Oil and acrylic on canvas · 80 × 96 cm
Yevhen Klymenko.
Painting carries physical mass.
Monumental oil painting on a generous canvas. Exploring architectural geometry, optical stratification, and material memory.
2014—2026·NAOMA / KSADA
Selected works
Oil on canvas · 100 × 120 cm · 2026
Water
The hand remembers before the archive.
Studio sheets, observations from life and colour studies. The line changes in density while retaining the movement of the hand.
Enter the drawing chapter
Light reads the surface.
Collaborative sculptural project by Liliia Butenko and Yevhen Klymenko ('Inner Landscape', Lavra Gallery). Tactile chamotte, faceted polyhedrons, and spatial installations.
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Studio Atmosphere: quietude and focus
Selected exhibitions (2020—2026)
Group Exhibition2026
"Inner Landscape"
Kyiv Municipal Gallery "Lavra", Kyiv
Collaborative spatial project combining monumental easel painting and ceramics with Liliia Butenko.
Museum Survey2023
"HOW ARE YOU?" — Contemporary Art Survey
Ukrainian House / UMCA, Kyiv
Seminal institutional survey on the first year of total war (500 artworks, 100 artists).
Museum Solo2020
"Zeitgeist. Metro"
Khmelnytskyi Regional Art Museum (KHOKHM), Khmelnytskyi
First major museum solo exhibition featuring 40 monumental canvases of the 'Metro' cycle.
“Painting is the tangible flesh of dreams and memory”
Yevhen Klymenko synthesizes the monumental rigor of classical painting academies (NAOMA, KSADA) with the expressive vibration of the Ukrainian New Wave. In his practice, architectural space breathes through radiant color, while each brushstroke possesses palpable physical mass.