The paintings of artist Anatoliy Khmara evoke a sensation of uplifting pleasure and fill the space with vibrancy and emotion. His impressionistic portrayals of Chicago dazzle the eye with a technique he calls “Color Effect Energy”. “A range of warm vibrant hues and cool, dark strokes draw the viewer into the subject matter.” Khmara describes his use of color, adding “There is only one thing to do, feel it and be with the feeling.” His celebration of the city is expressed in the depth and complexity of his color philosophy. “The credo of my work is to utilize and incorporate the sensational combinations of color.”
Founder and Center Director of Medici Art Center, Anatoliy Khmara, a renowned painter and stained glass artist, was born in 1956 in Kiev, Ukraine. At the age of five, Anatoliy entered the Studio of Visual Art for Gifted Children in Kiev, and went on to earn his Master in Fine Arts at Fedorov Institute of Art and Graphic Design in Kiev, Ukraine in 1981. In 1996, Anatoliy Khmara won the prestigious International United Nations Painting competition and in 1997 gained entrance to the United States under Extraordinary Artist visa. In 2005 Anatoliy graduated from Landmark Education’s Curriculum for living and was inspired to open The Medici Art Center to teach transformational art education to a wider audience.
Khmara’s award winning paintings are held in the collections of Ukrainian Embassies in Washington, D.C.; Austria; and Egypt; and are also displayed in the National Art Museums of Kiev and Lugansk. In addition his oil and water colors are treasured by private collectors throughout the United States, Europe and Japan.
The mission of COLBY GALLERY is to exhibit artwork by todays most passionate and inspirational contemporary artists. The vision of the gallery is to create new paradigms of the empowered human experience and potential. COLBY GALLERY offers a wide range of original artwork and prints for private collections and installation in select public spaces.
COLBY GALLERY
1626 West 18th Street,
Chicago, IL, 60608, USA
colbyluck@sbcglobal.net
312-607-8353
Founder and Center Director of Medici Art Center, Anatoliy Khmara, a renowned painter and stained glass artist, was born in 1956 in Kiev, Ukraine. At the age of five, Anatoliy entered the Studio of Visual Art for Gifted Children in Kiev, and went on to earn his Master in Fine Arts at Fedorov Institute of Art and Graphic Design in Kiev, Ukraine in 1981. In 1996, Anatoliy Khmara won the prestigious International United Nations Painting competition and in 1997 gained entrance to the United States under Extraordinary Artist visa. In 2005 Anatoliy graduated from Landmark Education’s Curriculum for living and was inspired to open The Medici Art Center to teach transformational art education to a wider audience.
Khmara’s award winning paintings are held in the collections of Ukrainian Embassies in Washington, D.C.; Austria; and Egypt; and are also displayed in the National Art Museums of Kiev and Lugansk. In addition his oil and water colors are treasured by private collectors throughout the United States, Europe and Japan.
The mission of COLBY GALLERY is to exhibit artwork by todays most passionate and inspirational contemporary artists. The vision of the gallery is to create new paradigms of the empowered human experience and potential. COLBY GALLERY offers a wide range of original artwork and prints for private collections and installation in select public spaces.
COLBY GALLERY
1626 West 18th Street,
Chicago, IL, 60608, USA
colbyluck@sbcglobal.net
312-607-8353
Born in New York City, Colby Luckenbill grew up on the East side of Manhattan in a neighborhood of Diplomats next to the United Nations which strongly influenced her perspective that we are all one multifaceted human family of infinite potential. Her mother, Margaret E. Luckenbill, a painter, sculptor and humanitarian; her father Donald N. Luckenbill, Jr., a renown architect; and her grandfather, Donald N. Luckenbill Sr., a highly respected composer and musician, all taught her the language of art from a very young age.
Luckenbill attended a small private college preparatory school in Brooklyn Heights, The Packer Collegiate Institute. In addition she took classes at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elizabeth Seeger School in SoHo, and was awarded entrance to college level summer art courses at SUNY Ferdonia and Chautauqua Institution. She was the recipient of numerous artistic awards, including the Scholastic Art Award for New York, which led to state and national recognition including publication in Who's Who and being honored personally by New York Mayor Edward Koch.
