Petro Fedorovych Prymachenko (born in

Ivankiv Ivankiv ( ) is a rural settlement in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is situated on the left bank of the Teteriv River. Ivankiv hosts the administration of Ivankiv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its po ...

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) is a Ukrainian artist, soldier, sergeant of the Territorial Defense of the

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, a participant of the

Russian-Ukrainian war The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then ...

Biography

His grandmother is Ukrainian artist Mariia Prymachenko, who taught him to draw, read, and write as a child. He was most influenced by the work of his father, Fedir Prymachenko. He participated in the

Revolution of Dignity The Revolution of Dignity (), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capit ...

. With the beginning of a large-scale Russian invasion at the front. Participated in the defense of Kyiv Oblast. He is engaged in charity work. In his works he combines

abstraction Abstraction is a process where general rules and concepts are derived from the use and classifying of specific examples, literal (reality, real or Abstract and concrete, concrete) signifiers, first principles, or other methods. "An abstraction" ...

and

folk art Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind, rather than being exclusively decorative art, decorative. The makers of folk art a ...

Awards

Order for Courage The Order for Courage () is a Ukrainian award established by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma on August 21, 1996. Design by Ukrainian artist Mykola Lebid. Awards of the President of Ukraine for Courage Before August, 1996, personal bravery ha ...

, III class (20 March 2023) * Medal “For Military Service to Ukraine” (March 20, 2024)Decree of the President of Ukraine from 20 березня 2024 year № 162/202
«Про відзначення державними нагородами України»

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prymachenko, Petro Living people People from Vyshhorod Raion Ukrainian male painters People of the Euromaidan Recipients of the Order For Courage, 3rd class Ukrainian military personnel of the Russo-Ukrainian War Year of birth missing (living people) People of the Revolution of Dignity