Pavlo Makov
Pavlo Makov was born in 1958 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Lives and works in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
He graduated from the Crimean Art College, Painting Department (Simferopol, Ukraine) in 1979, Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1978 and Kharkiv Art and Industrial Institute (Graphic department) in 1984.
Since 1988 he is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, since 1994 – is a member of the Royal Society of Painters-Printmakers (London, England) and a correspondent member of the Ukrainian Art Academy, since 2006.
Pavlo Makov is a participant and winner of many graphic art exhibitions, among them “Biennale of Graphic Art" (Kaliningrad, Russia, 1990, 1992 and 1998), VI International Biennale of Print and Drawing (Taipei, Taiwan, 1993), “Osaka Triennale 94" (Osaka, Japan, 1994), “National Triennale of Print 97" (Kyiv, Ukraine, 1997), “International Print Triennale" and others. In 2009 he was awarded with the Silver Medal of the Ukrainian Art Academy. Author and participant of many projects in Ukraine and abroad. The artist's works are in museums collections in Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, the USA and other countries.
Artist's website: makov.com.ua
Museums and public collections:
State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia), Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England), Ashmolean Museum, “Diploma Collection" (Oxford, England), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, USA), National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA), Library of Congress (Washington DC, USA), Corcoran Museum (Washington DC, USA),Hunterian Art Museum (Glasgow, Scotland), Kelvingrove Museum (Glasgow, Scotland), State Museum of Ukrainian Art (Kiev, Ukraine), National Museum of Russian Art (Kiev, Ukraine), Fine Art Museum (Taipei, Taiwan), Contemporary Art and Culture Center (Osaka, Japan), Museum of Contemporary Art (Ibiza, Spain), Fine Art Museum (Cremona, Italy), Funen Art Museum (Odense, Denmark), Museum of Modern Art (Evissa, Balears, Spain), Zimmerli Museum (USA), Estonian Art Museum (Tallinn, Estonia), City Art Museum (Gyor, Hungary) and others.
Selected exhibitions after 2003
2014
In Our Paradise, Ya Gallery art center, Dnipropetrovsk, curated by Halyna Sklyarenko, Valeriy Saharuk
2012
Page-A-Day Diary, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv
“Blanket, Garden, Tower, Cross, Fate", PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv
Myth. Ukrainian Baroque, National Museum of Fine Arts, Kyiv, curated by Galina Sklyarenko, Oksana Barshynova
Contemporary Ukrainian Artists, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv
2011
The Ground, Cherkasy Art Museum, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
INDEPENDENT, within ART KYIV contemporary, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
New Old Masters, Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
New Old Masters in Miniature, Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
New Old Masters, National Art Gallery, Lviv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
Paper Wars, LITEXPO, Art Vilnius '11
Space Odyssey 2011, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, curated by Oleksandr Solovyov
2010
Folk Contemporary. Stillife, Ya Gallery art center, curated by Lidia Lykhach, Pavlo Gudimov
Donrose, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
Folk Contemporary. Landscape, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv, curated by Lidia Lykhach, Pavlo Gudimov
2009
Miniart, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
New Art from Ukraine 7, the project of Ya Gallery art center within ARTVILNIUS 09, Vilnius
Tuning, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
Alley (A Story of a Walk), Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv
Russian Poverty, III Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Russia 2, gallery White Box, New York, USA
2008
4х4: Contemporary Ukrainian Graphics, Vilniaus Grafikos Meno Centras, Vilniaus
Paper/ Not Paper, the project of Ya Gallery art center within ART-Kyiv, Ukrainian House, Kyiv
Garden, Dzyga Gallery, Lviv
Mix, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
Gardens and Parks of Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv
2007
Artist books & Miniatures, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv
"Gardens. Postimperial Disquietness", The Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
2006
Gardens, Bereznitska Gallery, Kyiv
Golden Bee 7, International Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia
New Space, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv
2005
Corcoran 2005 Portfolio, Corcoran Museum, Washington DC, USA
2004
Siege of the Pentagon, Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2003
Siege of the Pentagon, Karas Gallery, Kyiv
“UtopiA, 1993-2003", retrospective, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
International Graphic Art Symposium, Gyor, Hungary