On July 19, 2022, the presentation of the solo exhibition of Yulia Tarasova's watercolor painting "The Paths of Khutir Nadiya " dedicated to the 140th anniversary of theTheater of Luminaries was held in the O.O.Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum.
    Kropyvnytskyi artist Yuliya Tarasova is a graduate of the art faculty of the Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after V.Vynnychenko. For many years, she successfully worked as a graphic designer at the publishing and printing center "Imex-LTD" in Kropyvnytskyi. She is an active participant of plein air events of the Kirovohrad regional organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
    This is the artist's first solo exhibition. Her exhibition consists of almost 50 watercolors made by the artist during 2020-2022 during creative trips, excursions and plein airs events in the Ivan Karpenko-Kary (Tobilevich) State Nature Reserve-Museum "Khutir Nadiya".
    "For a long time, I harbored the idea of writing a kind of portrait of the writer's estate "Khutir Nadiya", which is unique for Ukraine. And so it happened! After numerous excursions, the first works were born. But with each subsequent visit to this amazing enclave of creativity, new gems emerge again and again, which I want to share on paper. Here the divine blue glows in everything: the breeze envelops the branches of huge oaks, "water plays with autumn leaves", the viburnum burns, the color palette conveys even the aroma of apples and freshly cut grass... Here you relax, rest your soul, enjoy the epic peace of nature. There is a war in Ukraine. I want the swing of emotions that covered us to recede even for a moment. I want to share my love for our glorious land with everyone. Enjoy the reflection of this "green oasis in the middle of the vast Ukrainian steppe". And get inspired for Victory! At the end of the exhibition, the works can be purchased, part of the proceeds will be transferred to help our army," said the author of the exhibition during its opening.
    Yuliya Tarasova was congratulated on the exhibition by the director of the museum, Vita Chernova, leading researcher, honored artist of Ukraine Andriy Nadezhdin, who noted the lyricism and poetics of the presented watercolors, honored journalist of Ukraine Valery Myatovych, who presented the recently published author's book "Hallowed be your name..." , the head of the public organization "The United Family of Kropyvnychchyna" Olena Stepanok and the head of the regional public organization "Union of Bulgarians "Nashite Khora" Serhiy Osadchyi, a fellow student and now a teacher of the Oleksandr Osmerkin art school Oleksandr Kiryanov, architect and artist Iryna Kukharenko, scientists employees of the I.K. Karpenko-Kary Literary and Memorial Museum, the Karol Szymanowski Museum of Musical Culture, and the Art Museum.
     Everyone who came to Yulia Tarasova's watercolor vernissage not only admired the artist's creative works, but also bought them for their own collections.