Yaroslav Leonets

EDUCATION

2025 – 2028 (Doctor of Arts) National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv (Monumental faculty in the Storozhenko workshop)

2019 – 2021 (Master) National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv (Monumental faculty in the Storozhenko workshop)

2015 – 2019 (Bachelor) Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts (Faculty of Fine Arts, Easel Painting)

2012 – 2015 (Junior Specialist) Kharkiv Art College (Graphic Design Faculty)

ABOUT ME

Ukrainian artist based in Kyiv. Born on November 12, 1994 in Khmelnitskyj, Ukraine.

I studied from 2012 to 2021. I engage in artistic activity and work in styles such as realism, impressionism, and expressionism. My favorite genres are landscape, genre painting, and portrait. In my artworks, I strive to convey the beauty of nature and the relationship between humans and nature. I also work on social topics, inner experiences, and themes that highlight identity and the human–nature connection, as well as environmental and legal issues.

I create paintings, graphic works, and especially sculptures. I experiment with new forms, methods, styles, and techniques. I am an active participant in many All-Ukrainian and international exhibitions, plein airs, and art residencies.

My works are in private collections in Ukraine, Great Britain, USA, China, Switzerland, Belgium, and France. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 2021.

EXHIBITIONS

  • 2025 – “WOODLANDS”, Amy Kaslow Gallery, Bethesda

  • 2025 – “LUMINA”, The Centerpiece Gallery, Raleigh

  • 2024 – “Selections”, Paul Scott Gallery, Scottsdale

  • 2024 – “BAZAR”, Art Museum, Khmelnytskyi

  • 2024 – “LAND, SEA, AND SKY”, Amy Kaslow Gallery, Bethesda

  • 2024 – “Atelier of dreams”, Ukrainian House, Kyiv

  • 2024 – “Rooting”, Brama Gallery, Cherkasy

  • 2023 – “Cosmogony of meanings”, MSUMK, Lutsk

  • 2023 – International Biennial of Painting, Chisinau

  • 2023 – Personal exhibition “Landscapes of the native land”, Vinnytsia

  • 2023 – “Documenting landscapes: Ukraine’s vanishing terrain”, Bethesda

  • 2023 – “Day after Day”, Padeborn, Berlin

  • 2022 – “One day after”, Imagine Point Gallery, Kyiv

  • 2022 – “Ukraine from Tripillia to the present”, NUAU, Kyiv

  • 2022 – “CONFLICTED”, Amsterdam, New York, Paris

  • 2022 – “UKRAINE IS RISING!”, Athens

  • 2022 – Personal exhibition “From Ukraine With Love”, Coeur d’Alene

  • 2022 – Personal exhibition “Fairy or Spirit”, Dzyga Art Center, Lviv

  • 2021 – “Mariupol. Sea city”, project “Post Most”, Mariupol

  • 2020 – “Anticipation + Immunity”, MSUMK, Lutsk

  • 2019 – “Waves of Reality / Excitement in Travneve”, ICA, Kyiv

  • 2019 – Personal exhibition “Flare”, Bunkermuz Gallery, Ternopil

  • 2019 – Biennale of Contemporary Art Bread, Hlebzavod, Kyiv

  • 2018 – “My Ukraine: Pain and Hope”, Kyiv, Munich

PLENERS AND ART-RESIDENCES

  • 2023 – All-Ukrainian plein air “Portrait of Podillya”, Kamyanets Podilskiy

  • 2021 – Plein Air-competition “Best Artist”, Vinnytsia

  • 2021 – Residence “Mariupol. Sea city”, project “Post Most”, Mariupol

  • 2021 – All-Ukrainian plein air “Portrait of Podillya”, Kamyanets Podilskiy

  • 2020 – Human Rights Art Residence ARTIF, Virtual

  • 2020 – Plein Air-competition “Best Artist”, Vinnytsia

  • 2020 – Art Residence “Aura of the City”, Starobilsk

  • 2019 – All-Ukrainian Art Residence of Nazar Voitovich, Travneve

  • 2019 – “MetaLab” Residence, Ivano-Frankivsk

  • 2019 – “Diffusion” Art Residence, Mariupol

  • 2018 – Art-residence based on the cinema route, Zhovkva, Lviv

  • 2018 – “Blockchain Art Hackathon 2.0” Residence, Kyiv

  • 2018 – “My Ukraine: Pain and Hope” Art Residence, Kyiv