RUSLAN NAIDA

1969 – March 25, born in Kyiv into military family.

1969 - 1971 – first two years of his life spent in Semipalatynsk, Kazachstan on a soviet nuclear test ground. Steppes of Kazachstan.

1971 - 1984 – childhood at soviet military nuclear base, Odessa region. Steppes of Ukraine.

1986 - 1987 – works and studies anatomy at the Human anatomy lab at Medical University, Kyiv.

1987 –1993 – Ukrainian Academy of Arts (MFA).

1988 – 1993 – participant of numerous exhibits of the Artist Union of Ukraine.

1992 – first one-man show of sculpture and drawings, Tychyna Museum, Kyiv.

1988 – 1993 – takes part at numerous archeological digs of Neolithic cultures.

1990 – 1993 – participates in Cossack movement, studies and makes ancient folk musical instruments.

1991 – author of Chornobyl firefighters memorial, Internal Affairs Ministry building, Kyiv.

1992 – Producer of a historic documentary about antibilshovyk movement in Central Ukraine of 1919 –1920.

1986 – 1993 – participant of numerous exhibits in Sweden, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine.

1993 – curator and participant of the “Art at the dawn of civilization” exhibit – fusion of ancient and modern art, State Literature Museum, Kyiv.

1993 – “Art at the dawn of civilization”, exhibit hall IMF, Washington, DC, USA.

1993 – 1995 – personal and group art exhibits in New York, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, (USA) and Ontario, (Canada).

1993 – 1994 – head artist at the creative art glass studio New York, USA.

1995 – installation of a memorial plaque of the famous Ukrainian writer Oles Honchar, Kyiv, Ukraine.

1996 – sculpture “Warrior” part of permanent collection of Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. Installation of an outdoor sculpture “Kobzar” at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington D.C.

1997 – 2002 – created and developed design company for artistic renovation of historic houses, Baltimore, MD, USA.

from 2003 – works in New York, USA and Kyiv, Ukraine.

2006 – heads Cossack movement “Nova Sich”.

2009 – founder of Equestrian Cossack camp and sculptural estate, Kyiv region, Ukraine.

2005 – 2010 – illustrates six books, establishes publisher house “Nova Sich”.

2011 - Great Sculptural Salon, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2011 – installation of a memorial plaque of the famous Ukrainian writer Mykyta Shumylo, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2011– installation of a memorial plaque dedicated to Oles Honchar (initiator of reconstraction of Cathedral of ST. Michael), Kyiv Ukraine.