A personal exhibition “Imprints of time and space” of A.M.Nadezhdin, a famous Ukrainian artist, Merited Artist of Ukraine was presented to the 55th anniversary of the artist.
    Nadezhdin Andrii Mylhailovych was born on June 19, 1963 in Zaporizhzhia, later the family moved to Kirovohrad (now Kropyvnytskyi). Graduated from Dnipropetrovsk State Art College named after Te.V.Vuchetych (1986), teachers: V.Matiash, H.Cherneta, I.Ostapenk. Also, graduated with honor from the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture of Ukraine, Kyiv, Faculty of History and Theory of Fine Art (2004), teachers: O.Lahutenko, V.Dzulai, V.Klievaiev.
    A member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1990). A laureate of the Regional Award in fine arts and study of art named after Olexandr Osmerkin in the nominations “modern tendencies” (2008) and “studyandhistoryofarts” (2010). In 2009 was put in Town Hall of Fame in the nomination “The best Cultural Worker”. In 2013 was honored with the title “Merited Artist of Ukraine”.
    A participant of regional, national, international, and foreign exhibitions. Personal exhibitions in Kirovohrad Art Gallery of Kirovohrad Regional Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and in O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum - 1991, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2015.
    The painter’s works are kept in the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Directorate of Exhibitions of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and Directorate of Exhibitions of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kirovohrad Regional Art Museum, O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum, Memorial Museum of V.Ivasiuk in Chernivtsi, History Museum of Kamianske (former Dniprodzerzhinsk), and in many private collections in Ukraine and abroad.
    The exhibition presents more than 50 works of the 1980s – 2018s from the artistic series: “Metamorphoses of modern times”, “Carnival of life”, “Birds”, “From the life of angels”, “Bullets bite angels too”, and sketches from life from the series: “Kaniv”, “Sedniv”, “The Crimea”, “By Azov”, “Croatian trip”, “My town”.
    A.M.Nadezhdin mentions: “I am a representative of Ukrainian romantic symbolism of new wave”. The issues the artist brings up in the images of his works – micro- and macro space of a personality, its interconnection with the surrounding life and natural surroundings, place of artist in the society, problems of war and peace in the modern world are of great current interest, they should be paid attention to and philosophically considered.