Botanical Art Worldwide 2025
Ukraine
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The Ukrainian exhibition will be held at the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NNHM).
Jury members (there will be a selection process). botanicalartua.com (website under construction). From April 2025, there will be an announcement on the museum's website https://museumkiev.org/indexeng.html
ARTWORK
Prunus domestica,
watercolor on paper,
© Maryna Vozniuk
Prunus domestica is a fruit flowering tree in the family Rosaceae. Widespread in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. The fruit is edible and usually sweet, though some varieties are sour and require cooking with sugar to make them palatable.
Cucurbita moschata,
watercolor on paper,
© Liyudmyla Komandyr
Cucurbita moschata - is an annual plant with a recumbent stem. It is ubiquitous in the centre of its origin in Central America, southern Mexico, Colombia, and Peru. The plant has also been introduced to many Eurasian countries, where it is actively cultivated. The pulp is used for industrial juice production. The seeds of the plant are used to produce butternut squash oil.
Chelidonium majus,
Graphite on paper,
© Antonina Shesteriakova
Chelidonium majus grows in Europe, Western and Central Asia and North Africa, can reach 1 m in height and has been used as a medicinal plant since ancient times. This life-size drawing by Antonina Shesteriakova shows all the stages of flowering and the delicate lacy leaves of this charming plant. This is the first drawing from the forthcoming Medicinal Plants series.
ORGANIZERS
Society of Ukranian Botanical Artists (SUBA)
STEERING COMMITTEE
Liudmyla Komandyr
Maryna Vozniuk
Olexii Kovalenko (museum)
Yuliia Komar (museum)
EXHIBITION VENUE
The National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is one of the biggest scientific research museums of the type in the world. It was established in 1966 as a unified complex comprising five museums: the Geological, Paleontological, Zoological and Botanical. The National Museum of Natural History is located in the heart of Kyiv, in an antique mansion with expressive and remarkable architecture.
Botanical Art Worldwide 2018
Flora of Ukraine
About this Exhibition
The Ukrainian exhibition will be held at the M. M. Gryshko National Botanic Garden of National Academy of Science of Ukraine. The venue will be open May 18 – May 27, 2018. This year the National Academy of Science of Ukraine is celebrating its 100 years anniversary.
artwork
Sorbus aucuparia is a species very common to Ukraine. It can be as well found in almost all parts of Europe. The painting by Marina Voznuk shows beautiful autumn berries of this plant. Fruits remain on branches until late autumn and even sometimes throughout winter.
Rowan, Sorbus aucuparia, watercolor on paper, ©MarinaVoznuk
Red Clover, Trifilium pratense, watercolor on paper, ©Lisa Chernyavska
Artist Lisa Chernyavska has created the real-size painting of Trifolium pratense, also known as Red Clover. This plant is native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa and can grow up to 80 cm tall. It is known to be widely used in alternative medicine.
Larisa Chaika painted Anemóne sylvéstris, grown in her own garden. Wood Anemone is very delicate and elegant flower which blossoms in spring. It is native to meadows and dry deciduous woodlands of central and western Europe, including Ukraine. Due to its ability to grow quickly, anemone can be seen more often in flowerbeds in gardens and parks, rather than in forests.
Anemóne sylvéstris, watercolor on paper, ©Larisa Chaika
Organizers
M. M. Gryshko National Botanic Garden of NAS of Ukraine, 1 Timiryazevska St., 01014, Kyiv, Ukraine
Steering Committee
Marina Voznuk
Antonina Shesteriakova
Lisa Chernyavska
Larisa Chaika
Mykola Gaponenko (Botanical Garden)
exhibition Venue
M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of NAS of Ukraine (NBG) is recognized in Ukraine and in the world's leading research institutions. NBG is an important scientific and practical center on the introduction, acclimatization, breeding, conservation of biological diversity, environmental monitoring, landscape greening, chemical interactions and plant protection.
Photo courtesy M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of NAS of Ukraine
Location
M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of NAS of Ukraine