Ukrainian Sculptors, Sculpture in the Ukraine

• Country Background:
  
  
  • Embassy of Ukraine - The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, DC  has a web site that will lead you to information on the country, its people, laws, trade, economics, and travel.
  • United States Embassy in Kyiv (Kiev) Ukraine - Some resources, but not as well layed out.
    
    
• The Ukrainian Academy of Arts - a history of the Academy by Dana Bondarenko, a third-year student of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts, also called The Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, which is situated in Kiev. All the departments admit from 6 to 16 students per year, so now there are about 800 students. Each department has vacancies for foreign students (many of them study here).  You may contact the Academy: Smirnova-Lastochkina str., 20 Kiev, Ukraine, 254053 or write to Dana at danochka@yahoo.com if you have questions about the Academy.
  
  
• Sculptors and Galleries:
  
  
• Golden Gates Alexandr Radionov - The works of A.Radionov can be found in the state galleries, public institutions, private galleries and colections in Poland, Bulgaria, USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Hungary, Ukraine and Belarus. Alexandr Radionov lives and works in Kiev, Ukraine.
  
  
• Josef Martchinski, Sculptor  - Ukrainian National Union of Artists - Fotos of the sculptures of Josef Martchinski.  Josef was born in December 25, 1952 in the village Grubske, Zhitomir area, Ukraine. 1972 - has finished the Lviv Art College of the name of Iv.Troosh. 1979 - Lviv state Institute of Decorative and Applied art (now Lviv Academy of Arts). Lives and works in Simferopol, Ukraine. Took part in many republican and international exhibitions. The winner of two international competitions on a monumental sculpture. See: Small Sculpture,  Monumental Sculpture  Contact: martchinski@chat.ru or +038(0652)257478
• Alexander Stelmashenko, Sculptor  Creates elegant bronzes in his studio in Kyiv.  The new themes are: Ballet Dancers, Gloria and Libera compositions; different compositions about religious themes: Christ, Virgin Mary;  a series of Angels;  another series of torsos out of bronze and ceramics. Alexander's works are in private collections in Ukraine, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Belgium.  See: Biography, Gallery  Contact: stelmashenko@ukrpost.net or +38 (044) 229 06 in Kyiv Ukraine. [Olexander Stelmachenko]
  
  
• Art of Ukraine - Sculpture ( www.Art.Kiev.ua )  Please read Ekaterina Stukalova's article entitled  Ukrainian Contemporary art in context of East European culture in the first issue of Terra Incognita.
  
  
  • Andre Chehowski
  • Vladimir Filatov
  • Svitlana Karuns'ka
  • Victor Konoval
  • Oleg Pinchuk
  • Vyacheslav Popov
    
    
• Art Gallery in Internet (Ukraine, Kiev, INT)
  
  
  • Oles Badio - Abstract Bronze - Bio
  • Igor Grechanyk - Abstract Bronze - Bio
  • Victor Konoval - Abstract Figurative Bronze
  • Viktor Kravtsevych - Figurative Bronze - Bio
  • Oleg Pinchuk - Abstract Figurative Bronze - Bio
    
    
• Artliner was founded in Hong Kong in 1996. Since then we have expanded to Australia, North America, Europe and Eurasia. Our company provides a unique service of linking our customers with artists, pieces of art, and antiques from virtually anywhere in the world. Artliner - Search
  
  
  • Bogdan Bilinchuk - Figurative Abstract, All Media - "Concepts of my work are based on culture, folk traditions, or natural phenomena. These works of art develop through four basic themes, Portraits, Medicine, Fantasy, and Humour."
    
    
  • Sergey Oleshko - Representational, Abstract, All Media - "My work is created based on the beauty of both human & natural activities in this world and in the unknown worlds in space. Using abstrations in my work allows me to explore my emotions and to improve my self-development"
    
    
  • Igor Hoda - Abstract, Bronze and Ceramic - "My works reflect purely associational impressions, which were called by a certain event, mood or state of nature."
    
    
  • Vladimir Hohryakov - Abstact, Figurative Abstract, Glass and Ceramic - "Artist is specialized in decorative ceramics, fire-places, fountains, vases, decorative plastic, interior and exterior, for hotels, parks, etc."
    
    
  • Vladimir Petrovich -  Abstract Figurative, Bronze, Wood and Stone - "My concept is extremely simple. It is the optimistic belief in man. I also like the grotesque, lyrics and irony qualities in art."
    
