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.

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

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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