Anna Kostenko

“………the ethnic theme has always inspired me and been one of the main subjects of my work. I feel very happy to celebrate cultural diversity in my paintings and hope that the viewers will experience the same joy as I did creating them.”

Anna Kostenko was born in 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine and has lived and worked in Krakow, Poland since 1991. She is a graduate of The Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow where she studied painting from 1993 to 1998. She has had three solo exhibitions at Jorgensen Fine art and has built up a strong following since first showing here in 1999. Her fascination with different cultures has led to extensive travels which inspire her work, which has been shown in many countries including Poland, France, Germany, Ireland and Spain.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1993  Gallery A.C.K. Rotunda, Krakow, Poland
1998  The Municipal Palace of Art, Krakow, Poland
1999  Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2000  Gallery Sukiennice Town Hall, Krakow, Poland
2001  Schlossgalerie, Jever, Germany
2002  Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2004  Gallery Garbery 48, Poznan, Poland
2005  Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland

Selected Group Exhibitions

1997  The French Institute of Culture, Krakow, Poland
1997  “Szancenbach and Followers”, Gallery of Modern Art, Nurenberg, Germany
1998 - 2005  Spring, Summer & Christmas Group Exhibitions, Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
1999  “Oriental Show”, Opera Gallery, Paris, France
         “Oriental Show”, Opera Gallery, Singapore
          New members of the Polish Artist’s Union, Krakow, Poland

Education & Awards

Master of Art with distinction in Painting – Academy of Fine Art, Krakow, Poland
Certificate in Art Teaching – Academy of Fine Art, Krakow, Poland
Private Scholarship from Professor Jan Szancenbach, Krakow, Poland & Paris, France