    
  • Igor Kopchik - Portrait, Representational, Pressed Leather Relief - "It is a advancement and a step forward of artworks. Pressing on leather is leading 'art' into a new direction. Although the process is long and complex, redirecting art into another aspect certainly is worthwhile. Basing on some different religious believes, I created some artworks that are considerably religious. For example, like angels and orthodox priests. In some sense, you cannot detach them from life. They are too close to you."
    
    
• Irena" - Gallery of Contemporary Art in Kiev - Sculptors in the News
  
  
  • Ukrainian sculptor Eugeiy Derevianko (in Russian)
  • Ukrainian sculptor Alexandr Mihailitsky (in Russian)
  • Ukrainian sculptor Sergey Goshmer (in Russian)
  • Ukrainian sculptor Georgiy Chuenco (in Russian)
    
    
• www.eltech.ru/kiti/
  
  
  • Ukrainian sculptor Galina Pisareva (in Russian)
  • Ukrainian sculptor Boris Pryadka (in Russian)
  • Sculpture and Ceramics Studio
    
    
• InfoUkes - Information Resource about Ukraine and Ukrainians
  
  
  • Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Ottawa - A picture of the artist, Volodymyr Katrushenko - UCPBA Ottawa Snow sculpture at Ottawa's 1996 Winterlude Festival to commemorate ten years since the Chornobyl Nuclear disaster in Ukraine.
    
    
  • Ukrainian Canadian Professional & Business Association of Hamilton - 50th Anniversary Co-chaired by Mary Holadyk and Irene Hornich, the Friends of Stephanie Memorial Committee launched a drive to acquire a sculpture by the celebrated Canadian-Ukrainian artist Leo Mol. Dream was unveiled on Thursday, June 20, 1996, and is permanently displayed in the Irving Zucker Garden in Commonwealth Square just out side the Art Gallery of Hamilton.
    
    
• ArtNOC - Sculpture - Sergey Uvarov, Sergey Sbitnev - Ukrainian?
  
  

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• Wood Sculptors and Carvers
  
  
• Ukrainian Art - email: Tetiana Chornovus
  
  
  • Volodymyr Ivanyshyn - Wood Sculptor - Specializing in wood decorative sculpture.
  • Julian Kvasnytsia - Wood Sculptor - Religious sculpture, interior design.  Chief, academic sculpture department, Lviv College of Decorative and Applied Art 
  • Roman Zub - Wood Sculptor, Artist - Detailed wooden relief "paintings"
    
    
• Elena Uralova (Dovzhuk)  - Carved Wood Miniatures - Biography - Over twenty years ago Elena began spending her free time carving wood. She improved her skills and very soon she had begun making very skillful and artistic works. The special uniqueness belongs to wooden miniatures (0.6 - 1.2 inches). According to experts' opinion, such works are extremely rare, because of the small size of the works and the great variety of difficulties during the creative process.  See: Super Miniatures, Soldiers, Chess:Moscow's History, Select from The Menu!  Contact: scural@chat.ru
  
  
• Sculpture Ageless Sort of Art.  Carved Wood Miniatures by Elena Uralova
  
  
• www.arts.crimea.com - Wood carvers from Simferopol, Ukraine.  They provide wood carvings, wood sculptures and abstract paintings.  They will do a free sketch to show you what they can carve for you. Hand-carved furniture, canes and vases, even for the President of Turkey.  Visit the Workshop. Send your ideas and requirements to Geo at arts@crimea.com
  
  
• Wood carving shop - Taras Garaschuk is a national craftsman of Ukraine, representing artistic wood carving in the traditions of its western region. The craftsman offers so-called "yavoriv carving", which can't be reproduced by any kind of machine (it's always 100% hand made) - boxes, decorative plates, easter eggs.
  
  

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• Ceramics
  
  
• Ukrainian Art
  
  
  • Hanna Drul' - Abstract Figurative
  • Oksana Royuk-Bagrynivs'ka - Abstract
  • Hanna-Oksana Lypa - Figurative Reliefs, Abstract figurative
    
    
• InfoUkes: Ceramics
  
  
  • Baba's Ceramics - Iwanna Iwanusiw
  • Cossack cycle - Halyna Sevruk
    
    

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• G.W. Kokodyniak's Computer Generated Artwork Page
  

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• Historical Notes - Ukranian Sculptors
  
  
• Iohan George Pinsel - Obviously, a specific significance for the Master had the Ukrainian art influenced by the culture of late Paleologsisychasm - a phenomenon rooted in an Eastern church. Pinsel's sculptures are full of mystical piety, they seem to enter into a spiritual. At the last part of XVIII th century more than 40 of Pinsel's disciples are active. They are: Petto and Matvij Polejovski, Mykhajlo Filevich, Ivan Obrocky, Francisc Olensky and others. Though this generation of sculptors is not quite of the whole depth of Pinsel works, but they followed his tradition. They remained these style standards and tried to manifestate emotional feelings, especially in draperies treatment, but in more stagy decorative manner. - Oksana Kozyr Director of Pinsel's museum in Lviv.
  
