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The personal exhibition of Vasyl Heletk dedicated to the Day of the Defender of Ukraine and the Day of the Ukrainian Cossacks «Chieftains of the Haydamak Territory»

The regional art museum opened the personal exhibition of Vasyl Heletka`s «The chieftains of Haydamak land» on 12^th of October in 2018.

The unique exhibition of graphic works dedicated to the heroic past struggle of the Ukrainian nation for its state has been opened in the regional art museum on the eve of the Day of the Defender of Ukraine and the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks. The author of the exhibition is the artist Vasyl Heletka, who is one of the few who writes on the historical and patriotic themes in modern Ukraine.

Vasyl Gheletko was born on 5^th of September in 1958 in Ohry (Latvia). Subsequently, the family moved to Ukraine in the village Novoselytsia in Katerinopilsky district of Cherkassy region. Vasyl began to study the basics of creative skill from school years. The apprentice had an insurmountable desire to learn to draw, that for a year he mastered pencil drawing techniques, and later thanks to hard work mastered and watercolor. Graduated from Katerynopilsk Art School. The first teacher of painting Vasyl Heletka was Fyodor Galan - he is a professional artist with great experience and natural gift, which taught him to see and pass in beautiful works.

He studied at the Krupskaya Moscow University and in the Uzhgorod School of Applied Arts at the department of easel painting and graphic arts in 1975-1984. He worked at an art club together with professional artists, and devoted his spare time to the writing of landscapes, portraits while was in Germany. After serving in the army he taught talented children at the art school of the village of Yerki: he led painting circles, carving on wood, metal chasing.

From the middle of the 90's the master refers to the theme of "Shevchenko's", the master again and again attracts the attention of his contemporaries to the outstanding figure of Taras Shevchenko.

Vasyl Vasilievich is very interested in the history of his native land, studying in detail the historical thoughts, legends and legends of the Ukrainian people. Stable, brave, hardy, courageous, faithful to their ideas - such are the Cossacks on the canvases of Vasyl Heletka. The struggle of the Ukrainian people for liberation and independence was reflected in the works of the artist «Ivan Gonta», «Maksym Zalizniak», «Ivan Sirko», and others.

Vasyl Geletko lives and works in Cherkassy region, and therefore the artist is very close to the events that took place in the Cold Ravine a hundred years ago. He gave love to Ukraine and its people in a series of works «Cold Ravine». There are also portraits of prominent figures in Ukrainian history: Symon Petliura, Nestor Makhno, Danylo Terpylo, chieftain Marusya, chieftain Orlik, Yuriy and Vasyl Tyutyunnikov, Evgeny Konovalets, Pavlo Skoropadsky, Yevhen Malanyuk, and Peter Bolbochan on the canvases of Vasyl Heletka. The exhibition also presents works devoted to the heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, who died as one of the first: Sergei Nigoyan, Mikhail Zhilstnevsky, Yuri Verbytsky.

Modern Ukraine, which today defends its territorial integrity from Russian aggression, has also been reflected in the picture of the artist-graphic. On the one hand, there is a portrait of Haydamaky by Maxim Zaliznyak, and on the other hand, a portrait of veteran of ATO by Amyna Okuyeva, the artist is drawing a parallel between contemporary and past, the author looks into the future through the prism of the past. According to tradition, the author transfers his portrait work «Symon Petliura» (2017) to the funds of the regional art museum.

Altogether 41 works are presented at the exhibition.