporary Art (Lutsk, Ukraine)
2020 – “Anticipation – immunity” Korsak Museum of Contemporary Art (Lutsk, Ukraine)
– XI All-Ukrainian II International Exhibition “Graphics in Kharkiv”, House of the Artist (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
– XI All-Ukrainian Exhibition “Ukraine from Trypillya to the Present in the Images of Contemporary Artists”,
Central House of the Artist (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2019 – VII All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting (Kyiv, Ukraine)
– Jubilee All-Ukrainian Exhibition Dedicated to the 175th Anniversary of the Birth of I. Yu. Repin. House of the Artist
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
– Project “East-West” Lviv Palace of Arts. (Lviv, Kharkiv)
2018 – VII All-Ukrainian Exhibition “Ukraine from Trypillya to the Present in the Images of Contemporary
Artists” Central House of the Artist (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2017 – Project “Eros and Inspiration” Art Gallery – Kafedra (Lutsk, Ukraine)
2016 – VI All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting. Central House of the Artist. (Kyiv, Ukraine)
– VII All-Ukrainian Exhibition “Ukraine from Trypillya to the Present in the Images of Contemporary Artists”
Central House of the Artist. (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2014 – VI All-Ukrainian Exhibition “Ukraine from Trypillya to the Present in the Images of Contemporary Artists”
Central House of the Artist. (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2013 – VI All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting (Kyiv, Ukraine)
All-Ukrainian Exhibition of Easel Graphics. “Graphics in Kharkiv” (Kharkov, Ukraine)
2012 – International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Parallel Program “Communication XXI” Central House of the Artist (Kyiv, Ukraine)
– Project “Art Map of Ukraine, Kharkiv” Kyiv Museum of Modern Art (Kyiv, Ukraine).
– V All-Ukrainian Exhibition “Ukraine from Trypillya to the Present in the Images of Contemporary Artists (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2011 – Regional Exhibition of Easel Graphics, House of the Artist (Kharkiv, Ukraine).
– All-Ukrainian Art Exhibition for Independence Day, Central House of Artists (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2010 IV – All-Ukrainian Exhibition “Ukraine from Trypillya to the Present in the Images of Contemporary Artists (Kyiv, Ukraine)
– Exhibition of Book Graphics. House of Artists (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
– Project “Transit” organized by the Gallery of Contemporary Art “AS” Shopping Center “Dvizhenie” (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
– V All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2009 – All-Ukrainian Exhibition Dedicated to the Anniversary of the Birth of I. Yu. Repin, House of Artists (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Contemporary Art Festival “Gagarin Fest” Shopping Center “ROST” (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2008 – All-Ukrainian Exhibition for the 70th Anniversary of the National Union of Ukrainian Artists, Central House of Artists (Kyiv, Ukraine)
– Exhibition for 7O-Richcha KHONSHU, artist’s house (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
– III All-Ukrainian exhibition “Ukraine from Trypillya to the present day in the work of contemporary artists”
National Union of Artists of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine) Picture Gallery (Lviv, Ukraine), Art Museum
(Donetsk, Ukraine)
2007 – Exhibition for the Day of the Artist. Artist’s House (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2003 – “Artists of Slobozhanshchyna” Central Artist’s House (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2002 – All-Ukrainian festival “Cultural Heroes” Association of Art Galleries of Ukraine, Association of Contemporary Art Figures, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts.(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
– Exhibition of drawings, in memory of G.A. Bondarenko Kharkiv Municipal Gallery
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2000 – Autumn Salon “High Castle” Palace of Arts. (Lviv, Ukraine)
1999 – Autumn Salon. Central House of Artists. (Kyiv, Ukraine)
– National Exhibition for the Anniversary of I.Yu. Repin, House of Artists (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1998 – Group Exhibition of Kharkiv Artists “Galerie in Zabo” (Nuremberg, Germany)
All-Ukrainian Exhibition for the 60th Anniversary of the National Union of Ukrainian Artists. National Union of Artists of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
1996 – “75 Years of the Kharkiv Higher Art School, Kharkiv Art Museum (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1994 – Exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of I.Yu. Repin. Kharkiv Art Museum, (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1993 – “Сонсумент – Art-93” Biennale (Nuremberg, Germany) All-Ukrainian Autumn Exhibition. Central House of the Artist, (Kyiv, Ukraine)
– All-Ukrainian Exhibition dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine. National Union of Artists of Ukraine, (Kyiv, Ukraine)
1992 – Exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Yale University, (USA)
1991 – “Renaissance” Biennale, National Art Museum, (Lviv, Ukraine)
– Group exhibition of Kharkiv artists, creative association “Kolir” Kharkiv Art Museum Museum,
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1990 – Group exhibition of Kharkiv artists, creative association “Kolir” Kharkiv Art
Museum, (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1999- “Painting-89” Group exhibition of Kharkiv artists, Opera and Ballet Theater (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
P U B L I C A T I O N
• “How to become a name” Korsaki Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art. Lutsk 2021.
• “Korsaki Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art”. Lutsk .2018 .
• “Artistic Map of Ukraine, Kharkiv” Museum of Contemporary Art of Ukraine, Kyiv 2013 .
• “Kharkiv Art Region 1938-2008” Kharkiv Organization of the National Union of Artists, Kharkiv
2008 .
• “On the Shores. Notes on Ukrainian Art of the 20th Century” p. 305 Kyiv 2007.
• “Fine Art” No. 3 p. 80-82, Kyiv 2008 .
• “Fine Art” No. 4, p. 64 – 67, Kyiv 2005 .
• “The End of the End. Almanac” p. 14 -16, Ivano Frankivsk 1999 .
• “TERA INKOGNiTA” No. 7, p. 72, Kyiv 1997 .
• “ART LINE” No. 7-8 p. 72, Kyiv, 1997.
• “Express-advertisement” No. 107 p. 62, Kyiv, 1997.
• “ZH U R B O P I S” p. 90 -91, Kharkiv, 1995.
• “Culture and Life” No. 35, Kyiv, 1990.
• “Evening Kharkiv” No. 27, 11. Kharkiv, 1989