Volodymar Nougats (born 1945 in Lviv) – is an Ukrainian painter. Graduated from the Odessa art school (1964), studied with D. Frumina; Moscow Higher Art and Industrial School (1970). He considers spiritual art to be true art. Member of the International Association of Mosaic Artists, Ravenna, Italy (1998). Took part in actions of Moscow conceptual artists (end of the 1970s — first half of the 1980s). Member of the association “GORKOM GRAPHICS” on Malaya Gruzynskaya (Moscow, 1970s). Participant of numerous group and personal exhibitions (since 1979) in Ukraine and abroad. Lives and works in Cologne, Germany (since 1989). Works are kept in museum collections: Zimmerly Museum (New Jersey, USA); Museum of Contemporary Art (Vienna, Austria); Museum of Contemporary Art (Bern, Switzerland); Museum of Contemporary Art (Cologne, Germany); Museum of Modern Art (San Marino, Italy) and numerous private collections in Ukraine and abroad.