Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
signed l.d.: 'KOSTENKO'
signed, dated and inscribed on the reverse: 'ANNA KOSTENKO 2014 | "Wild" / "Wild" | Oil on canvas / oil on canvas | 100 x 100 cm'.
Biography
Anna Kostenko (born 1975 in Kyiv) - painter with Ukrainian roots, since 1991.
living and working in Cracow. Graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the Jan Matejko Academy of Arts
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, where she studied in the studios of Prof. Jan
Szancenbach and Prof. Slawomir Karpowicz. She defended her diploma with distinction in 1998,
presenting it during her first solo exhibition at the Palace of Art of TPSP in
Cracow.
Anna Kostenko's work focuses on portraiture, the human figure and landscape, with a strong
emphasis on cultural diversity and identity. Her style combines elements of expressionism and
realism, operating with intense color, contrast and deformation of form. She paints mainly in
oil and acrylic techniques, often in conceptual series - such as Faces of
Humanity, Nosotros or #LostFuture.
The artist has had more than 25 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous
group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. In 1999-20019 she was represented
by the Jorgensen Fine Art gallery in Dublin and London. She has also exhibited at
renowned galleries, including Opera Gallery (Paris, Singapore), Albemarle Gallery
(London), Schloss Galerie (Germany), Tryptych Art (Kyiv), and in Poland, among others, Galeria
Szokart, Attis Gallery, Polswiss Art Auction House, Desa Unicum.
Her works are in private and public collections around the world - including.
Turner Foundation (UK), Royal Academy of Arts (Dublin), Trinity College
Dublin, as well as in the collections of UNICEF, Ethnovision and numerous collections in Europe,
Asia, Australia and South Africa.
