HALAI SERHII

Member of the creative association "Artist of Verkhovyna" (1994).

He was born on 17 August 1971 in Khust. Studied at the Carpathian University named after V. Stefanyk (Ivano-Frankivsk), Art and Graphic Faculty. He worked as a teacher of painting and drawing in the secondary school. Organizer of the Youth Association "M-art". Since 1996 – a creative director of the "Obrii" gallery.

The artist paints in various genres – still life, landscape, nude. He works in expressionism, prefers oil, but he also works with watercolour and pastels. He isn’t afraid to experiment with colours, techniques and themes.

The artist's stroke is mostly wide, confident, individual silhouettes are emphasized by subtle, clear lines that add expressiveness to his works. The motifs are different: nature, Carpathian sceneries, thin-legged horse, and flowers. Especially important in the works of the artist is the theme of a woman – on his canvases, she looks fragile, incredibly charming, always attractive, she seduces and fascinates, evokes a lot of emotions, makes you stop and admire.

He started an active creative career at the university. In 1992, his first personal exhibition was held at the art and graphic faculty. In the same year, he took part in an international student exhibition in Bratislava (Slovakia). Since 1994, the permanent participant and co-organizer of all-Ukrainian and international creative programmes of symposiums, plein airs, exhibitions. Since 2003 – the founder and director of an advertising agency.

The author of personal exhibitions in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Austria. One of the founders of the Regional TV Company-Khust, where he worked as a creative designer at the same time. He also worked in the Vynohradiv district newspaper "Chorna Hora". One of the initiators and founders of the international creative programme "Carpathian Mountain Range", the founder of the Sunday school of art in Khust and Vynohradiv.