The Heat; 2022
acrylic, canvas; 90 x 90 cm
signed, dated, inscribed on the back: ANNA KOSTENKO (UKRAINE)/ "The Heat" - 2022 / 90 x 90 cm / acrylic on linen canvas/ vernish
She was born in 1975 in Kyiv into a family of architects. She studied easel painting from 1993 to 1998 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and received a private scholarship to Paris from Prof. Jan Szancenbach. She completed the course by obtaining a diploma with distinction in Prof. Jan Szancenbach's studio, shown in a solo exhibition at the TPSP art palace in Cracow. Immediately after her diploma, she started cooperation with Jorgensen Fine Art gallery (Dublin, Ireland), with which she worked for 18 years, covered by an exclusive contract. She has had 27 solo exhibitions and numerous group projects. She has also collaborated with Albemarle Gallery in London and Opera Gallery in Paris and Singapore, among others. The artist travels extensively carrying out various painting projects. The Faces Of Humanity project was shown in 2009 at the Triptych Art Gallery in Kyiv and entered the list of the top 10 Art Projects of the year. Her next project, Nosotros, was shown at the Dystans gallery in Krakow in 2017, showing large-format portraits of people of different races and ethnicities. The leitmotif of the artist's work remains man and his aesthetic and cultural distinctiveness. The artist works in the trend of expressionism in oil and acrylic on canvas, and likes to experiment. She is currently working on a project called #LostFuture, in which she combines elements of portraiture with contemporary iconography. The artist's works can be found in numerous private collections around the world, as well as the collections of UNICEF and the Turner Art Foundation. Her works can be found in the Collections of: The Turner Foundation UK, The Royal Art Academy Collection, Dublin, Ireland, J. Czapski Foundation , France , UNICEF and Turner Art Foundation France and in numerous private collections, including in the UK, Ireland, France, USA, Singapore, Germany , Sweden, Australia, Ukraine or Poland.
