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The latest works by Alexandr Onishenko Featuring works are characterized by bold color and brush strokes. 
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Photography taken by professional theathre photographer Victor Kronbaurer. 
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The Secret of the Black Canvas, by Jennifer Potter Alexandr Onishenko makes even inanimate objects appear to have a life and feeling of their own. When I look at his paintings of trees I feel it is possible to walk into the forest; explore the hidden depths just past your vision. I feel I can swim with his swans, float on the boats, wander into the gothic courtyards or soar with him over the rooftops of Prague. Alexandr Onishenko’s paintings are full of life, full of detail which one sees as one looks again and again at his canvas. The way he applies paint gives his paintings their life, colour, depth and substance. But it is the canvas which holds his secret. What is his secret? How does he paint pictures that so many people admire and want to own? How has he become one of the most successful and popular artists in Prague? Well, of course, he is a talented artist to be able to capture not just form but emotion and feeling. But his secret, that which makes him stand out from the crowd, is his use of the black canvas. Before he begins to paint he primes his canvas black, but not just any black, his own very special mix. To this base he builds his colour creating the depth of shadow and light that I believe make his paintings so special.
And I am not alone, he has had exhibitions in London, New York, Munich, Berlin,France as well as many in the Czech Republic and his work has sold to collectors from across the world. He is now a successful and established artist - part of the Prague scene. But it was not always so. He arrived in Prague in the early 90’s escaping his Ukrainian homeland and the tumultuous environment following the break up of the Soviet Union. He had trained as an artist in Kiev, established an art museum in the heart of Siberia and traveled in the Aegean. In coming to Prague he was seeking the artistic inspiration and the freedom that was making the city famous at that time. Prague was buzzing in the way Paris had before the war. Arriving with few possessions he began selling his work, where else but the Charles Bridge. He was not there long. The quality of his work was soon recognized and he was offered exhibitions in the Czech Republic, Germany and received a study tour to Greece. Alexandr Onishenko’s work sold well and he was able to establish his own gallery in Jakubska - his ambition to be his own master, to earn his living by painting had been recognized. The gallery has grown from one small room to four, his customer list now reaches the thousands and he has paintings in homes and galleries throughout the world. It is obviously not just me who sees something special in Alexandr Onishenko’s work and who has not been able to walk past his gallery without stopping to admire and enjoy his painting. |
GALERIE JAKUBSKA 1994 - 2009 Dear friends and admirers of Alexandr Onishenko, 2003 - Personal exhibition,. Salon Sanatorium Akademika Behounek, Jachymov, Czech Republic - Personal exhibition, Centre Culturel De La Visitation, Periguex, France - Personal exhibition, „Le secret de la Toile Noire” Le Cartrier, Cour du Chateau, Bricquebec, France - Personal exhibition, „Konopiste Castle”, Konopiste, Czech Republic 2002 - Join exhibition, „Cerna labut”, Gallery Prague, Czech Republic - Join exhibition, „Manes”, After Flods Prague, Czech Republic 2001 - Personal exhibition, „Ve věži” Gallery, Melnik, Czech Republic - Personal exhibition, Culture Institute, Plzen, Czech Republic - Personal exhibition, „Konopiste Castle”, Konopiste, Czech Republic 2000 - Personal exhibition, „As Information Centre” Gallery, As, Czech Republic - Personal exhibition, „Exhibition Hall” Morava Hotel Mariott, Prague 1999 - Joint permanent exhibition with A. Terenine, V. Safonkin, „Jakubska Gallery”, Prague - Personal exhibition, „Hluboka Castle”, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Prague - Personal exhibition, „Park Avenue Atrium”, New York, USA - Personal exhibition, „Art Atrium” Morava Hotel Mariott, Prague 1998 - Joint exhibition Art-Manezh - 98 exhibition, Moscow - Masaryk´s Academy of Science Award - Franz Kafka Medal - Personal exhibition, „Charles Barker BSMG”, London - Personal exhibition, „Exhibition Hall”, Horazdovice, Czech Republic 1997 - Personal exhibition, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic - Joint exhibition with O. Zoubek, „Dolni Ambity - Strahovsky klaster”, Prague - Personal exhibition, „Charles Barker BSMG”, London - Personal exhibition, „Trmice Castle”, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic - Personal exhibition , „Ve věži” Gallery, Melnik, Czech Republic 1996 - Joint exhibition with A. Terenine, „Jakubska Gallery”, Prague - Joint exhibition with A. Terenine, „Michalska Gallery”, Prague 1994 - Open his private gallery, Galerie Jakubska, Prague - Joint exhibition, „La Vela”, Andorra, Andorra - Joint exhibition, Basel, Switzerland - Personal exhibition, „Borowian Gallery”,Munich, Germany 1993 - Joint exhibition with R. Zuzuk, S. Vakulenko and V. Emec, „ÚBOK, Institute of the design and Mode”, Prague 1992 - Joint exhibition with S. Vakulenko, „ÚBOK, Institute of the design and Mode”, Prague 1991 - Joint exhibition with A. Issajev, „La Ambiente Gallery”, Wolfsburg, Germany - Personal exhibition, „Borowian Gallery”,Munich, Germany 1989 - Personal exhibition, Varna, Bulgaria |
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The publishing house Galerie Jakubska, in collaboration with architect and writer Josef Dvorsky, is publishing a new book: "The Secret of Black Canvas".
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