Choosing to explore light and color, Luckenbill moved to the South of France to study painting at The Leo Marchutz Atelier near Aix En Provence. Following a year in Europe she moved to Chicago, Illinois to attend The School of The Art Institute of Chicago to major in fine art and filmmaking. While spending an exchange year in California at The San Francisco Art Institute she became interested in Latin American Art which led to intensive study trips through SAIC to Mexico and Central America where she also learned Spanish. She was especially moved by her visit to San Cristobal de las Casa in Chiapas, Mexico and nearby Indigenous villages.
Luckenbill was awarded residency at the renown Three Arts Club in Chicago after graduation and worked in numerous art galleries including the gallery of Latin American Art pioneer Aldo Castillo. In 2005 she moved to the historic Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago and opened her own art gallery, COLBY GALLERY, to be close to the vibrant Mexican and artistic communities. Luckenbill quickly became integrated into the cultural landscape of the neighborhood. COLBY GALLERY represents local, national and international artists who inspire the human spirit. The gallery has participated in the annual 18TH STREET PILSEN OPEN STUDIOS art studio and gallery walk each year. Luckenbill served as the Assistant Director for their 10th year anniversary in 2012 when she brought in more artists than ever before including past participants and new local talent.
Currently Luckenbill curates exhibitions and works closely with artists assisting them in developing creative projects and promoting their careers. She assists artists of all disciplines in bringing their lives and work into greater alignment with their soul's purpose and high vibrational living.
ARTIST STATEMENT - COLBY LUCKENBILL
The archaic definition of Curate is "any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls." It is derived from the root of "cure" as in “curative: serving to cure or heal; a remedy.” A Curator seeks to do this not in a hospital, nor a church, but in the celebrated walls of a cultural center, a gallery or a museum. When curating exhibits it is my deep and heart felt mission to connect with the souls and visions of today's most passionate and inspirational contemporary artists and unite them to form ever new paradigms of the empowered human experience and potential.
All images and text copyright Colby Gallery and the individual Artists
Luckenbill attended a small private college preparatory school in Brooklyn Heights, The Packer Collegiate Institute. In addition she took classes at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elizabeth Seeger School in SoHo, and was awarded entrance to college level summer art courses at SUNY Ferdonia and Chautauqua Institution. She was the recipient of numerous artistic awards, including the Scholastic Art Award for New York, which led to state and national recognition including publication in Who's Who and being honored personally by New York Mayor Edward Koch.
Choosing to explore light and color, Luckenbill moved to the South of France to study painting at The Leo Marchutz Atelier near Aix En Provence. Following a year in Europe she moved to Chicago, Illinois to attend The School of The Art Institute of Chicago to major in fine art and filmmaking. While spending an exchange year in California at The San Francisco Art Institute she became interested in Latin American Art which led to intensive study trips through SAIC to Mexico and Central America where she also learned Spanish. She was especially moved by her visit to San Cristobal de las Casa in Chiapas, Mexico and nearby Indigenous villages.
Luckenbill was awarded residency at the renown Three Arts Club in Chicago after graduation and worked in numerous art galleries including the gallery of Latin American Art pioneer Aldo Castillo. In 2005 she moved to the historic Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago and opened her own art gallery, COLBY GALLERY, to be close to the vibrant Mexican and artistic communities. Luckenbill quickly became integrated into the cultural landscape of the neighborhood. COLBY GALLERY represents local, national and international artists who inspire the human spirit. The gallery has participated in the annual 18TH STREET PILSEN OPEN STUDIOS art studio and gallery walk each year. Luckenbill served as the Assistant Director for their 10th year anniversary in 2012 when she brought in more artists than ever before including past participants and new local talent.
Currently Luckenbill curates exhibitions and works closely with artists assisting them in developing creative projects and promoting their careers. She assists artists of all disciplines in bringing their lives and work into greater alignment with their soul's purpose and high vibrational living.
ARTIST STATEMENT - COLBY LUCKENBILL
The archaic definition of Curate is "any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls." It is derived from the root of "cure" as in “curative: serving to cure or heal; a remedy.” A Curator seeks to do this not in a hospital, nor a church, but in the celebrated walls of a cultural center, a gallery or a museum. When curating exhibits it is my deep and heart felt mission to connect with the souls and visions of today's most passionate and inspirational contemporary artists and unite them to form ever new paradigms of the empowered human experience and potential.
All images and text copyright Colby Gallery and the individual Artists