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Volodymyr Semkiv
April 15, 1983, Prybuzhany.
I live and work in Lviv.
2007-2013 student of the Lviv National Academy of Arts.
Monumental sculpture. Master's degree;
2011-2012 student of Gdańsk Academy of Arts (academic exchange program), Poland.
Sculptor
I work with the form, its possibilities in different media. First of all, I am interested in the relation of the sculpture (object) to space and time. The greatest goal and value: when the viewer immerses in himself while looking at the sculpture.
Objects in public space:
2017-2022 Sculpture group for the Ukrainian Catholic University. University campus, Lviv;
2021 Memorial of Heroes. Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region;
2018 Monument to Stepan Pushyk, Ivano-Frankivsk;
2016 Memorial "Wall of Memory of the Heavenly Hundred", co-authored with Yulia Semkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk;
2014 - 2015 Project "Tomorrow". Part 1, co-authored with Roman Haydeychuk (Temporary project). The square in front of the Lviv Regional State Administration. Lviv;
2013 "St. Onufry" sculpture, Studynets tract, Yavoriv district; Lviv Region
Personal exhibitions:
2025 “ILLUSION” Dzyga Gallery, Lviv
2024 "KINDERGARTEN" National Museum in Lviv, Lviv;
2024 "YOUR-MINE" together with Yulia Semkiv, Svitlo gallery;
2023 "OTHER" Art salon "Veles" Lviv;
2023 "JOY" Odesa National Art Museum, Odesa;
2023 "From the Roots" personal exhibition, Ya Gallery, Kyiv;
2020 "HOMO" personal exhibition, Lviv National Gallery of Art I. H. Pinzel Museum, Lviv;
2017 Exhibition "Sculpture. Painting", with Yulia Semkiv, Art salon "Veles" Lviv;
2012 "BIAŁY" Project, Sitespecific Gallery, Gdansk, Poland;
Selected exhibitions and projects:
2025 MILANO TRIENNALE. Ukrainian Pavilion (ZAG Gallery) Milan, Italy.
2024 "LIGHT DARKNESS" Gallery "Dukat", Kyiv;
2024 "FENÊTRE" ("WINDOW") Kozytsky Charity Foundation and Center culturel de l'ambassade d'Ukraine, Paris. France;
2024 “Guardian spirits” Kozytsky charity Foundation and Stedelijk Museum Breda, Breda, Netherlands;
2023 Lviv Sculpture Week, Lviv Palace of Arts, Pavel Gudimov Art Center I Gallery, with the support of Lviv City Council, Lviv;;
2023 "Black Exhibition" Ya Gallery BLACK, Lviv;
2022 Lviv Sculpture Week, Lviv National Academy of Arts, Pavlo Gudimov Art Center Ya Gallery, with the support of Lviv City Council, Lviv;
2022 New Lviv Sculpture, "Ya Gallery", Lviv;
2022 "Muses are not silent" curator P. Gudimov, Center for Architecture, Design and Urbanism "Gunpowder Tower" Lviv;
2022 "Meeting" exhibition, "Svitlo" gallery, Lviv;
2019 Exhibition "Inspired by Pinsel", Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Solomia Krushelnytska, Lviv;
2017 Group 162, Sculpture Exhibition. Sheptytsky Center Ukrainian Catholic University. Lviv;
2016 Group 162, Exhibition and presentation of the street gallery project as part of the "City Workshop". Lviv;
2015 "Integration" project, Lviv National Art Gallery named after B. Voznytskyi. Lviv;
2014 Project "ZAVTRA", Part 0. National Museum in Lviv. Lviv;
2014 Project "CAMERA", Museum "Prison on Lontskogo", Lviv;
2013 "Pepek" Project, "Ye" Bookstore Gallery, Ivano-Frankivsk;
2011 Exhibition "Drawing 4", French Cultural Center, Lviv.
Awards:
2019 S. Pushyk Monument Competition, Ivano-Frankivsk City Council / First prize;
2015 Competition "Wall of Memory of the Heavenly Hundred", with Yulia Semkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk City Council; / First prize;
2014 Heavenly Hundred Monument Competition, co-authored with Yulia Semky, Ternopil City Council / Second prize;
2012 Student sculpture competition dedicated to Balzac, Alliance Francaise / First prize.
