Nikita Dmytrenko

Before the war I graduated from Drahomanov National Pedagogical University with a degree in Fine Arts, then entered and graduated from NAOMA, majoring in Theory and History of Art in 2018. I taught drawing, painting and composition in my studio "Academic Art School" Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region. From the first day of the war I woke up at 5 am from strong explosions in the air - my city, like many other cities in our region, was shelled on the first day, and we immediately felt it, because my wife and I live 200 meters from the military unit. the Russians tried to destroy, but our air defense worked. Our studio has temporarily suspended its functionality offline. I decided to take my wife to her hometown of Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, where I am still. I set up a volunteer drawing school here in Kolomyia, where refugee children could be distracted and draw. My friend and I also set up an art studio where we held free workshops for teenagers. We try to cover all this on Instagram. In my work, I want to follow my fantasies, which are closely connected with me, my history and my personal experience.