Vladimir Illichov
Painter · architect · PhD in architecture · member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine
Architecture, urban memory, landscape and still life. Creator of the “Architecture in Painting” style: structure and space first, then colour and mood.
- Painter, PhD in architecture
- Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine
- Author of the patented style “Architecture in painting”
- Top-100 artist-architects
- 1,500 paintings in private and museum collections
- Author of 100 video lessons and 5 online courses
Biography
Volodymyr Illichov is a Ukrainian painter, architect, educator and researcher. His work explores architecture, urban memory, landscape, still life and experimental painting. His training as an architect shaped his visual language and his long study of the historic urban fabric of Odesa.
He graduated from the Grekov Odesa Art College and the Faculty of Architecture of the Odesa Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and completed doctoral research on urban-environment design in Sofia. He taught the fundamentals of architecture and, from 2018 to 2023, painting and drawing to architecture students at Odesa National Maritime University. He has taken part in international and national exhibitions, biennials and museum projects.
Method
“Architecture in Painting” is Volodymyr’s style: a city or an object is built like a building — structure, perspective, shadow — and the paint goes over an exact frame. His courses on architecture, landscape and still life teach it.
Selected exhibitions
- 2001–2020
“Painting from Odesa” — annually, House of Arts, Haren, Germany
- 2010
Second Odesa Biennale of Contemporary Art, “Life Zone”
- 2012
All-Ukrainian “Still Life in Painting” — Central House of Artists, Kyiv
- 2014
“Architecture in Painting” — Shustov Museum of Cognac, Odesa
- 2022
“Space for Imagination” — Vinogradov Gallery, Berlin
- 2023
“Love for Living Architecture” — Natali Bodnar Gallery, Paris
- 2023
ART Shopping Paris — Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
- 2024–2025
“BLESSED” — Shevchenko Museum, Toronto
Popular courses
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ArtistLittle White Boats
Vladimir Illichov
Advanced levelSt Mark's Basilica
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Advanced levelTender Provence
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Advanced levelArch with Window and Bas-relief
Vladimir Illichov
Master of Painting and DrawingThe Mechanics of Human Movement
Vladimir Illichov
Basic levelPreparing Your Own Canvas
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Advanced levelThe White Horse Loves Daisies
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StudentIn the Hush of Flowing Thought
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Together
A family of painters and the AURUM studio
Olena and Volodymyr Illichov are a family of painters from Odesa. Together they founded AURUM Art Centre (2008), ran dozens of exhibitions, projects and painting marathons, and since 2020 have shown duo exhibitions in Europe and Canada. Their studio is now in Rees, near Düsseldorf.
Duo exhibitions
- 2020
“Untimely Love” — ARTODESSA Gallery, Odesa
- 2022
“Sea Frontiers” — AURUM Art Gallery, Odesa
- 2024
“The Journey to Your Heights” — Atmosphere Art Space, Guelph, Canada
- 2024–2025
“BLESSED” — Shevchenko Museum, Toronto, Canada
The school’s other masterElena Illichova→