The artist needs solitude, And a path straight through the tall grass, Like the purity of a heavenly well The bright spirit flies to me. And angels of universal love Raise the beating of the heart on tablets. The artist needs solitude. Thus defined her creative credo the Volyn master Svitlana Kyryliuk. Her personal exhibition recently opened in the Lutsk gallery "Krainia Khata". In the creative output presented in the exposition – mini-tapestries, painting, painting on glass. When you cross the threshold of the gallery, you stop struck by what you see. The first thing that comes to mind – Lutsk residents have not seen such wonderful works for a long time. One feels both no small natural gift and a serious artistic school. But the matter is not only in this. All works of Svitlana Kyryliuk differ both in material and in technique of execution. But at the same time they very harmoniously complement each other, creating an integral composition. All these creations of the talented hands of the artist radiate some invisible light that warms the soul. For hours one can admire the landscapes of the Carpathians and native Volyn, masterfully woven tapestries, unrestrained fantasies embodied in works on glass. By the way, the exhibition presents only a third of the creative output of the talented artist. Most of her works today are kept in state and private collections of Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Germany, Scandinavia, Canada, the USA. This unusual woman with tired green eyes is chosen. She is initiated into the mystery of the magic of the Universe of love. Having passed this feeling through the prism of her heart, Svitlana gives it to her wonder-works. Therefore these are not just works, these are masterpieces. Actually, she herself said this best: "And a woman who creates with images, like a sip of nourishing prana, needs to be in a state of being in love. It seems a contradiction. But from the combination of these two states, creations of the Macrocosm, incomprehensibly close and distant at the same time, manifest themselves, and then are born and spread on the canvas of the cloth." Reference. Creative biography of Svitlana Kyryliuk. Born in 1962, graduated from Lutsk Children's Art School. 1978-1982 – study at Lviv School of Applied and Decorative Art. 1983 – restoration workshops of Lviv Picture Gallery. 1983-1988 – study at Lviv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art at the faculty of artistic weaving. 1988-1998 – Volyn artistic and production workshops of the Art Fund of Ukraine. 1992-1993 – teaching at the Institute of Arts of VDU named after Lesya Ukrainka, 2001-2003 – teaching at Volyn State School of Culture and Arts. Since 1985 – participant of regional republican and international exhibitions.