On October 16, 2020, a personal exhibition of works of the famous Kropyvnytskyi artist, Merited Artist of Ukraine Serhii Shapovalov and a catalog “Pictorial impromptu of Serhii Shapovalov” was presented in O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum. The event was held within the museum project “In an artist’s studio” to Artist Day. The project is aimed at popularization of creative work of Ukrainian artists and presupposes organization of personal exhibitions and publication of catalogs with the interview and contemplations of artists about art and life, reproductions of works, which brightly represent their creative search.
    Due to the temporary restriction on mass cultural events since October 9, 2020, the vernissage was held involving the artist, the museum staff, and the press.
    Shapovalov Serhii Havrylovych (born 1943) – Merited Artist of Ukraine (2008), a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1989), a laureate of the Regional Award in Fine Art and Study of Art named after Oleksandr Osmerkin in the nomination “national tradition” (2006), and the Municipal Art Award named after Borys Vintenko (2020). A participant of town, regional, all-Ukrainian, and international art exhibitions. The works are kept in the art museums and private collections in Ukraine and abroad.
    The exhibition consists of more than 30 paintings of different years starting from 1969, when the artist was a freshman of Kyiv Art Institute, and till the present, created just before the exhibition. The majority is exhibited for the first time.
    The exposition is completed with colored photos made by a famous photographer, a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine Oleksandr Shuleshko from the series “Serhii Shapovalov’s Studio”.
    The museum director Vita Chernova congratulated Merited Artist of Ukraine Serhii Shapovalov on the opening of a personal exhibition and on behalf of the staff presented him a souvenir cup with the image of the artist’s painting from the museum collection “Autumn Colors” (2011). The artist was also congratulated by the leading researcher of the museum, Merited Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadezhdin, the chief curator of the Museum of Musical Culture named after Karol Szymanowski Olena Klasova, the younger brother of the artist, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Anatolii Shapovalov, and a press photographer of the local periodical “Vechirnia Hazeta” Oleksandr Shuleshko.
    Suring the presentation of the exhibition, Merited Artist of Ukraine SerhiiShapovalov told the story of creation of some works that were exhibited for the first time. Also, he improvised on the memorial grand piano; the artist can play many musical instruments.
    At the end of the event, everyone present took a photo with Merited Artist of Ukraine Serhii Shapovalov outside the museum.