Victoria Kharchenko

Victoria Kharchenko

Country: Russia ·Born in 1978

Painter. Adherent of the realist school.

Member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 2010.

 

Born in 1978 in the city of Mednogorsk.

In 2006, taught an author’s course on the "fundamentals of art" at the Pivot Point system college in Sichuan Province, China.

From 2006 to 2008, lived in China and worked on a series of paintings titled "Chinese Crafts".

In 2011, as part of the icon-painting workshop "Kovcheg," participated in the restoration of the iconostasis of the Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kronstadt.

In 2016, completed a teaching internship at the Academy of Russian Art in Florence.

Lives and works in Kaluga. Participant in city, regional, and all-Russian exhibitions, as well as international plein airs. Paintings are held in private collections in Russia and abroad.

 

Education

In 1997, she graduated from the Kaluga Regional College of Culture with a specialization in "Social and Cultural Activities and Folk Art Creativity," earning the qualification of artist-teacher and organizer of decorative and applied arts.

In 2005, she graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after I.E. Repin, earning the qualification of painter-artist.

In 2016, she completed a teaching internship at the Academy of Russian Art in Florence.



Achievements (awards, articles, exhibitions)

Awards

Afanasy Kulikov Visual Arts Awards from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Kaluga Region:

  • 2009 — First Degree Diploma in the category «Painting» for the work «Orange».
  • 2017 — Second Degree Diploma in the category «Painting» for the work «It Will Be Not Death, but Sleep».
  • 2020 — First Degree Diploma in the category «Painting» for the work «Camels of Rajasthan».
  • 2021 — First Degree Diploma in the category «Painting» for the work «Treehouse».
  • 2023 — Second Degree Diploma in the category «Painting» for the work «Truly He Is Risen!».
  • 2024 — First Degree Diploma in the category «Painting» for the work «Singers of the Sunday School». 

Awards from the Kaluga branch of the Union of Artists of Russia:

  • 2024 — First Degree Diploma in the category «Painting» for the work «Truly He Is Risen!».

Others:

  • 2024 — First Degree Diploma for the work «Monday Morning» based on the results of the exhibition-competition «Intersections» of the National Union of Pastelists of Russia.
  • 2024 — Grand Prix of the All-Russian Art Competition «Family — The Soul of Russia» 2024 for the painting «Truly He Is Risen!»



Solo Exhibitions:

2009 «Touches of a Moment», Baranow Art Gallery of 20th Century Painting, Beijing, China

2011 «From West to East». Art Gallery Nebo, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2016 «Glints on Earth», «House of Music» Gallery, Kaluga, Russia
«Time to Play», MBUK «Museum and Exhibition Center», Medyn, Russia

2017 «Golden Times», ICC, Kaluga, Russia

2018 «Paintings by Viktoria Kharchenko», Exhibition Hall of the Kaluga branch of the Union of Artists of Russia, Kaluga, Russia

2019 «Spring Again», MBUK «Museum and Exhibition Center», Medyn, Russia
«On Kaluga Land», Tourist Information Center "Kaluga Region", Kaluga, Russia

2021 «Warmed by the Sun», Art Gallery of the Kaluga House of Music, Kaluga, Russia

2023 «Cultural Code», Art Gallery of the Kaluga House of Music, Kaluga, Russia

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Registered: 19.02.2025
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