Mykhailo Krasnyk

Mykhailo Krasnyk (1959) is a Ukrainian painter and graphic artist, one of the pioneers of semiotic abstraction and assemblage in Ukrainian art. His body of work includes experiments with folk art archetypes, landscapes, and metaphysical fantasies.

Krasnyk’s artistic path bypassed the academic school; instead, he was open to Western European visual culture through self-education. His style is distinguished by abstraction, the use of rhythmic repetition, geometrization of forms, and interaction with textures.

Sadness conveys a deep emotional experience through a restrained color palette, rhythmic forms, and spatial interaction. The work reflects an internal conflict or a moment of contemplation, where the interplay of colors and textures enhances the atmosphere of introspection and silence.

The late 1980s marked a period when Krasnyk mastered organic abstraction. His works became more emotionally saturated, exploring the theme of the human condition in nature, where elements of the landscape and emotional nuances of mood transition into abstract forms of painting.