  
• Ukraine’s most famous sculptor, Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964), was a pioneer of the cubist style.  "Archipenko eventually founded an art school in Berlin. During this time he began creating and exhibiting his then revolutionary sculpture based broadly on Cubism. His work was praised for purity of form and for his aim to fashion forms that are abstract, symbolic and most novel. In 1921, Archipenko married German sculptress Angelica Bruno-Schmitz. The couple then came to America where Archipenko, thirty-six years old and already famous, established L'Ecole d'Art in New York in 1923. He became a U.S. citizen in 1928. Described as a man with exceptional energy and great spirit, Archipenko continued teaching, writing, and unceasing artistic production until his death at the age of seventy-six. His prodigious output included not only sculpture but paintings, drawings and prints." Archipenko in Daytona
  
  
  • Book: Archipenko; international visionary - Alexander Archipenko
  • Book: Alexander Archipenko - A Centennial Tribute - Katherine Janszky Michaelsen, Nehama Guralnik
  • Book: Archipenko a Study of the Early Works
    
    
• Mykhailo Chreshnovsky (1911-1994)
  
  
• Gregor Kruk (1911

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• Visiting Ukraine
  
  
• UA Zone, Ukrainian Information Project - Things you should know arriving in Ukraine. Versatile information on the country, general facts, history, tips for foreigners etc... Excellent Links to many things Ukranian.   Photoguides, maps, weather, currency, poetry, tourist information
  
  
  • SESNA. Ukrainian Search Engine. - region and city guides.
    
    
• BRAMA - Gateway Ukraine
  
  
• Tryzub Site - About Ukraine - Current Events
  
  
• Odessa-ua.com: Welcome to Ukraine - UNIPRESS BTD - "Having 6 years of experience in tourism, we are professionals in fast advancing Ukrainian travel. Our dynamic English-speaking staff is always at your disposal. Whatever purpose of your trip to Ukraine is – either business or vacations, meeting your lady or visiting the land of your ancestors – Unipress BTD will make travel arrangements for you fast, effectively and accurately."   Very well done site covers Odessa with Photos, Links and Information.
  
  
• EuroScope Paperless Guidebooks Ukraine Kyiv - Cultural Events
  
  
• Slavophilia's Ukrainian Internet Resources - many links profiling Ukranian life and culture
  
  

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• More Art Links
  
  
• The Ukrainian Museum
  
  
  • The fine Arts Collection comprises of paintings drawings, graphic works, and sculptures created by Ukrainian artists who worked in Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. It includes one of the more important collections of the well-known primitif artist Nikifor (1896-1960), probably the largest collection of paintings and watercolors of Ukrainian artist and architect Vasyl Krychevsky (1873-1952), and nearly all of the works created in the United States by sculptor Mykhailo Chreshnovsky (1911-1994).
    
    
  • The collection also includes the works of other prominent Ukrainian artists:
    • Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
    • Michael Andreenko (1894-1982)
    • Nicholas Bervinchak (1903-1978)
    • Petro Cholodny, Jr. (1902-1990)
    • Lev Getz (1896-1971)
    • Alexis Gritchenko (1883-1977)
    • Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915-1985)
    • Edward Kozak (1902-1992)
    • Gregor Kruk (1911-1988)
    • Slavko Kruszelnycky (1916-1973)
    • Mykhailo Moroz (1904-1992)
    • Oleksa Novakivsky (1872-1935)
    • Ivan Yzhakevych (1864-1962)
      
      
• Ukrainian National Museum (no real information online, just address and phone number and one event)
  
  
• http://ukraine.uazone.net:  Ukraine Introduction
  
  
  • Among the earliest sculptures are the numerous stone babas, life-size female figures that Turkic nomads erected in the steppe between the 11th century and 13th century. Sculpture was not well developed in the Kyivan and early modern periods. In the 19th century sculpture in parks, squares, and other public places became popular, such as the statues of Saint Volodymyr (Vladimir) and the cossack leader Bohdan Khmel’nyts’ky in Kyiv. Ukraine’s most famous sculptor, Alexander Archipenko, was a pioneer of the cubist style. He emigrated early in his career, eventually settling in the United States in 1923.  Contact: solovey@colosseum.com
    
    
• Mayana Art Gallery and Ukrainian Art & Literary Club
  
  
• The Ukrainian Arts Monitor
  
  
• Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine. - no sculptors?
  
