Wikipedia:Andrey Anatolievich Chernovol

Andrey Anatolyevich Chernovol (born March 20, 1977 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is an Ukrainian artist.

Biography
Andrey Chernovol was born on March 20, 1977 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR and grew up in a family of employees with five children. Mother - Vera Grigoryevna Chernovol (born 1947 ), father - Anatoly Sergeevich Chernovol (born 1949 ). Younger brother Yevgeny Chernovol (born 1982 ) - winner of the European Boxing Championship.

In 1981, the Chernovol family moved permanently to the city of Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR. Andrei from childhood showed the ability to draw, and in 1988 he entered the Tiraspol Art School, but studied there for only two weeks, as he was forced to choose between drawing and playing sports. He chose the judo section and in a short time achieved significant results in this sport, becoming a winner in 1990 in international judo competitions among juniors in Chișinău, winning third place.

But the love of drawing did not disappear completely, and in his school years it manifested itself in the fact that the boy enthusiastically drew in the margins of his school notebooks. This feature of his did not go unnoticed: teachers constantly attracted him to create wall newspapers for the school.

From 1992 to 1994, Andrei studied at the Tiraspol Culinary School, at the same time finishing evening school. It was a difficult period in the life of the Chernovol family, as well as many other people living in the republics of the USSR due to the collapse of the country and the economic crisis. The situation was aggravated by the armed conflict in Transnistria, which Andrei and his family witnessed. Many of his friends and acquaintances suffered in this tragic episode.

The unstable financial situation forced Andrey to look for a part-time job in parallel with his studies.

In 1995, Andrei decided to enter the Odessa State Art School named after M. B. Grekova.

Andrei did not have a secondary art education, which provides the necessary initial training for entering a professional educational institution, but his talent manifested itself in such a clear way that Andrei was enrolled in the school the first time, albeit on a paid basis. Six months later, with excellent marks in all subjects, he was transferred to budget education. He was listed in the painting department, his teachers were Elena Alikberova, Tamara Ivanovna Egorova, Vitaly Mursalovich Alikberov.

As a graduation work, Andrey presented the painting "The Elder" (2000, oil on canvas), which, as a result of the competitive selection, remained in the museum of the school. In 2000, the artist graduated from college with a degree in "Painter, teacher of drawing and painting."

By this time, Andrew was already married. There were orders in the field of interior design in connection with the construction boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He mastered the technique of fresco and subsequently performed a variety of interior work, from murals to sculpture. The first of these projects were implemented in Odessa and other cities of Ukraine.

In 2000, Andrey Chernovol organized his own company, which performed custom work on interior and landscape design. The desire to improve professionally in the field of design prompted the artist to study in other countries. In 2007, he specialized in various companies in the USA, studying the use of the latest materials in the field of design, with a particular focus on aquascape design and the creation of artificial rocks.

The artist took part in major international industry design exhibitions, as a result of which he got the opportunity to cooperate and implement his projects with major manufacturers and brands in the world of furniture and interior design, including Savior Firmino (Italy), Brogiato (Italy), Masca (Italy) and other.

Subsequently, Andrey Chernovol implemented several international projects in the field of landscape and interior design.

Despite being very busy in this area, Andrei did not stop painting himself. Trips to different countries: China, Thailand and Hong Kong (2006), USA (2007), India (2010-2015), Nepal (2013) enriched his life experience, contributed to spiritual development and personal growth. All this could not but be reflected in the pictorial work, which has a clear geographical division in accordance with the experience that he received in different countries, and with the influence that different cultural traditions had on him.

Since 2014, Andrey Chernovol, with his wife and two children, has been living and working in Doha, leading an active social, creative and exhibition activity.

After the devastating earthquake in Nepal on April 25, 2015, Andrey Chernovol presented four of his most expensive paintings for sale to raise funds in favor of the victims.

The artist's works are in private and museum collections around the world.

