Buriak Mariia

Buriak Mariia

Mariia was born in Kovalyn village, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi district, Kyiv oblast, in 1935. She did not obtain any artistic education. He painted with gouache on paper. She is the Honored Master of Folk Art of Ukraine (1995), Kateryna Bilokur Prize winner (1991), and was bestowed with the Third Class Order of Princess Olha (2005).

Mariia Buriak’s art is based on the original, associative perception of the environment, flowers, fantastic birds and folklore motifs.

She had participated in exhibitions in Kyiv, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Moscow, Brussels, Paris and Toronto since 1968.

She passed away in 2008.