About Vlad Yurashko
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Education
2017 - 2021
Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
1996 - 2002
Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Ukraine
Upcoming events
Event: "Practices of Balance Instead of the Future"
Dates: 17 Mar 2026 - 25 Apr 2026
Vlad Yurashko
Born in 1970 in Poltava, Ukraine
Lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia
Education
2017 – 2021: ArtD. (Doctor of Arts), Studio of Prof. Balázs, Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
1996 – 2002: Mgr. art. (Master of Arts), Studio of Prof. Shevchenko, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Ukraine
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026: "Gestures," Flatgallery (with Peter Baran, curated by Andrej Jaroš), Bratislava, Slovakia
2024: "Justice Shall Prevail," Ján Koniarek Gallery (curated by Vlad Beskid), Trnava, Slovakia
2024: "Honey Watercolor," Kuckei+Kuckei Gallery, Palma, Spain
2022: "Anonymous. The Right to Remember," Kuckei+Kuckei Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022: "Paintings of Digital Glitches," ŠUM Cultural and Community Center (curated by Peter Timečko-Valiska), Trebišov, Slovakia
2022: "#CLOSETHESKY," A7 Gallery (curated by Jan Kostolansky), Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Event: "Justice Will Triumph"
Dates: 20 Mar 2024 - 1 May 2026
(curated by Vlad Beskid)
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Previous events
Event: "Gestures"
Dates: 16 Jan 2026 - 15 Mar 2026
with Peter Baran, curated by Andrej Jaroš
Event: Fragments
Dates: 2 Oct 2025 - 30 Oct 2025
curated by Vlad Beskid
https://www.galeriecaesar.cz/Galerie%20Archiv/2025/396_FRAGMENTY/fragmenty.htm
Event: Visual Diaries
Dates: 2 May 2025 - 24 May 2025
With Vika Shumskaya, Valeria Yurashko
/ curated by Andrej Jaroš
Event: "Honey Watercolor"
Dates: 9 Feb 2024 - 23 Mar 2024
"Honey Watercolor," Kuckei+Kuckei Gallery, Palma, Spain
Event: "Anonymous. The Right to Remember"
Dates: 21 Oct 2022 - 17 Dec 2022
2022 "Anonymous. The Right to Remember," Kuckei+Kuckei Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Event: " #CLOSETHESKY "
Dates: 21 Mar 2022 - 14 May 2022
2022: "#CLOSETHESKY," A7 Gallery (curated by Jan Kostolansky), Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Biography
About the Artist
Vlad Yurashko’s work is a powerful manifesto against academic restraint. Working at the intersection of Fauvism and Symbolism, he does not merely imitate the classics but deconstructs their methods, adapting them to the visual language of the 21st century.
Technique &
Vision
The defining feature of Yurashko’s watercolors is a complete rejection of
"dirty" pigments - blacks and earthy tones are replaced by fluorescent paints.
This innovative approach allows him to achieve a level of luminosity and
brilliance nearly impossible in traditional watercolor.
His latest сycle, "Honey Watercolor," explores the ultimate purity of color. Each piece functions as an autonomous source of visual energy, designed not to imitate reality but to create a new intensity of perception.
In the Artist’s
Words:
“An encounter with an environment that resembles a forest always leaves us
with memories hidden within the layers of watercolor. By capturing the rhythmic
'gaze' of the sun upon nature, I create sanctuaries for the remnants of stories
that have merged into an ideal reality. My landscapes often become hiding
places for human figures - they are not always easy to spot at first glance,
but their stories are the ones worth telling.”
For the collector, these works offer a "new breath" of classical movements, built on the emotional vibration of uncompromising brightness.