Merite Watercolour

Joined Artfinder: Oct. 2018

Artworks for sale: 44

United Kingdom

About Merite Watercolour

 
 
  • Biography
    Maria Mykytiuk - Merite Watercolour - born in 1982, who lived and worked in Kyiv, Ukraine until April 2022. After Russia started a war against my country on 24 Feb 2022, I was forced to evacuate and am currently settled in Manchester, UK.

    I see the world with the amusement of a child, and it fascinates me to a such extent that I cannot help materializing it in a some form, either visual (watercolouring and graphic drawing), or physical (dancing), or audible (singing).

    My current main visual media is watercolour, since I love the water itself and enjoy its spontaneity. In working process, I consider it an equal partnership between myself, the water, the paper and the paint, and I like to watch how the image is born out of it.


    Basically, all my art is the way of exploration and self-study, through finding a harmony between what I see outside, what emerges on paper and what is inside of me at the moment of creation. 
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  • Education

    2013 - 2021

    Private and self-education

    2000 - 2006

    National University of "Kyiv - Mohyla Academy"

  • Awards

    2022

    Top 200 Merit Award by IWM

    The award was assigned by International Watercolour Masters during their annual IWM world contest, 2022
  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: All-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition

    Dates: 24 Dec 2021 - 16 Jan 2022

    Venue: Central House of Artists of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kiev

    Annual all-Ukrainian exhibition

    Event: Graphics in Kharkiv 2021

    Dates: 29 Mar 2021 - 24 Apr 2021

    Venue: The House of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine

    All-Ukrainian and international group exhibition dedictated to graphic arts hold by the Kharkiv branch of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine

    Event: Sea Aquarelle Odesa 2020

    Dates: 6 Nov 2020 - 20 Nov 2020

    Venue: Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa, Ukraine

    The 3d all-Ukrainian and international exhibition dedicated to watercolour and hold by the Odesa branch of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

    Event: Christmas exhibition 2019

    Dates: 19 Dec 2019 - 12 Jan 2020

    Venue: Central House of Artists of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kiev

    The anual all-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition, all media, hold be the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

    Event: Self-portrait/ Who I AM?

    Dates: 20 Sep 2019 - 30 Sep 2019

    Venue: Tirana National Historical museum, Tirana, Albania

    VIZart international biennalle hold by IWS Albania

    Event: Art Parralels 2019

    Dates: 27 Jun 2019 - 20 Jul 2019

    Venue: The Centre of Ukrainian Culture and Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine

    A group exhibition and contest of contemporary graphic arts hold by Hota Ruta.

    Event: MiniWatercolour Kyiv 2019

    Dates: 19 Jun 2019 - 24 Jun 2019

    Venue: The Centre of Ukrainian Culture and Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine

    The 2nd International festival of the watercolour miniature hold in Kyiv.

    Event: Christmas exhibition 2018

    Dates: 20 Dec 2018 - 13 Jan 2019

    Venue: Central House of Artists of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kiev

    The anual all-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition, all media, hold be the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

    Event: Sea Aquarelle Odesa 2018

    Dates: 20 Nov 2018 - 5 Dec 2018

    Venue: Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa, Ukraine

    The 2d all-Ukrainian and international exhibition dedicated to watercolours in Odesa< Ukraine.

    Event: Watercolour Album

    Dates: 31 Aug 2018 - 14 Oct 2018

    Venue: Museum of Books and Printing of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

    An all-ukrianian exhibition of watercolour, with workshops and joint pleain airs.

    Event: Mini Castra 2018

    Dates: 25 Aug 2018 - 21 Oct 2018

    Venue: Lokarjeva galerija, Slovenia

    An international festival of miniature watercolour hold by IWS Slovenia and Lokarjeva Galerija in Slovenia.

    Event: Mini watercolour 2018

    Dates: 15 Jun 2018 - 8 Jul 2018

    Venue: "Location" art centre and gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

    An international festival of miniature watercolour initiated and hold by the Location art centre in Kyiv, Ukraine.

    Event: Christmas exhibition

    Dates: 22 Dec 2017 - 19 Jan 2018

    Venue: Central House of Artists of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kiev

    A joint all-Ukrainian and all-media exhibition dedicated to Christmas and winter stories.

    Event: The World of Watercolour

    Dates: 16 Aug 2017 - 1 Mar 2018

    Venue: Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovenská republika

    It was a joint international travel exhibition hold in Slovakia by IWS Slovakia and dedicated primarely to Ukrainian artists.

