As a child, Iuliia Kravchenko enjoyed looking through the colorful multipage Hermitage Museum Guide Book, full of art reproductions from the renowned museum, and through her uncle’s sketchbook, archived in the family library. Those vivid impressions of childhood, as well as her own progress in drawing, encouraged Iuliia’s desire to become an artist. While a University student, Iuliia spent a lot of her spare time in the Hermitage and the Russian Museum. She was particularly inspired by the works of realism and the still-life paintings of the Dutch masters. Those paintings enraptured her with the thorough technique and the full perfection of the whole piece, as well as of each minor detail. They made her eager to paint equally realistic. That was why Iuliia undertook an original training course in the Art Studio of L.V.Kuvayev with a special focus on ‘academic’ principles of realisticart and the painting technique of the old masters. At the same time, Iuliia practices artistic photography. Her main passion is composing thematic still-lives. Sometimes, collecting items for those compositions takes months. It is deeply inspiring to see trivial items reveal their beauty highlighted by her photo or art. Iuliia’s favorite masters are Pieter Claesz, Willem Claesz Heda and Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy. Iuliia Kravchenko plans to collaborate with art galleries and participate in exhibitions. At present, she works in her own studio in St.Petersburg, Russia. Mediums and style: Oil on canvas, gouache on cardboard. Central theme: Realism, still-life, landscape. Artist’s Statement: My paintings celebrate sentimental value and evanescing beauty of ordinary things. Working at my easel, following traditions of the old masters, I feel inner peace and serenity. Education: 2019—‘School of Photo-art’, St.Petersburg, Russia. Course by O.V.Sirozhenko. 2012-2017 — Art Studio of L.V.Kuvayev, St.Petersburg, Russia. 2013 - Practical Master-class of Elena Bazanova on the technique of watercolor painting "Secrets of watercolor". St.Petersburg, Russia. 1991-1997—St.Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design.
Exhibitions and awards: 2021 Participated in the international contemporary art competition "Talent of Russia" held at the Exhibition Centre of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists. The painting "Still Life with Vegetables and Dill" won third place in the classical painting competition in the "Still Life" category. 2021 Painting "Still Life with Maple Leaves" won 1 prize in the international competition of still life , which was organized by the American gallery "Art Show International". 2021 Participated in the international art project "Russian Art Awards". Two works took part in the finals of the competition: «Still Life with Maple Leaves» and «Still Life with Apples and Pumpkin Flowers». 2021 "SWISSARTEXPO 2021" in Zurich, Switzerland. Three works were exhibited and the painting "Grapes after Rain and a Butterfly" was in the semi-finals of the competition. 2021 Winner in 4 categories of the international competition "2021 AMERICAN ART AWARDS" (top 6 works in each category are awarded). The work "House on the Swamp" won first place in the category "Fantastic Landscape". Iris Flower after Rain" - 2nd place in the category "Flowers - not realistic". Grapes after Rain and Butterfly" - 1st Prize in the category "Still Life Impressionism". Still Life with Maple Leaves" - 4th place in the category "Flowers - Realism". 2021 The exhibition 'In Search of Beauty'. Organised by "People & Paintings" Gallery (https://www.peopleandpaintings.com/). Online format. The painting "Still Life with Maple Leaves" was one of the best 20 works in the competition and won the Audience Award. 2021 "Renewal" exhibition. Organised by "People & Paintings" Gallery (https://www.peopleandpaintings.com/). Online format. The painting "Still Life after Rain and a Butterfly" was among the best 20 works of the competition and won the Audience Award. 2021 The author's painting "Still Life with Maple Leaves" is published in the Winter Showcase of Artists on the website of the "Artsy Shark" art gallery. 2020-2021 2021 International Museum and Exhibition Project. «Classic & Modernity». Russia-UK-USA. Organized by the Museum of the Association of Figures of Ethnography, Culture and Art together with the Company Ethno Art Fest with the support of Russian, British and American partners of the project. Format: personal online exhibition. 2020 - International online Exhibition "Vernissage 2020" The competition was held on December 10-21, 2020 by the virtual art salon. 2015-2017 — Personal exhibition. Permanent exposition of the Iuliia’s works in the showroom of the interior design studio ‘Louchshiy Vybor’, St.Petersburg, Russia (full address: Bolshoi Prospect P.S., 80).
