General
Personal exhibitions and projects
Participations
Awards
Collections
Bibliography
Born: October 4, 1950.
Permanently lives and works in L’viv.
Fields of interest:
Painting, performance,
installation, video-art
Education:
1973 - 1979 - Diploma of
the L’viv Academy of Arts.
Membership:
·Since 1998 - the head of conceptual art department in the Artists’ Union of Ukraine.
·Since 1996 - Artists’ Union of Ukraine trustee.
·Since 1991 - Artists’ Union of Ukraine member.
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Personal
exhibitions and projects:
· 2002 - «2 i 2», personal exhibition, Cultural Center “Dzyga”, Lviv, UKRAINE
· 2002 - «Vasyl Bazhaj. Painting», personal exhibition, “Atelier Karas” Gallery,
Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 2002 - “Areality”, personal exhibition, National Museum, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 2001 - performance project “Object #7”. 1st International Biennale of Contemporary
Art “Ecology 3000”, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 2000 - performance project, Center for Contemporary Art “Sovi-Art”, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 2000 - «…formulae…painting…», “Atelier Karas” Gallery, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 2000 - exhibition-project "DE-TERMINO / antithesis", Art Palace, L’viv,
UKRAINE
· 1999 - performance project "de…ism", CCA, Kyiv, UKRAINE.
· 1999 - project "The Labyrinth", CCA, Kyiv, UKRAINE.
· 1998 - performance project "Macbeth II", Festival of contemporary theatre
“Golden Lion”, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1998 - project "The Labyrinth", Art Palace, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1998 - exhibition and performance project "Piano-Forte ІІІ", Art Palace,
L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1997 - performance project "Piano-Forte ІІІ", “Atelier Karas” Gallery,
Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1996 - exhibition and performance project "Piano-Forte ІІ", Art Palace,
L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1996 - performance project "Macbeth", “Al Henagar” Gallery, Cairo, EGYPT
· 1996 - performance project "Macbeth", “Lavra” Gallery, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1995 - personal exhibition "Forte-Piano" in the context of the 1st Festival
of Contemporary Classic Music “Contrasts”, L’viv Gallery of Arts, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1995 - personal exhibition, “Brama” Gallery, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1994 - personal exhibition, L’viv Gallery of Arts, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1993 - 1994 - personal exhibition, L’viv Gallery of Arts, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1993 - National Museum, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1992 - 1994 - personal exhibition, L’viv Gallery of Arts, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1991 - personal exhibition, gallery halls of the Artists’ Union of Ukraine, Kyiv,
UKRAINE
· 1990 - 1994 - personal exhibition, L’viv Gallery of Arts, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1989 - 1994 - personal exhibition, L’viv Gallery of Arts, L’viv, UKRAINE
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Participation:
· 2002 - “Newest-Noah's-Ark II” planar, Sida village, UKRAINE
· 2002 - "New trends", project “The Energy of Earth”, exhibition of
contemporary Ukrainian art, Artists’ Union of Ukraine, Central Artists House, Kyiv,
UKRAINE
· 2002 - Contemporary Ukrainian Art Festival “Cultural Hero”, Kyiv - Harkiv - Odessa
- L’viv, UKRAINE
· 2001 - “Newest-Noah's-Ark” planar, Sida village, UKRAINE
· 2001 - 1st International Biennale of Contemporary Art “Ecology 3000”, “Dzyga”
Gallery, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 2001 - “20 Artists at the End of Century”, National Museum, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 2000 - “1/2000”, Jacques Cartier Gallery, Shoni, FRANCE
· 2000 - "The New trends", the exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Art,
Artists’ Union of Ukraine, Central Artists House, Kyiv, UKRAINE.
· 2000 - "The Ark of Noah", exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art in the
context of mega-project "Art of Ukraine in 20th c.", Kyiv, UKRAINE.
· 1999 - "L’viv Art School", Art Palace, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1998 - International project "The Sources of Freedom", BWA Awangarda Gallery,
Wroclaw, POLAND
· 1998 - 3rd International Art-Festival, National House, Kyiv, UKRAINE:
· personal exhibition in the context of mega-project "Art of Ukraine in 20th
c."
· 1st Biennale of the non-figurative painting in the context of mega-project "Art of
Ukraine in 20th c."
· 1997 - exhibition "Photo-Synthesis", Central Artists’ House, National
Artists’ Union of Ukraine, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1997 - 2nd International Art-Festival, National House, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1996 - 1st International Art-Festival, project “Non-narrative painting”, National
House, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1994 - joint workshop-planar "Rencontres Franco-Ukrainiennes", Hust, UKRAINE;
Central Artists’ House, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1994 - "Through the Limits and the Borders", "Hipp-Holle" Gallery,
Gmunden, Austria
· 1993 - "The Steppes of Europe", Center for Contemporary Art "Ujazdovski
Castle", Warsaw, POLAND
· 1992-1993 - "New Art after USSR", Gallery of the Yale University, Yale, USA
· 1991 - International Symposium of Intellectuals, project "The Neighbors",
"Prуzmat" Gallery, Krakow, POLAND
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Long-term cooperation:
· 1996 - 2000 - Art Palace, L’viv, UKRAINE
· Since 1997 - International Art Fund "Gattamelatta", Kyiv, UKRAINE
· 1989 - 1996 - L’viv Gallery of Arts, L’viv, UKRAINE
Important Community Projects:
· 1998 - co-organizer of the Artists’ Fund “The Dialogue”, L’viv, UKRAINE
· 1997 - 1998 - founder and initiator of conceptual art department, National Artists’
Union of Ukraine
Awards:
· 2001 - Prize of Ivan Trush for intensive creative activity in the field of contemporary
painting
· 1996 - The best artist of the year "The Golden Crossing Award"
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State collections:
· L’viv Gallery of Arts, L’viv, UKRAINE
· Municipal Gallery, L’viv, UKRAINE
· National Museum, "Ukrainian Art of the 20th c. ", L’viv, UKRAINE
· National Museum, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· National Artists’ Union of Ukraine, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· Art Palace, L’viv, UKRAINE
· French Cultural Center, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· Museum of Fine Arts, Khmelnytsk, UKRAINE
Gallery collections:
· Albert Schiors Gallery, Gent, BELGIUM
· Center for Contemporary Art "Brama", Kyiv, UKRAINE
· "The Sculptura" Gallery, Pontiac, Detroit1, USA.
· Zimmerly Art Museum, New-Jersey, USA
· "Atelier Karas" Gallery, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, UKRAINE
Private collections:
· Bogdan Batruch, Geneva, SWITZERLNAD
· Herman Pirchner, Washington, USA
· Larry Bonakorsa, New York, USA
· Maria Shust, New York, USA
· Erik Green, Washington, USA
· Barbara & Richard Shrivers, Washington, USA
· Roman Revakovych, Warsaw, POLAND
· Jan Roman Potocky, Paris, FRANCE
· Dmytro Horbachov, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· Yevgen Karas, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· Juri Krytsiak, Kyiv, UKRAINE
· Stephen Dean, Washington, USA
· Richard Grey, Chicago, USA
· Borys Antonovych, Chicago, USA
· Juri Onuch, Toronto, CANADA
· Alex Piasetsky, New-Jersey, USA
· Ihor Tchuma, Toronto, CANADA
· Ihor Hrytsak, L’viv, UKRAINE
· Andrew Kuzemko, L’viv, UKRAINE
· Paul van Dietern, Houten, NETHERLAND
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