Poltava region

Natalia is an artist from Poltava. She paints on glass. The themes of her works are various pieces of still life, landscapes and compositions. Through them, the artist discloses rites and customs of the Ukrainian people, their values and sacred objects.

A master-scientist from Poltava region among all investigates Ukrainian pottery and writes scientific articles about it, but in practice she creates works not from clay but from fabrics. When she gets tired from pottery theory, Olena starts making folk dolls and in the process of this work she finds peace of her mind and soul.

A tanner, a tailor, a carver, an artist-decorator, a farmer, a remarkable connoisseur of horse-breeding, Ukrainian history and, finally, he is an actor whom you’ve seen many times on TV and cinema screens. All this is said about a Poltava artist Vadym Obertas who was born to become a Cossack.

A Poltava master makes traditional women’s head-dresses - ochipoks and wreaths; she also weaves carpets with Ukrainian ornaments. The master creates her works in the traditions of the central Ukrainian Poltava region.

Poltava wood carver Volodymyr Markaryan works in the volumetric carving technique that has rather old traditions. Using his instruments, the master represents pictures from everyday life of Ukrainians; from mythology and fairy tales.

Alla is a well-known Ukrainian master of decorative wood carving and motanka-dolls manufacture. She is from Poltava. Since 2009 Alla has been the head of Poltava regional branch of National Union of Folk Craft Masters...

A master of folk-doll, Poltava native by origin, she decorates the clothes of knot-dolls of her several collections by embroidery and traditional ornaments which were collected by Ukrainian Classics Olena Pchilka and Marko Grushevsky in their times.