    The exhibition spanned over 6 months and was presented in Bratislava, Kosice and some other Slovakia's cities.

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Education

2013 - 2021

Private and self-education

2000 - 2006

National University of "Kyiv - Mohyla Academy"


Awards

2022

Top 200 Merit Award by IWM

The award was assigned by International Watercolour Masters during their annual IWM world contest, 2022

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: All-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition

Dates: 24 Dec 2021 - 16 Jan 2022

Venue: Central House of Artists of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kiev

Annual all-Ukrainian exhibition

Event: Graphics in Kharkiv 2021

Dates: 29 Mar 2021 - 24 Apr 2021

Venue: The House of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine

All-Ukrainian and international group exhibition dedictated to graphic arts hold by the Kharkiv branch of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine

Event: Sea Aquarelle Odesa 2020

Dates: 6 Nov 2020 - 20 Nov 2020

Venue: Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa, Ukraine

The 3d all-Ukrainian and international exhibition dedicated to watercolour and hold by the Odesa branch of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Event: Christmas exhibition 2019

Dates: 19 Dec 2019 - 12 Jan 2020

Venue: Central House of Artists of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kiev

The anual all-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition, all media, hold be the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Event: Self-portrait/ Who I AM?

Dates: 20 Sep 2019 - 30 Sep 2019

Venue: Tirana National Historical museum, Tirana, Albania

VIZart international biennalle hold by IWS Albania

Event: Art Parralels 2019

Dates: 27 Jun 2019 - 20 Jul 2019

Venue: The Centre of Ukrainian Culture and Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine

A group exhibition and contest of contemporary graphic arts hold by Hota Ruta.

Event: MiniWatercolour Kyiv 2019

Dates: 19 Jun 2019 - 24 Jun 2019

Venue: The Centre of Ukrainian Culture and Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine

The 2nd International festival of the watercolour miniature hold in Kyiv.

Event: Christmas exhibition 2018

Dates: 20 Dec 2018 - 13 Jan 2019

Venue: Central House of Artists of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kiev

The anual all-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition, all media, hold be the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Event: Sea Aquarelle Odesa 2018

Dates: 20 Nov 2018 - 5 Dec 2018

Venue: Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa, Ukraine

The 2d all-Ukrainian and international exhibition dedicated to watercolours in Odesa< Ukraine.

Event: Watercolour Album

Dates: 31 Aug 2018 - 14 Oct 2018

Venue: Museum of Books and Printing of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

An all-ukrianian exhibition of watercolour, with workshops and joint pleain airs.

Event: Mini Castra 2018

Dates: 25 Aug 2018 - 21 Oct 2018

Venue: Lokarjeva galerija, Slovenia

An international festival of miniature watercolour hold by IWS Slovenia and Lokarjeva Galerija in Slovenia.

Event: Mini watercolour 2018

Dates: 15 Jun 2018 - 8 Jul 2018

Venue: "Location" art centre and gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

An international festival of miniature watercolour initiated and hold by the Location art centre in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Event: Christmas exhibition

Dates: 22 Dec 2017 - 19 Jan 2018

Venue: Central House of Artists of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kiev

A joint all-Ukrainian and all-media exhibition dedicated to Christmas and winter stories.

Event: The World of Watercolour

Dates: 16 Aug 2017 - 1 Mar 2018

Venue: Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovenská republika

It was a joint international travel exhibition hold in Slovakia by IWS Slovakia and dedicated primarely to Ukrainian artists.

The exhibition spanned over 6 months and was presented in Bratislava, Kosice and some other Slovakia's cities.


 

Biography

Maria Mykytiuk - Merite Watercolour - born in 1982, who lived and worked in Kyiv, Ukraine until April 2022. After Russia started a war against my country on 24 Feb 2022, I was forced to evacuate and am currently settled in Manchester, UK.

I see the world with the amusement of a child, and it fascinates me to a such extent that I cannot help materializing it in a some form, either visual (watercolouring and graphic drawing), or physical (dancing), or audible (singing).

My current main visual media is watercolour, since I love the water itself and enjoy its spontaneity. In working process, I consider it an equal partnership between myself, the water, the paper and the paint, and I like to watch how the image is born out of it.


Basically, all my art is the way of exploration and self-study, through finding a harmony between what I see outside, what emerges on paper and what is inside of me at the moment of creation.