Alexander (Oleksandr) Voytovych ( ua, Олександр Войтович) (1971,

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) is a Ukrainian

contemporary artist Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic ...

. Figurative painting characterizes the majority of his work, and

portrait A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type ...

and naked model painting are two main themes of his art.

Biography

Alexander Voytovych was educated at L'viv Decorative and Applied

Art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

College named after Iv. Trush and

the Lviv National Academy of Arts Lviv National Academy of Arts is a higher education establishment in Lviv, Ukraine. History Officially opened in September 1946 as the Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, the Academy was reorganized into the Lviv Academy of Arts ...

1994 "One for all", National Museum in L'viv,

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1995-1996 International Plein Airs,

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1997-2000 Uzhgorod Picture Gallery, Ukraine,

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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 * Lviv's

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",

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* One-man exhibition, La Galeria de Soledad Arroyo Gill,

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* Centro Municipal de las Artes de Alcorcon,

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* Galeria Nova Rua,

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* I PREMIO INTERNACIONAL de ARTES PLASTICAS "Aires de Cordoba", a prize

drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

and One-man exhibition in the gallery "Aires de Cordoba",

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2003 One-man exhibition "Women’s whims",

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* " Absinthe and Absence - a sweet Taste of

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" Art-Cultural Center "Soviart", Kyiv, Ukraine 2003-2006 Exhibitions in

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* "Lemkowskie Jeruzalem",

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* International Triennial of Painting "Silver Square",

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* "Lwowskie klimaty", gallery BWA,

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2004 Erotic Art Exhibition "Apple from Eva", gallery "Uzhgorod", Uzhgorod, Ukraine * Minoritenkloster, Tulln,

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2005 PREMIO WEB COLOR 2005, award in the category

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

, gallery "Kleinos",

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* Project Gallery Antiquity "Three crowns",

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2006 Together with the poet Alexander Gavrosh edition of poetry collectio
"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 As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a hidden meaning with moral or political significance. Authors have used allegory th ...

on high heels", gallery "Green sofa",

* "ECSTASY Exiting daily routine" — sacrality appeal to the idea that the body is experiencing ecstasy and attempt to understand the nature of ecstasy, Museum of ideas,

* " Salome is not only…

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* "Noble Entertaining In Ten

Portraits A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

" - find the perfect female image through the noble identity, Museum of ideas,

* "Things from Lviv", gallery "Silver Bells",

2007-2008 The idea and organization of erotic art projects "Taming Eros" - male and female format, gallery "Green Sofa",

* "Grotesque in modern art", Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts NAS of Ukraine,

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* "My Lviv", Center for Urban History of East Central Europe, Lviv * "Art — Kyiv",

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2009 Open their own galler
"Art Atelier Voytovych"
Lviv presenting collections of paintings, drawings and decors from Ivanka and Alexander Voytovych * Exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Bucharest, Embassy of Ukraine,

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* "НюАнс", L'viv Palace of Arts, Ukraine 2009-2010 International Plein Airs in

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and Vac
2010 One-man exhibitions * "КаvART", "Svit kavy",

* " A Mysterious

Portrait A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type ...

", Art Atelier Voytovych,

References

Bibliography

* International Painting Triennial of Carpathian Region Silver Quadrangle. — Przemyśl: San-Set, 2006 — P. 86. * Ivanka és Alexander Voytovics festőművész család // Fészekrakó. — 2003. —III.évfolyam 1.szám — P. 3, 58–59. HU * 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. * Gavrosh A./Гаврош О. Тіло лучниці. — Л.:Піраміда, 2006. — 56 с. — Ілюстрації: О.Войтович. * Didyk N./Дідик Н. Fundamentals of composition. — Ужгород: Мистецька лінія, 2009. — С.44. * 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. * Shumylovych B./Шумилович Б. Women, paintings and allegories in high heels. // Образотворче мистецтво. — 2008. — No. 4. — P. 92 — 93.

External links

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Center for Urban History of East Central EuropeAlexander Voytovych: "Woman as body"Opening the exhibition of Ukrainian artistsModern art classics as preparation"Noble Entertaining In Ten Portraits" Alexander VoytovychThe Temptation of Saint Antony
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