Peter Kravchenko

He was awarded the Diploma of the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine (2003).

In 1996 he organized an exhibition in Kyiv dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay and initiated the issuance of a postage stamp by Ukrposhta dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay. In 1998, thanks to his efforts, Ukrposhta issued a postage stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian settlement in Australia. In 2000, he organized the arrival of a delegation of the Kyiv City Council to establish cultural relations between the cities of Kyiv and Sydney and to bring a sculpture-monument "Shevchenko's Dumas" as a gift to Ukrainians in Sydney from Ukraine.

Kravchenko exhibited his paintings at Ukrainian Artists Society of Australia exhibitions in Lidcombe, Wollongong, Sydney, Adelaide, and Melbourne. In 1992, a solo exhibition was held in Sydney, showing 65 of his works. In the same year he was an exhibitor with his three works: "On Ivan Kupala", "Pereyaslivska Rada", and "Princess Olga" at the exhibition "Unity" in Kyiv. One work - "My Thoughts" (portrait of Taras Shevchenko) was donated and exhibited at the Taras Shevchenko National Museum. In 1994 he was accepted as an honorary member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, and in 1997 a personal exhibition "Burden of Ukraine through the Ages" was organized at the Museum of History of Kyiv, dedicated to the 2nd World Forum of Ukrainians. In 1999, the first album of the artist "The burden of Ukraine through the ages" was released, which presents 65 samples of Ukrainian costumes (clothes) worn by Ukrainian people.

In 1967 he was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Artists Society of Australia, and he was the acting secretary from 1967 to 2007. In 1975 he was one of the founders of FUSA in Australia and a permanent member. In 1991-1998 he belonged to the Directorate of this institution.

Peter Mytrofanovych Kravchenko (21 June 1921 - 27 November 2009) was a Ukrainian artist and public figure.

Peter Kravchenko was born on 21 June 1921, in Podil, Kyiv, to a hard-working family. His father, Mitrofan Hryhorovych, had a small ice cream operation in the summer season, and in the fall he engaged in glass production. In 1940 Kravchenko graduated from Taras Shevchenko State Art School in Kyiv. During the war he was a German prisoner. After the Second World War he remained in Germany, where he worked as a set designer. In 1949 he went to Australia and settled in Sydney. After the end of the state employment contract at the brick factory, he worked on the railway. During this work he continued his professional education, graduated from the Institute of Commercial Arts and the School of Television Training.