Yuriy Kovalenko
(1931, Chernigov, Chernigov region – 2004, Odessa).
1959 – Graduated from Odessa Art College (teacher N.Pavljuk).
1969 – Graduated from Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema (teachers: I. Kluge, I. Korotkov and V. Hovraleva).
1990 – Acknowledged to the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
1959-1960 – Worked as a make-up artist in the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater.
1960-1965 – Worked as a make-up artist in the Odessa Music and Drama Theater.
1970-1981 – Taught at the Odessa Art School.
He lived and worked in Odessa.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2013 – “Odessa school. Traditions and Relevance.” Mystetskiy Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine.
2013 – “Odessa school. Traditions and Relevance.” Exhibition Hall “Art Donbass”. Donetsk, Ukraine (catalog).
2013 – Apartment Exhibitions “Bebel 19”. NT-Art Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
2013 – Apartment Exhibitions “Bebel 19”. In the frameworks of the project “IV Fine Art Ukraine.” Mystetskiy Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine (catalog).
2010 – II Fine Art Ukraine. Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine.
2008 – “How young you were… Odessa nonconformist artists. 60s – 80s of the XX century in the collections of Felix Kohriht and Anatoliy Dymchuk.” NT-Art Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
Selected Museum Collections:
National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Odessa Museum of Fine Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa Museum of Modern Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Numerous private collections in Ukraine and abroad.