Iryna Somyk-Ponomarenko
Iryna Somyk-Ponomarenko
born in 1974 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The Ukrainian artist, scientist, and conservator of easel painting, Senior Lecturer at the department of technique and restoration of artworks of National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine
Investigation of various artistic techniques in teaching art and restoration practice, including painting techniques of old masters, gives me the opportunity to freely use artistic materials and techniques on the creative goal I set. One of my favorites is a classic technique of three-stage oil painting. It is a universal method for reproduction of material reality on canvas, the exquisite beauty of which I can see and through which I can perceive the world. This technique is a tool for me with which, by synthesizing creative and analytical approaches, I can convey personal experiences embodied in realistic forms.
Creating a generalized symbolic compositional solution with the help of the beauty of material forms, passing through conditional political and temporal boundaries, can get feedback from different viewers. This approach gives the ability to reproduce or interpret a memory by turning it into reality, recreate fleeting feelings, and provokes dreams and new fantasies. The surrounding reality is constantly changing, by hiding in its nature our attitude to it, which changes with us over time. And only the beauty of painting remains infinitely constant.
Iryna Somyk-Ponomarenko.
| Education |
2006 – 2009 internship at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine.
1996 – 2001 Department of Technology and Restoration of Art Works of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine. Master’s Diploma.
1991 – 1996 the Department of Painting of the Fine Arts Colledge in Dnipro, Ukraine. Bachelor’s Diploma.
| Professional Appointments |
Since 2003, Iryna Somyk-Ponomarenko has been teaching Copy of Easel Painting, Technique of Easel Painting and Restoration of Easel Painting at the Department of Technique and Restoration of Art Works, the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Since 2017-2018 Iryna Somyk-Ponomarenko has been the manager of the Project on copies-reconstructions of the Reverends of Kyiv-Pechersk for the Trapezna Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
In 2008-2009 she created copies of Ukrainian historians’ portraits for the Portrait Gallery in the Palace of Cyril Rozumovsky (Baturin National Reserve «Hetman’s Capital», Ukraine).
In 2003 – 2004 the artist participated in the creation of classical-style paintings for the reproduction of the Castlehyde mansion in Ireland.
Since 2001 she has been the participating as an artist in many all-Ukrainian and international art exhibitions and projects. Painting works of the Ukrainian artist Iryna Somyk-Ponomarenko are in the funds of National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, private collections of Ukraine, the United States of America, Canada, Austria, England and other countries.
The artist combines scientific and pedagogical work with practical professional activities – easel painting, restoration of art works from museum and private collections. Iryna Somyk-Ponomarenko is the author of the scientific papers on conservation, restoration and painting techniques, and the presenter at various International and All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conferences on Fine Arts and Conservation.
Participation in trade fairs:
2020 – 1st Biennial of Naive Art and Art of Primitivism named after Andrei Lipatov “Veliurovyi Kit” (Velor Cat). Alexander Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine.
2020 – Exhibition of drawings by teachers of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. NAFAA, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2019 – Art project ” A4, Ballpoint Pen 2019 “,«Karas Gallery », Kyiv, Ukraine.
2019 – Art exhibition “Levkas miniatures”. Gallery “White World”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2019 – All-Ukrainian art exhibition dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Ilya Repin. National Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2019 – International Art Project “Solomia”. Ukrainian Church of St. Barbara, Vienna, Austria.
2019 – International Portrait Award, PortraitNow2019, the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark.
2019 – The Ukrainian pavilion “The falling shadow of” Mriya “on the gardens of Giardini”, 58th Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art. Venice, Italy.
2019 – 1st All-Ukrainian Biennale of Levkas, галерея White World, Kyiv, Ukraine. (Special Gallery Award).
2019 – Qualifying round of the International Competition for Portrait Painting PortraitNow2019, of Eastern European countries. Museum and cultural complex “Lvivyarnia”, Lviv, Ukraine.
2019 – 1st All-Ukrainian Triennale “NU-ART”, Kremenchug, Ukraine.
2019 – XII International Exhibition of Decor and Interior Items DESIGN. LIVING TENDENCY – 2018. Exposition of the presentation of the magazine Domus Design. International Exhibition Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2018 – XXI International Exhibition of Decor and Interior Items DÉCOR. Exposition of the gallery “Globus”. International Exhibition Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2018 – 6th All-Ukrainian Biennial Folk Modern, Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
2018 – International art project “Solomiya” Gran Teatro Puccini, Torre del Lago, Italy.
2018 – All-Ukrainian exhibition “Women’s Portrait”, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2016 – Art project “A4, Ballpoint Pen 2016 “, ” Karas Gallery “, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2015 – All-Ukrainian art project “True Ukrainians”, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2014 – Art project ” A4, Ballpoint Pen 2014 “, “Karas Gallery “, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2012 – Art project “Aviart-2012”, which entered the “Guinness Book of Records”, “Boyko Producer Center”, “Globus Gallery” together with GP “Antonov”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2011 – Art project “A4, Ballpoint Pen 2011 “,” Karas Gallery “, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2010 – Art project ” A4, Ballpoint Pen 2010 “,” Karas Gallery “, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2002 – All-Ukrainian Art Exhibition “Spring”, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2001 – Painting Exhibition-Competition named after Viktor Zaretsky, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2001 – All-Ukrainian exhibition “Women of Ukraine – Artists”, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
1999 – Exhibition-Competition for Academic Painting named after Mikhail Dmitrenko, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine. Second prize for the best academic work in painting.
- December 13, 2020
