Andrei
Petrovich Soldatenko

Born July 27, 1975. He started drawing in his early childhood. Finished Children's art school, where he studied for 5 years in 1991, the year he entered the Saratov art school. Bogolyubov.

Studying design at the Department, was more interested in painting, especially plein air. Every summer, was chosen in a picturesque place on the Volga. Huge cliffs of the Volga, the Cretaceous rocks, villages and infinitely beautiful sky above the river attracted the artist to this day and are a source of creative inspiration.

In the years of studies painted during these trips, were exhibited at local exhibitions. The first exhibition organized by a group of young artists, held in autumn 1993. Its success has inspired artists, and these exhibitions have become traditional.

Around the same time was held a personal exhibition Soldatenko, which was represented by paintings and graphic works. In his early works the artist focused more on the transfer of the fleeting sensations that arise from nature or city streets in different States. Along with painting, Andrey Soldatenko working on decorative and abstract compositions.

In the fall of 1996 in the exhibition hall of Union of artists of Russia, Saratov held a great exhibition "Sveten", which presents works of Saratov artists. Among them were Andrey Soldatenko. The exhibition caused great repercussions in society. The reaction was from very positive to very negative. Many years have passed, but the exhibition in Saratov still remember.

From 1997 Andrey Soldatenko participated in different exhibitions:

1997, the Regional exhibition. Saratov

2002 Exhibition in the VI Festival of Slavic culture in Paris. Awarded the diploma of the Russian Center for international scientific and cultural cooperation under the government of the Russian Federation.

2003 Personal exhibition "Beach" in the house-Museum of Pavel Kuznetsov (Saratov state art Museum im. Radishcheva)

2006 Regional Youth exhibition. Saratov

2007 all-Russian youth exhibition. Moscow

2007 Regional exhibition in the exhibition hall of the artists Union. Saratov

2008 national exhibition "Victory". Volgograd

2008 Regional exhibition. Saratov

2008 Regional exhibition "Youth of Russia". Saratov. Awarded the diploma of the Russian Academy of arts.

2008 regional exhibition "Big Volga". Cheboksary

2009 Exhibition gallery "InDIVA", Varna, Bulgaria.

2009 all-Russian exhibition "Russia – XI". Central house of artists, Moscow

2009 Exhibition "Big Volga in Moscow". Central house of artists, Moscow.

2009-2010. the Bulgarian-Russian exhibition of painting "prism". Varna, Ruse, Pazardjik, Sofia, Bourgas, Bulgaria

Included in the encyclopedia "Who is Who in Russia" (biographical encyclopedia of successful people of Russia). Member of the Union of artists of Russia.

In a modern works, the artist confronts a new more challenging goal

to create perfect visual perception to painting, to find the right ratio of colour spots, depicted objects, to find harmony in the line, the plastic, in other words, to transform the nature so that to convey a sense of its condition, and at the same time that all the work done by the artist, the work (food) was not noticeable to the viewer.

Works are in private collections in Russia, France, Germany, America, CIS countries and others.