Creation
Andrey Chernovol works in various types of visual arts, as well as in the field of landscape and interior design. In painting, he prefers oil, acrylic and mixed media, but is not limited to them, experimenting with different materials, genres and types of fine art. So, in his work there are both illustrations created for the cover of a magazine, and monumental, easel painting, sculpture , and mixed media.

Being a painter by profession, Andrei never left this occupation. By 2017, he has created hundreds of works of art. In his diverse and extensive pictorial portfolio, one can single out cycles on the geography of the artist's travels and stays, they are dedicated to different countries and cultural traditions. Thus, it is possible to single out groups of "Asian" works created under the impression of visiting China and Nepal, "African", "Eastern", which reflected the presence in the territory of Arab culture. The family and close circle are also a source of inspiration for the artist, and a number of his paintings are dedicated to family members.

In 2014, he created a series of works in the style of abstract expressionism accompanied by live music during a jazz marathon in Odessa.

Among the works of Andrey Chernovol there are works in the style of realism, impressionism, abstract expressionism, conceptualism, symbolism and other areas of painting.

The artist strives to learn and combine in his work the cultural and artistic traditions of different countries. Having received an artistic education in the spirit of the European realistic school of painting, he uses techniques that are also characteristic of the art of India and China, the Arab East and Africa. This fusion of techniques, traditions, themes, philosophical overtones, gives his works a universal sound and universalism.

Andrey Chernovol signs his works in different ways. By 2017, there are two signature options: Andre and Abhinava. Abhinava is Andrey's spiritual name, which he received from his spiritual mentor in 2010, translated from Sanskrit as "Always new" (Abhi - always, forever; Nava - new, young).

The works of Andrey Chernovol in the field of interior design, the best of which are made in Qatar, combine a strict laconic solution with luxury materials, restraint in coloring and unexpected, always fresh color additions. Office and private interiors create an image of an oriental fairy tale applied to everyday life of our time.

Outlook
From childhood, Andrey showed a tendency to know himself and his place in the world. The central theme of his reflections is the meaning: human life, all things and the meaning of meanings. The study of religious literature of different traditions: the Bible, Buddhist and Hindu texts, contributed to his spiritual development. Practicing yoga and vegetarianism.

Andrei Chernovol believes that an artist can be a conductor between the higher, spiritual world and the world of people. He considers his pictorial work as an energy impulse, colored by the filter of the human mind and manifested on the canvas. The main categories that he interprets in his fine art are spirituality, compassion, love. The works show through the philosophical understanding of reality through the prism of great spiritual teachings. The outlook is idealistic.

Traveling around the world, communicating with people of different nationalities, social groups, religions, cultural traditions, consolidated the artist's cosmopolitan views and his desire to serve peace and goodness.

Many of his paintings and his most significant international art project are devoted to this topic, which is also a public action “Qtargets – a message of peace”.

Qtargets is the message of the world
The project is carried out by a group of enthusiasts led by Andrey and Nadezhda Chernovol. Its main goal is to unite people from different countries with the concept of life without wars and violence. The symbol of the project is a target - a black circle with numbers printed on paper, which is used for training purposes in sports clubs and among the military.

The creators of the project propose to look at the target not as a traditional symbol of aggression and war, but as a goal - a symbol of achieving any result, including the achievement of peace.

The initial idea of the project was the idea of considering the target not from the position of a person, but from the position of a certain transcendental beginning, outside the framework of human life, from the position of Love, which keeps the long-suffering and tired of endless wars world under its sights, keeping it from cataclysms.

In 2016, Andrey Chernovol painted a series of paintings based on real sports targets for shooting 70x100 cm in size: “Insight”, “Your Children”, “Not Your War”, “Save and Preserve”, “Golden Key”. In them, by means of painting, the idea is conveyed that the universal human goal should be the goal of preserving lives, peace and joy. Looking at these pictures, the viewer experiences cognitive dissonance, which allows him to “switch” his thinking from struggle, rejection and division to harmony, peace and unification. They were shown at exhibitions in Kiev (Ukraine), New York (USA), Basel (Switzerland) and Doha (Qatar).

