Alexander Voytovych

Alexander Voytoych
Born1971
EducationL'viv Decorative and Applied Art College named after Iv. Trush and the Lviv National Academy of Arts
Known forOil painting, Drawing

Alexander (Oleksandr) Voytovych (Ukrainian: Олександр Войтович; born 1971 in Lviv)  is a Ukrainian contemporary artist. Figurative painting characterizes the majority of his work, and portrait and naked model painting are two main themes of his art.

Biography

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Alexander Voytovych was educated at Lviv Decorative and Applied Art College named after Ivan Trush and the Lviv National Academy of Arts.

Exhibitions

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  • 1994 "One for all", National Museum in L'viv, Ukraine
  • 1995-1996 International Plein Airs, Budapest
  • 1997-2000 Uzhgorod Picture Gallery, Ukraine, Uzhhorod
  • 1998 "Art at the turn of millennia", Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts NAS of Ukraine, L'viv<
  • 1999 The first author's project "Inspiratio" of art group "Polychrome" - visual penetration into the past and transformation in contemporary secret. The project generated considerable excitement and mixed reviews, Art-Cultural Center "Dzyga"
  • 2000 Laureate of "Autumn salon" diptych by "objective reality" in collaboration with Ivanka Voytovych, L'viv Palace of Arts, Ukraine
  • 2000 Lviv's portrait exhibition "Persona", L'viv Palace of Arts, Ukraine
  • 2001 One-man exhibition "Capriccio…" — grotesque eroticism against Galician conservatism, gallery "Gerdan", Lviv
  • 2002-2004 Exhibitions in Spain
    • Charity Project "Originales Solidarios", Barcelona-Valencia, Spain
    • One-man exhibition, La Galeria de Soledad Arroyo Gill, Toledo, Spain
    • Centro Municipal de las Artes de Alcorcon, Madrid
    • Galeria Nova Rua, Lugo
    • I PREMIO INTERNACIONAL de ARTES PLASTICAS "Aires de Cordoba",[1] a prize drawing and One-man exhibition in the gallery "Aires de Cordoba", Córdoba, Spain
  • 2003 One-man exhibition "Women’s whims", Budapest, Hungary
  • 2003 "Absinthe and Absence - a sweet Taste of Decadence" Art-Cultural Center "Soviart", Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 2003-2006 Exhibitions in Poland
  • 2004 Erotic Art Exhibition "Apple from Eva", gallery "Uzhgorod", Uzhgorod, Ukraine
  • 2005 PREMIO WEB COLOR 2005, award in the category painting, gallery "Kleinos", Italy
    • Project Gallery Antiquity "Three crowns", Lviv — Kyiv
  • 2006 Together with the poet Alexander Gavrosh edition of poetry collection "A BODY OF AN ARCHERESS", is an attempt to recreate a myth about a perfect Woman with man's hands – hands of a poet Alexander Gavrosh and an artist Alexander Voytovych
  • 2006-2009 A series of personal art projects
    • "Allegory on high heels",[2][3] gallery "Green sofa",[4] Lviv
    • "ECSTASY Exiting daily routine" [5]— sacrality appeal to the idea that the body is experiencing ecstasy and attempt to understand the nature of ecstasy, Museum of ideas, Lviv
    • " Salome is not only…Kyiv Academic Young Theatre[6]
    • "Noble Entertaining In Ten Portraits"[7][8] - find the perfect female image through the noble identity, Museum of ideas, Lviv
    • "Things from Lviv", gallery "Silver Bells", Kyiv
  • 2007-2008 The idea and organization of erotic art projects "Taming Eros"[9] - male and female format, gallery "Green Sofa",[10] Lviv
    • "Grotesque in modern art", Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts NAS of Ukraine, L'viv
    • "My Lviv",[11] Center for Urban History of East Central Europe, Lviv
    • "Art — Kyiv", Ukrainian House, Kyiv
  • 2009 Open their own gallery "Art Atelier Voytovych" Lviv presenting collections of paintings, drawings and decors from Ivanka and Alexander Voytovych
    • Exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Bucharest,[12] Embassy of Ukraine, Romania
    • "НюАнс", L'viv Palace of Arts, Ukraine
  • 2009-2010 International Plein Airs in Hungary, Balatonföldvár and Vac
  • 2010 One-man exhibitions
    • "КаvART", "Svit kavy", Lviv
    • "A Mysterious Portrait", Art Atelier Voytovych, Lviv

References

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  1. ^ "a prize drawing "Aires de Cordoba"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  2. ^ "Allegory on high heels". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  3. ^ Press about project "Allegory on high heels"
  4. ^ "Allegory on high heels"
  5. ^ "ECSTASY Exiting daily routine". Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  6. ^ ""Salome is not only…" Alexander Voytovych " Salome is not only…"". Archived from the original on 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  7. ^ "Високий Замок". wz.lviv.ua.
  8. ^ "Noble Entertaining In Ten Portraits". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  9. ^ "Taming Eros". Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
  10. ^ "Virtual art gallery Green Sofa - exhibition of modern painting". artgreensofa.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  11. ^ "My Lviv". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  12. ^ "Exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Bucharest". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2010-12-18.

Bibliography

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  • International Painting Triennial of Carpathian Region Silver Quadrangle. — Przemyśl: San-Set, 2006 — P. 86. ISBN 83-905953-3-8
  • Ivanka és Alexander Voytovics festőművész család // Fészekrakó. — 2003. —III.évfolyam 1.szám — P. 3, 58–59. HU ISSN 1587-1304
  • Voytovych trae an Aires sus elegantes figuras // Diario Córdoba. — 2004. — 18 de septiembre. — p. 54.
  • Bodnar O./Боднар О. — Л. Тайна втілення. — Ужгород: Карпати, 2009. — P. 237–239. — fоtо: p. 227, 270.ISBN 978-966-671-179-6
  • Gavrosh A./Гаврош О. Тіло лучниці. — Л.:Піраміда, 2006. — 56 с. — Ілюстрації: О.Войтович. ISBN 966-8522-69-6
  • Didyk N./Дідик Н. Fundamentals of composition. — Ужгород: Мистецька лінія, 2009. — С.44. ISBN 978-966-8764-96-7
  • Kosmolinska N./Космолінська Н. Art chat on "Green sofa" // FINE ART. — 2009. — No. 4. — P. 114 — 115.
  • Chervatiuk L./Черватюк Л. Women's image in the Ukrainian modern art. — К.: Навчальна книга, 2007. — P. 33 — 34.ISBN 978-966-329-110-9
  • Shumylovych B./Шумилович Б. Women, paintings and allegories in high heels. // Образотворче мистецтво. — 2008. — No. 4. — P. 92 — 93.
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