Michael Mikora

Mikhail Mikora

"Jazz for me is more than just music. It is the essence of art, free skill. It is a combination of extraordinary sensuality with methodic approach" - Mikhail Mikora

Mikhail Mikora was born in 1964 in Kiev, Ukraine. He attended the Republican Art School, Kiev, Ukraine from 1976 to1982, and the Kiev Art Academy, Department of Monumental Painting from 1982 to1990.

Mikhail often gets the inspiration for his works from the random impressions of his immediate environment, such as "a smell of paint, abstract combination of colors." The Jazz musician series is based on sketches taken at the Jazz club. It is one of the rare occasions when Mikhail uses reality as a starting point.

Exhibitions:

2004	Art Ireland Summer Collection 2004, RDS Industries Hall, Dublin, Ireland
2003	EuropART, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
2002	Art - Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2001	Solo exhibition, “The Codes of Epochs”, ART MASTER Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2000	Solo exhibition, Brilon, Germany
2000	Solo exhibition, ART MASTER Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1999	Various exhibitions at Ukrainian and Czech galleries
1998	Kilkenny Gallery of Modern Art, Ireland
1997	Solo exhibition at the Berkeley Gallery, Thomastown, Ireland
1997	Gallery Valentina, Prague, Czech Republic
1997	Participated in International Art Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
1997	Solo exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden
1994	Gallery K+B in Prague, Czech Republic
1992	National Gallery of Ukraine