The success of these paintings and public outcry contributed to the further development of the project in the form of public actions, polls and the creation of new works of art that unite the opinions of different people in a single art object in order to show it in different countries.

At the second stage, the creators of the project set a goal to explore the concept of peace among different representatives of humanity and to cover with this research the largest possible number of people from different countries. The means to achieve this was a public survey, which is conducted in various public and private institutions (universities, schools, clubs, etc.), as well as at exhibitions in which representatives of the project participate. By 2017, more than 1,000 people were surveyed from more than 58 countries, including Qatar, Ukraine, China, Japan and others. Each survey participant writes down on a paper sheet with a picture of a target his positive message about the world in his native language. Thus, a mass message of peace and goodness is formed from various representatives of humanity. Each target of the Qtargets project is assigned a unique number, by which a photo of the object can be found on social networks. Subsequently, targets with messages are assembled into a single art object, in which they become the basis for the artist's painting. An image is created on top of the targets with translucent paints so that the messages can be read. Art objects are shown at exhibitions and in public spaces in different parts of the world, and viewers from different countries see messages about the world of other representatives of humanity. So each project participant becomes an ambassador of peace and leaves his mark on history.

The first 150x400 cm painting of 216 message targets was created in 2017 and shown at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

Exhibitions
2004-2007 youth exhibitions in the Union of Artists in Odessa.

2007-2014 participation in collective thematic exhibitions in the Union of Artists in Odessa.

2007-2014 participation in exhibitions and international industry projects in the field of design: IAAPA, P & S Show, USA - Florida - Miami, Isaloni Milan, as well as in Chicago, Beijing, Guangzhou, Yiwu, Bologna and Milan.

August 2014 - personal exhibition "Do not be afraid to travel" in the Vorontsov Palace, Odessa.

2014 exhibition "Intimization" in the gallery "Gardens of Victory", Odessa (Ukraine).

2014 participation in the competition of painting, sculpture and graphics "China-Ukraine Friendship Bridge" at the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Odessa.

Since 2015, a member of the Union of Artists of Qatar Fine Art Association (QFAA).

May 2015 - personal exhibition "National treasure" in the cultural complex "Qatar" in Doha, held as part of the cultural cooperation between Ukraine and Qatar.

September 2015 - participated in the collective exhibition "From Qatar" in the cultural complex "Qatar" in Doha.

October 2015 - winner in the "Realistic Painting" nomination in the international project "Realistic Art" of the Qatar Fine Art Association (QFAA).

January 16, 2016 - held a master class at the third meeting of Bikers of the Middle East: Emerging art Qatar 3-d GCC Rear Cars and Bikes Show 2016.

March 2016 - solo exhibition "National Treasure" Solo Exhibition in Doha (Qatar).

March 2016 - participated in the project "Open Workshop Katara".

June 2016 — three works from the Qtargets project took second place at the exhibition competition of Ukrainian artists organized by the Academy of Contemporary Art Kyiv, Ukraine.

2016 - organization and participation in the exhibition of Ukrainian artists with the assistance of the Embassy of Ukraine in Qatar.

December 2016 — Invited guest of the international contemporary art exhibition Art Basel Miami Beach 2016.

December 2016 - participation in the international exhibition "From Qatar" under the patronage of His Majesty Sheikh Adel Ali Bin Ali in Doha.

April 2017 - participation with the painting "Often the target is not the target" of the Qtargets project at ArtExpo New York (NICAS).

May 2017 - participation with the painting "Often the target is not the target" of the Qtargets project at Frieze Art Fair New York at Saphira & Ventura Gallery.

June 2017 - The painting "Often the target is not the goal" by the Qtargets project took third place at the Art Basel EuroAirport exhibition of contemporary art.

September 2017 – Qtargets StART project presented at Saatchi Gallery.