about
Painting and graphic art are the primary language through which Ukrainian artist Inokentii Korshunov (b. 1970) perceives and interprets the world. He received his professional training in the Painting Department of the Odesa Art College. The academic tradition of drawing and painting became the foundation of his practice, later enriched by other techniques and ways of working with images — from book illustration to digital media.
Nature occupies a special place in his painting. He is drawn to the inner balance of an image, the rhythm of natural forms, and the subtle relationships that emerge through color, light, and space and reveal themselves to the attentive observer.
Book illustration also holds an important place in his professional practice. Many years of working with publishers and with very different kinds of texts — from individual illustrations to the complete visual development of a book — require a different visual logic: the ability to follow a narrative and to sense the character, rhythm, and atmosphere of a story. Here, the experience of a painter and draftsman comes together with the task of visual storytelling.
The artist lives and works in Ukraine, participates in exhibitions and art projects, develops his own series of paintings, and continues to collaborate with book publishers. His works are held in private collections in Ukraine and abroad.
For more information on exhibiting and for all other suggestions, contact:
jovten@gmail.com
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2019Diatonic Garden, collaborative exhibition with Ruta, Museum of Book and Printing of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2017Diatonic Garden, Green Sofa Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
- 2015Alpen Blick Gallery, Tenna, Switzerland
- 2013Colors of Life, Irpin History and Local Lore Museum, Irpin, Ukraine
- 2011Irpin History and Local Lore Museum, Irpin, Ukraine
- 2003Fogs, Literary Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
Illustrated books
- 2025Kotigoroshko / Ukrainian folk tale / Publishing house Vivat
- 2024Perrault's fairy tales / Publishing house Vivat
- 2023Andersen's fairy tales / Publishing house Vivat
- 2021Skovoroda's fables / Publishing house Vivat
- 2015Fairy Tales of Lirnyk Sashko / volume 2 / Publishing house Zeleny Pes
- 2014Fairy Tales of Lirnyk Sashko / volume 1 / Publishing house Zeleny Pes
Selected group exhibitions
- 2018Group Exhibition, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2017ArtEXPO, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2016Porto Rose, Slovenia
- 2013Central House of Artists (CHA), Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2012Literary Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2012Central House of Artists (CHA), Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2011Book-Art, CHA, Lviv, Ukraine
- 2011Book-Art, Kharkiv, Ukraine
- 2011Literary Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2010Central House of Artists (CHA), Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2009Odessa Fine Arts Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
- 2005Central House of Artists (CHA), Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2003Beautiful Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
- 2003Central House of Artists (CHA), Kyiv, Ukraine
- 1996ISM-96, Kherson, Ukraine
- 1995Central Gallery, Kherson, Ukraine
- 1993Odessa-Art Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine