Mickola Vorokhta (, born 18 July 1947 in Rakhiv,

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) is a Ukrainian artist-

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who lives and works in

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. In 2014, he was awarded the status of

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. Mickola Vorokhta finished his education in 1971 at the Art Faculty of Odesa Pedagogical Institute (''maître'' V. G. Efimenko). From 1974 to 1998 he was a lecturer at the art department of Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Since 1995 he has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. His artworks are held in collections at the Culture Ministry of Ukraine, the Slovakian Museum of Ukrainian and Russian Culture, Historical Museum "Palanok", Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art and the Illichivsk Art Museum. They are also housed in private collections in Ukraine,

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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 Odesa 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 male painters Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine {{Ukraine-painter-stub