Maksym Kisilov

My name is Maksym. Born November 3, 1989 in the city Alexandria, Kirovohrad region in Ukraine. I'm a professional watercolor artist. I work in watercolor technique, which I try to develop and popularize all over the world, participating in international and national exhibitions and open-air events, as well as conducting watercolor workshops. I like this technique for its speed, lightness, transparency and spontaneity. I can't imagine my life without watercolors.

2001-2008 studied at the Art School named Tarasa Shevchenko in Kyiv.
2009-2014 studied at the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture on Faculty of Architecture, Department of Design.

2017 Honorable mention. Abu Rawash Prize 2017
2018 Appreciation Award. Abu Rawash Prize 2018
2018 Cristal Awards. 1st International watercolor festival in Prague, Czech Republic
2019 Gold Winner, 1st place in the Best Landscape - Impressionism category. Abu Rawash Prize 2019
2019 Finalist. The 1st IMWA (International Masters of Watercolor Association and Alliance).
2021 Finalist. The 2st IMWA (International Masters of Watercolor Association and Alliance).

2017 - MasterClass in Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 - MasterClass in Kharkiv, Ukraine
2018 - MasterClass on the personal exhibition in Varna, Bulgaria
2018 - Demo on the 1st International Watercolor Festival, Praga, Czech Republic
2018 - MasterClass in Karlstad, Sweden
2019 - Karlstad in Minsk, Belarus
2020 - MasterClass in Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 - MasterClass in Oleksandria, Ukraine

2000 - Personal exhibition in Alexandria, Ukraine
2013 - Participation in an exhibition Lviv, Ukraine
2014 - Sculpture master class for children in Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 - Personal exhibition in Wroclaw, Poland
2014 - Personal exhibition in Alexandria, Ukraine
2014 - Participation in an exhibition of painters and photographs in Wroclaw, Poland
2015 - Participation in the International Watercolor Festival in Tirana, Albania
2015 Participation in All-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition NUAU, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2016 - Peace and Love Trough Art, Trevelling Exhibitionon, Switzerland
2016 - Participation in the 1st International Watercolor Biennale, Pakistan
2016 - Participation in the “Spring Watercolor Festival”, Albania
2016 - Participation in the 4st International Watercolor Biennale, Belgrade, Serbia
2016 - Personal exhibition in Lviv, Ukraine
2016 - First International Watercolor Biennale, Hong Kong
2016 - Participants of the 1st All-Ukrainian and International Watercolor Biennale, Odesa, Ukraine
2016 - Participation in All-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition NUAU, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2016-2017 - Personal exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine
2017 - Participation in the International Watercolor Festival in Tirana, Albania
2017 - Participation to “The International ''ZEUGMA'' Love, Tolerance and Peace Watercolor Festival”, Gaziantep, Turkey
2017 - Participation in the 1st International Watercolor Biennale, Budapest, Slovakia
2017 - Participation in All-Ukrainian Christmas exhibition NUAU, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2018 - Participation in the 5st International Watercolor Biennale, Belgrade, Serbia
2018 - Participants of the 1st international exhibition of watercolor painting "Our Wonderful World", Kharkiv, Ukraine
2018 - Participants of the 1st International Watercolor Festival, Praga, Czech Republic
2018 - Personal exhibition in Varna, Bulgaria
2018 - Personal exhibition in Lviv, Ukraine
2018 - Participants of the 2st All-Ukrainian and International Watercolor Biennale, Odesa, Ukraine
2018 - Participants of International Watercolor Contest 2018 by Galleria Esdé, Cagliari, Italy
2019 - Participant of the International exhibition of watercolor, Fabriano, Italy
2019 - Participant International Watercolor Biennale, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2019 - Personal exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 - Personal exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 - Participant of the 1st International Watercolour Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan
2020 - Participant of the 3nd All-Ukrainian and International Watercolor Biennale, Odesa, Ukraine
2021 - Personal exhibition in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
2021 - Personal exhibition in Oleksandria, Ukraine

I work in the impressionist style. I am inspired by nature, architecture, city and people.

original watercolor, art painting, city landscape, plein air impressionism, horizon sunset, realism architecture