The “Two Sisters — Two Seas” exhibition will open on July 6 at 17:00 in the AVEC Gallery (Sumska St., 70). The paintings of talented Ukrainian artists Valentina and Olga Samoylik will be presented on it.
“We were born in Yalta, the city on the Black Sea coast. Our childhood passed in an environment of picturesque gardens, cascades of the Crimean Mountains, lavender valleys and pink fields, among odors of Nikitskii Botanical Garden. Here our creative tastes and outlook were formed. When there is a lot of sun, sky and sea in your soul — you see the world around in absolutely different way. And then it would be a sin not to capture this beauty on canvas, not to share with the viewer the feelings and vibrations of your heart — the Misses Samoylik tell about their creativity. – This spring we took part in plain-air on the Thasos Island in the Aegean Sea. There we’d discovered Greece with her olive gardens, marble beaches, thousand-year history. We’ve understood that the Crimea and Hellas are like brother and sister, and there are no borders and barriers between the Black and the Aegean seas. Through the exhibition we also want to tell people about this opening “.
According to art critics, the sisters’ art handwriting is different, but their works reflecting individual life experience harmoniously complement each other in the integrated display area.
Valentina Samoylik was born in 1981, Olga Samoylik — in 1985. Both have graduated from the N. Samokish Art School in Crimea. Since 2012 — members of the Ukrainian National Union of Artists. In 2007 Valentina graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts, “Monumental painting” department, lives and works in Kharkiv. Olga is the student of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, history department, lives and works in Kiev.
The Kharkiv residents and city guests will be able to feel the emotions of two sisters — Valentina and Olga Samoylik and the energy of two seas— the Black and the Aegean in the AVEC Gallery from July 6 to August 1. The “Two Sisters — Two Seas” exhibition will work daily from 10:00 till 22:00 without breaks and days off. Free admission!
