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Tanya Ilyakhova was born and raised in Novograd-Volynskiy, a small ancient town in the Northwest Ukraine.   At the age of eleven Tanya was admitted to the exclusive Art School for the Gifted Children of the Ukraine, the only school of its kind that existed in the 16 republics of the former Soviet Union back then and was often referred to in the Soviet press as the “Nation’s Gold Fund.” At the age of eighteen Tanya graduated from the Art School with the highest of honors and was admitted to the five-year program of the prestigious National Academy of Arts of the Ukraine.   Tanya mastered the technical...more
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Tanya Ilyakhova At The National Arts Club

Kiev, - September 20th, 2014

Despite the rich and subtle effects that can be achieved with it, the ancient wax-resist process of batik, in which one paints on fabric with wax and these parts do not absorb the applied color but retain that of the original fabric, is normally associated with craft projects rather than with fine art painting. At least this is so in the United states. The renowned Ukrainian contempo- rary artist Tanya Ilyakhova, however, who is equally proficient in oil on canvas, makes one see batik in an entirely new light in her solo exhibition at the National Arts Club, Grand Gallery, 15 Gramercy Park south, from october 25 through November 8. (Reception: Tuesday, october 27, 5:30-7 pm.) Ilyakhova has an interesting history. Growing up in a small town in Novgorod- Volynskiy, she attended the prestigious Art school for Gifted Children of the Ukraine. only one such school existed in each of the si...