  
• Lviv Academy of Arts - Rector: prof. Emmanuil Mysko,  Vice-rector: prof. Andriy Bokotey, Number of students: 600, Teaching staff: 187.  Specialities: glass, metal, wood, textile, dress design, leather, interior decoration, black-and-white art, sculpture, painting, ceramics, theory and history of art, post-graduate course.
  
  
• Lviv Art Institute -
• Kyiv State Fine Art Institute -
• Kiev Art Institute -
• Artist's Union of Ukraine -
• Ukraine Ministry of Culture -
• Uzhgorod College of Decorative and Applied Arts -
  
  
• Internet Gallery of Ukrainian Art
  
  
• InfoUkes - Information Resource about Ukraine and Ukrainians - Culture
  
  
  • A New Step: A New Step In the Development of Art in Western Lemkivshchyna by Jon W. Madzelan - "The natural scenery of Lemkivshchyna inspired the talent of painters such as Nykifor Drovniak, Ivan Rusenko, sculptors Ivan Savka, Mykhaylo Orysik, Oleksa Stetsiak."
    
    
  • Orthodox - "The Orthodox Church does not acknowledge and has no sculptures. The reason is not that it rejects this kind of art but that in sculptures the earthly beauty, earthly efforts and functions of body are strongly emphasized. Pictures of Western Renaissance painters and their sculptures accentuate the physical beauty of a human in the first place, as Greeks in their pagan, pre-Christian art did. Sculpture is a three-dimensional model, it is bound to the earth, to matter. Observer is not able to enter a spiritual dialogue with a sculpture because it communicates nothing more elevated, nothing higher than the things visible."
    
    
  • Stone-Masons from Bortne - A prominent and well known master stone-mason, author of many works of art in stone (sculptures, tomb stones) was a Lemko, Ivan Kavka from the village of Polyany Surovychni, the most talented pupil in the Rymaniv school for carvers, during the late 19-th century.
    
    

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• International Ukrainian Connections
  
  
• Alberta Council for Ukranian Artists (ACUA) - The Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts (ACUA) is a province-wide, non-profit organization dedicated to the celebration of all genres of Ukrainian art. ACUA represents both folk and fine art forms. Its mission is to educate the community at large about the Ukrainian arts. (no email address apparent, no images of sculptures)
  
  
  • Terry Gregoraschuk - steel metal sculpture
  • Donna Marchyshyn - Sculptures, paintings, raku, and hand-crafted fine porcelain jewellery
  • Pat E. Strakowski - Papier-mache sculptures
    
    
• The Washington Group - An association of Ukrainian-American professionals. Members participate in activities that advance their professional growth, promote Ukraine's cultural heritage, and raise the awareness of Ukrainian social and political issues here and abroad.
  
  
  • Cultural Fund - The Washington Group Cultural Fund was organized in 1994 to foster and promote Ukrainian culture in the Washington metropolitan area. Its mission is twofold; to enrich the lives of members of the Washington community by exposing them to the little known Ukrainian culture, and to preserve and nurture the Ukrainian cultural heritage by supporting its visual, literary and performing arts.
    
    
• CYM UPA (Philadelphia) - Welcome to the new and improved CYM UPA Division Web Site from Philadelphia, PA, (USA). CYM, the Ukrainian acronym for Spilka Ukrayinskoyi Molodi, is the Ukrainian American Youth Association, which is part of the world wide Ukrainian Youth Association, CYM. Information about Ukraine - including history
  
  
• Ukrainians in the United States By George A. Miziuk
  
  

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• Other
  
  
• http://wwar.com/artists/artist-r5.html has an older link to Regan, Nerissa Nerissa is a sculptress making one-of-a-kind art work with clay. She also does commission work. She studied under Ukranian Sculptor Sergei Isupov.
  
  
• In My Charge - Statue of Ukrainian Canadian internee entitled "Why?", installed at the Castle Mountain internment camp site, in Banff National Park, on 12 August 1995. Sculptor: John Boxtel