Biogr

Vladislav was born the fifth child in a large family and orphaned early.[citation needed] His mother died
when he was just five, his father – when he was nine. Only the support of elder brothers helped get
over the terrible loss.
In 1979 he undergoes a poster artist training and later manages to get a position of artist at Lugansk
Regional Philharmonic.
In 1980 Vladislav was mobilized to Strategic Rocket Forces in the city Rostov-on-Don.
From 1983 to 1988 he studies at K. D. Ushynsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University at
the Institute of Arts.
The artist is married and has a daughter.

- Artistic career and exhibitions

 1991 – Vladislav appointed as an art director of artist association "Creativity" in Odessa.
 1994 – His first solo exhibition takes place in the Odessa Museum of Regional History.[citation needed]
 1999 – Exhibition of artworks in National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Kyiv).
 2000 – Participation in the art exhibitions "Kiev Spring-2000" (Kyiv); "Our Home – Odessa"
(Odessa); art project "Spring" (Kyiv).
 2001 – Participation in the art exhibitions "Euroimage – 2001" (Kyiv); "Art Bridge Project"
(Odessa); "Odessa Art Panorama" (Odessa); "MMM" – "Metyolkin-Melnikov-Mikhailov"
(Odessa); "Fifth International Festival" (Odessa).
 2002 – Participation in the art exhibition "Poetry of colors" in Ukrainian Cultural
Foundation (Kyiv).
 2006 – Vladislav presents his paintings to the collection of Zaporizhia Regional Art Museum.[citation
needed]

 2007 – Participation in the art project "Blessing" (Russian House of Science and Culture in
Berlin, Germany); art-festival "Blessing" (Germany, Magdeburg).[1]
 2007 – Vladislav's solo exhibition takes place in the museum "Spiritual Treasures of
Ukraine" (Kyiv).
 2007 – Solo exhibition "Poetry of Nature" is held in Taras Shevchenko National University of
Kyiv, with the assistance of Yaroslav Mudry International Educational Foundation.
V. Metyolkin during his solo exhibition in Ukrainian House (Kyiv, March 2010)

 2007 – Participation in the exhibition dedicated to the opening of International Foundation

"Cultural Heritage", in the gallery "N-Prospect" (Russia, St. Petersburg)
 2008 – Participation in the International art exhibition "Montenegro" (Kotor); First
International plein air "Montenegro 2008".[2]
 2008 – Solo exhibition in the gallery "N-Prospect" (Russia m. St. Petersburg).[3][4]
 2009 – Participation in the art exhibition "Dew" (Slovakia, Bratislava and Prague).[5][6]
 2011 – Participation in the art exhibition "To Italy with Whole Heart" (Italy, Rome and Milano).[7][8]
 2012 – Participation in the project "Aviart-2012".[9]
 2013 – Participation in the art exhibition "Nature's gentle breath".[10]
 2016 – Participation in the art exhibition "Heritage". Gallery "Heritage"
(Switzerland, Geneve).[11][12]
 2016 – Solo exhibition "My Ukraine", dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the artist's
professional work, Gallery "Gamma", Kyiv.[13][14][15]
Paintings by V.Metyolkin are purchased by several museums in Ukraine and Russia[citation needed] and
are held in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, United States, France, Poland and Germany.

Awards and prizes

2004 – Patriarch Filaret personally rewards Vladislav Metyolkin with an Order of St. Michael the
Archangel of III class – "Order of Merit for reviving spirituality in Ukraine and the establishment of the
Local Ukrainian Orthodox Church".[16]

 2007 – The first-degree Diploma from International Foundation "Cultural Heritage" "For the
contribution to the development of Russian realistic art".[17]
 2012 – The Gold Medal «For mastership» (a medal of the First degree) and Honorary Diploma
from International Foundation "Cultural Heritage" – "For Major Contribution to the Art".[18]

The nature lost for man of 21st century comes to life in all its charm and virginity on Vladislav Metelkin's canvases.
Taking a separate motif, a "fragment", the artist organizes it in his painting by the way in which the complete
landscape view is formed in our perception without difficulty. The scale which he chooses is of the epic, dimensions
but we feel that the scale of nature is by far more immense.

The very subjects of V. Metelkin's paintings are unpretentious enough. However the artist finds charm and originality
in these landscapes simply in their having material reality, in for example the gorgeousness and richness of color that
the sunray reveals making its way through the foliage. The master takes interest in nature in its each specific display,
he peers into each of its creation in detail. He has personal contact with nature, pays attention to each leaf and blade
in the painting. His nature lives its natural life isolated from the human being, there are no figures of people to
animate his paintings at all.

The artist chooses sometimes an ordinary motif and entirely "trusts to nature, lets nature lead him" ("On the Glade",
"Sunny Day"), sometimes gets deep into woods ("Platans", "Birch Grove"), sometimes turns to views of nature of
epic grandeur (The Sunbeam after Thunder-storm", "The Wheat field"). And each of his landscapes has a melody of
its own.. Through the dense foliage and rows of trees which have risen as side - scenes on our way, the artist leads
us to the bright light of day which is breaking through the dense veil of greens. Nothing appears forced, but every
element of the picture has been placed with regard to its relation to the whole. He is attracted by the charm of the
blue haze on the horizon. In his epic pictures, which immediately bring to mind I.Shishkin's best works ("Rye", etc.),
we marvel at the all-embracing, all - filling sky. In "Lilac" the artist adorns nature in the festive attire, is most playful,
fresh and impressionistic.

Especial vivacity is imparted to his works by the manner of their execution. The pictorial painting is woven from the
multitude of contrasts in tone dabs overlapping each other. The ripples of dot spots of color, the play of solar
patches of light, all together create a surprising sensation of vibration, mobility of the whole canvas, and, as a
consequence, the effect of direct impression from the seen. By his manner he can be said to be closer to
impressionistic painting, in particular, to its such apologists, as Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley.

V.Metelkin can be rightfully called the master of forefronts. On the other hand, the scale and epic dimension of his
paintings are amazing. These two advantages combined create the effect of presence, give rise to a surprising
feeling of "ocurrence", immersion into a landscape with the eye is drawn deep into the picture.. Probably this is
where the secret of attractiveness of paintings of V.Metelkin is hidden.

Birch Grove