Oleg Illich Shupliak ( uk, Олег Ілліч Шупляк; born 23 September 1967 in

Bishche Bishche ( ua, Біще, pl, Buszcze) is a village in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It belongs to Berezhany urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. First historical records date Bishche as far as to 1339. Until 18 J ...

, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

artist living in Berezhany. Father of Vitalii Shupliak.

Life and works

He creates artistic works in

optical illusion Within visual perception, an optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is an illusion caused by the visual system and characterized by a visual perception, percept that arguably appears to differ from reality. Illusions come in a wide v ...

, such as imaginative portrait heads named 'Hidden Images'. He uses painting, photography, graphics, illustration and animation. In 1991, he graduated the Architecture Department of the

Lviv Polytechnic National University Lviv Polytechnic National University ( ua, Націона́льний університе́т «Льві́вська політе́хніка») is the largest scientific university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since its foundation in 1816, it has bee ...

. Since 2000 he has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. He is the creator of the official logo of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko.

Main exhibitions

*2020 - personal exhibition at the Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo (Madrid, Spain) About artist
// Oleg Shupliak. *2019 - personal exhibition at the Embassy of Ukraine in France (Paris, France) *2019 - personal exhibition in the cultural and information center of Ukraine in France (Paris, France) *2019 - personal exhibition "Native Land" at the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv) *2019 - personal exhibition at the US Embassy in Ukraine (Kyiv) *2018 - personal exhibition "IMAGINARIUM" at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center "BACC" (Bangkok, Thailand) *2018 - personal exhibition at the Casa Museu Medeiros e Almeida (Lisbon, Portugal) *2018 - personal exhibition at the Royal National Palace (Mafra, Portugal) *2017 - personal exhibition in Museu Pio XII (Braga, Portugal) *2017 - personal exhibition at the Centro Nacional de Cultura, Galeria Fernando Pessoa (Lisbon, Portugal) *2017 - personal exhibition at the Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej (Zielona Gora, Poland) *2017 - personal exhibition in the museum in Petrovaradin Fortress (Novi Sad, Serbia) *2017 - International Exhibition at Grisolart Galleries (Barcelona, Spain) *2017 - personal exhibition in the gallery Arteria BCN (Barcelona, Spain) *2016 - personal exhibition in the house of Culture (Rivne) *2016 - personal exhibition within the festival "Ukrainian Spring" (Poznan, Poland) *2015 - 2016 - a series of exhibitions within the project "Christmas Vernissage" (Budapest, Hungary / Udine, Italy / Barcelona, Spain) *2015 - personal exhibition "IMAGINARIUM" (Poznan, Poland) *2014 - personal exhibition "DVOVZORY" in the society "Znannia" of Ukraine (Kyiv) *2013 - personal exhibition "Metamorphoses" (Vejle, Denmark) *2013 - personal exhibition "Dyvosvit" in the National Architectural and Historical Reserve"Ancient Chernihiv" (Chernihiv) *2013 - personal exhibition "Metamorphoses", gallery "N-prospect" (St. Petersburg, Russia) *2012 - personal exhibition at the Taras Shevchenko National Museum, (Kyiv) *2001-2011 - participant in group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad *1994 - personal exhibition (Berezhany) *1994 - personal exhibition (Nottingham, Derby, England) *1991 - a collective exhibition of Ukrainian artists in the Ukrainian House (New York, USA) *1991 - personal exhibition (Berezhany)

Prizes and awards

*1996 - Second Prize in the Regional exhibition of Sacred Art (Ternopil) *2013 - Gold medal and a diploma laureate "For excellence in creating a unique style of Art". International Foundation "Cultural Heritage" (St.Petersburg) *2013 - First Prize in the Ukrainian open competition for the best design of a logo to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko *2014 - a regional award named after Mykhailo Boichuk for a significant contribution to the development of fine arts *2016 - Distinction of the President of Ukraine - anniversary medal "25 years of independence of Ukraine" *2016 - Awarded the title - "Honorary Citizen of Berezhany" *2017 - Honored Artist of Ukraine since *2018 - All-Ukrainian award named after Lepky brothers *2021 - Designer of the 5 hryvnia coin "

30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence The 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence ( uk, 30-та річниця незалежності України, translit=30-ta richnytsia nezalezhnosti Ukrayiny) was a celebration of Ukrainian independence held from 22 to 24 August 2021, m ...

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Works in collections

The works are in the collections of the

Taras Shevchenko National Museum National Museum Taras Shevchenko () is a museum in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, dedicated to the life and work of the painter and national poet, Taras Shevchenko. History The museum and its collection originated as part of an initiative by ...

in Kyiv, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the Ontario Scientific Center (Canada), the International Cultural Heritage Foundation (St. Petersburg), as well as in private collections in many countries.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shupliak, Oleh 1967 births Living people Ukrainian male painters People from Berezhany Lviv Polytechnic alumni