Olga Dmytrenko was born in Ukraine. Her love of the visual arts and science was cultivated at a young age. Olgas father used to paint in a realistic style, and from her mother, a mathematician, Olga got her passion for science. After graduating from the Republican School of Physics and Mathematics at Kiev State University, she entered the Department of Physics there, and got her M.Sc. in 1986. In 1990 she gained a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry. Dr. Dmytrenko has won several honour rewards, including Research Fellowship of President of Ukraine and Fellowship of Republic of Austria Federal Ministry of Science and Research.
She currently lives and works as a scientist in Delaware, USA. Despite her deep interest in science, Olga creates organic abstracts, mainly in acrylic and metallic paints. Most of her paintings are done with soft colors and rich gold. Some of them depict suggestions of clouds, water, and people, but often Olgas works gear towards fantasy themes, and almost all of her artworks contain a sort of mythical quality.…Read More
*1998 University of Delaware. USA. *1998 University of Vienna, Austria. *1997 University of Nevada, Reno, USA. *1995 University of Vienna, Austria. *1991 -1999 Institute of Surface Chemistry, Kiev, Ukraine.
EDUCATION
*Ph.D. Institute of Surface Chemistry UNAS, Kiev, Ukraine 1990. *M.Sc. Honors. (Physics) Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine, 1986.
AWARDS/HONOURS
**** 2007 **** The Best of 123Soho 2007 Art Show **** 2007 **** The Fine Art Originals July 2007 Contest Second Place.
**** 2006 **** 8th Annual Grand Prix Inter-Art Museum 2006 - Gold Prize. **** 2006 **** Featured Artist for August - The Fine Art Originals. **** 2005 **** Ambassadors' Art Prize-Prix des Ambassadors 2005 -Special Prize. **** 2005 **** Emerging Artists Group April 2005 Juried Competition Finalist. **** 1995, 1998 **** Fellowship of Republic of Austria Federal Ministry of Science and Research **** 1994-1997 **** Research Fellowship of President of Ukraine
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2007 December Central Perk, 42 East Main Str., Newark, DE 2007 November - Artists Space Gallery, 1000 Drawings Group Show, NYC, New York 2007 September- 2008 May - Connies Art Workshop/Gallery, 935 N. Collier Blvd, Marco Island, Fl, USA 2005-2007 - KNIZHNIK, 8342 Bustleton Avenue, Philadelpia, PA 19152 2007 August Central Perk, 42 East Main Str., Newark, DE 2007 May - BRITE ART AUCTION & WINE TASTING, the Manhattan Exhibition Hall at the Asian Cultural Center, New York 2007 January-February - Central Perk, 42 East Main Str., Newark, DE 2006 August - Central Perk, 42 East Main Str., Newark, DE 2006 June - Central Perk, 42 East Main Str., Newark, DE 2005 December-2006 May - NorthEast Furniture Store, 1810 Grant Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19115 ,…Read More