Viktor Butko is a Massachusetts based oil painter, primarily working in the genre of landscape. He spends much of the year in Maine and Long Island working in nature. He has exhibited annually since 2016 at the Grenning Gallery in Long Island, where his work has garnered the attention of painters, collectors and the press, including FIne Art Connoisseur (where he was just named one of “Five to Watch in 2023”) and East magazine. Most recently he won Best in Show in the Rockport Art Association National exhibition for his painting of Stonington, Maine in the winter, as well as the Robert Douglas Hunter Award at the Guild of Boston Artists for his painting of North Haven. Butko has been an invited guest artist to teach, jury and lecture at institutions such as the Salmagundi Club in NYC and the Lyme Art Association. His works are widely collected in the U.S. and internationally.