On April 18, 2017 an opening of a personal exhibition of paintings and graphic works of Natalia Kukharenko “The streets of the native town” took place in O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum.
   Kukharenko Natalia was born in Kirovohrad (now Kropyvnytskyi), finished Kirovohrad Children’s Art School named after O.O.Osmerkin. Now she is an undergraduate of the Department of Painting and Graphics of Art Faculty of Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Vynnychenko. Actively participates in different student art exhibitions held in the university, museums and libraries.
   The exhibition “The streets of the native town” is a first personal exhibition of Natalia Kukharenko. Poster of the exhibition, invitation cards and theme booklet are of her own design.0
   Work on the graduation project “Set of post cards “architectural details of the historic part of the town Elisavethrad – Kirovohrad” (scientific adviser – PhD in History of Art, associate professor Kyrychenko O.I.) encouraged to make an exhibition. The graduation project showed the historic architecture of the town, now Kropyvnytskyi, through decorative details of different styles.
   More than twenty works made in the technique of oil painting, watercolor and drawing in pencil are presented in the exposition. They recreate architectural face of the historic centre of our town.
   Natalia Kukharenko was congratulated not only by the lecturers of the university - scientific adviser PhD in History of Art Kyrychenko O.I. and the head of the department of Fine Art and Design, PhD in Pedagogy T.M.Stritevich, but also the head of the Department of Regional and Urban Development and Architecture of Kirovohrad Regional State Administration V.V.Kulikova and leading researcher of the museum, Merited Artist of Ukraine A.M.Nadezhdin and of course by parents and fellow-students.