Mickola Vorokhta ( uk, Микола Ворохта, born 18 July 1947 in
Rakhiv,
Ukraine) is a Ukrainian artist-
painter
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who lives and works in
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...
. In 2014, he was awarded the status of
Merited Artist of Ukraine.
Mickola Vorokhta finished his education in 1971 at the Art Faculty of
Odessa Pedagogical Institute (''maître'' V. G. Efimenko).
From 1974 to 1998 he was a lecturer at the art department of Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Since 1995 he has been a member of the National Union of Ukrainian Artists.
His artworks are held in collections at the Culture Ministry of Ukraine, the Slovakian Museum of Ukrainian and Russian Culture, Historical Museum "Palanok", Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
and the Illichivsk Art Museum. They are also housed in private collections in Ukraine,
Russia,
UK,
US,
France,
Japan
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
,
Norway,
Italy,
Portugal,
Germany,
China
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and other countries.
He was the founder and head of the artist group "Zgurt"
About the Zgurt group
and was awarded а Diploma of Honor for his services to art and culture by the Odessa Regional Council.
Notes and references
Bibliography
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110219/http://rakhiv-adm.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/zr_53-54.pdf
* http://zakarpattya.net.ua/News/98157-U-Mukachevi-vidbulasia-personalna-vystavka-odeskykh-khudozhnykiv-FOTO
* http://www.japigia.com/dilloallarete.shtml?DA=eventi08
External links
Artist's personal web-site
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080620100319/http://w510.tm.odessa.ua/artgallery/vorohta/
1947 births
Living people
People from Zakarpattia Oblast
Ukrainian painters
Ukrainian male painters
Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine
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