Soviet Ukrainian painter. Honored Artist of Ukraine. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts. He was born on January 27, 1942 in the village of. Derzhanivka, Nosov district, Chernihiv region. He graduated from the Kiev State Art Institute. Teachers – P. Basanets, V. Puzyrkov, K. Trokhimenko. He worked in the city of Chernigov in the artistic production workshops from 1971-1997. The main artist from 1974-1975, since 1997 in the organization of the NSHU executive secretary, and since 2000 – chairman. From 1997-1998, he restored the painting over the altar part of the Novgorod-Seversky Spassko-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (Cherniyigovsk region). Member of regional, all-union, republican and international exhibitions since 1971. Personal in Chernigov (1993, 2003), in Kiev (1993, 2006), Slavutich (1994). The main genre is a thematic picture, it also creates landscapes, still lifes and portraits in a realistic manner. Paintings of the painter are kept in the museums of Chernigov, Novgorod-Seversky, Chuguev, Mogilev, the gallery of. G. Vashchenko (Belarus). The main works: “Still life with daisies” (1973), “P. Bogomolov “,” Have “(both – 1974),” On the roads of war “,” V. Korzh (both 1976), Ukrainka (1983), Scouts of Underground Subsoil (1984), Inheritance (1987), Spring, Comes (1991), The Fiesta (1992), The Hunger. 33rd year “(1993),” Chernigov Desna “(1994),” A. Mordovets, Self-portrait (both 1995), Flood on the Desna (1998), Chernigov the Old (1999), Mother’s Song (2001), Solnechnoe Lace (2002), Cornflowers in rye “(2004),” I. Krush “(2005),” Chernigov weddings “,” Pivnii on the windowsill “(both – 2006),” On the Savior “(2008),” From the Temple to the Temple “(2009); cycles – “On the White Sea” (1977), “On the Mediterranean Sea” (1981).
Photo: At the anniversary exhibition in honor of the 75th anniversary of the regional art museum in Chernigov
Photo: Olexey Kakalo “Folk Songs”
Photo: Aleksey Vasilyevich Kakalo “Galya” 1979