Volodymyr Kostyrko
Born in 1967 in Lviv. In 1987, he graduated from the Lviv School of Applied and Decorative Arts, and in 1999 from the Lublin Catholic University, Faculty of Art History.
One of the organizers of the "Vyvyh" festival in 1990-91. Since 1994, author and participant of group and personal projects in Ukraine and abroad.
Works in the style of "new old masters".
Аrt historian and artist, a living classic
The author of the concept of interpretation of the heritage of Lviv, in particular artistic solutions of author's design and interiors, introduced the fashion for sentiment and careful (honest) restoration. Specializes in interior design, in particular of cafes and restaurants in Lviv. Among them: "Under the Blue Bottles", "Cafe 1", "Kabinet", "Kumpel", "Robert Doms Hop House", "CC Local", "Mons Pius", "Centaur", "Atlas".
Participant of more than a hundred exhibitions, author of more than 20 personal exhibitions. Author of objects, installations, painter.
Lives and works in Lviv.
Personal exhibitions
2013
Ars Longa, Ya Gallery art center, Dnipropetrovsk
The Louvre, with Eugene Ravsky, сurated by Pavlo Gudimov, Lviv Palace of Arts
Transculture, Hudpromo gallery, Odessa
2011
Master's Hand. Artists' Criminal Stories, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv
2010
Rococo's not Dead, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv
I don't like fish, with Eugene Ravsky and Stanislav Perfetsky, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv
2002
Ares and Eros, Lviv Art Gallery, curated by Vita Susak
2001
Knight, Center of Contemporary Art, Stanislav
1996
Images of paintings, gallery Gerdan, Lviv
Group exhibitions
2013
Ukrainian Cross-Section. Estuary, Centre for Culture, Lublin
2012
Warhol's Rodychi. Western Ukrainian Contemporary Art, Ya Gallery art center's special project within ART MOSCOW 2012, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
Myth. Ukrainian Baroque, National Museum of Fine Arts, Kyiv, curated by Galina Sklyarenko, Oksana Barshynova
Figure Vіvace, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv, curated by Francoise Lacoste, Pavlo Gudimov
2011
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
Word, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
2009
MiniArt, Ya Gallery art center, curated by Pavlo Gudimov
Folk Contemporary, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv
L 2, Lublin, Poland
2006
Reanimation, Lviv Art Gallery, curated by Vita Susak
2000
Persona, Palace of Arts, Lviv, curated by Ganna Drul'
1999
Nyebyeskozhulte, Test Gallery, Warsaw
1998
Atlantes and Caryatids, graphics, with Volodymyr Kostyrko, Dzyga Gallery, Lviv
1997
“Spirit, Mind, Body", Lviv National Museum, curated by Yurko Boyko
1996
5 Years of Freedom, Gerdan Gallery, Lviv, curated by Yurko Boyko
1995
Erotic Representational Art of Ukraine, Lviv National Art Gallery, curated by Markiyan Yvachyshyn
1994
Third Exhibition of Fellowship “Shliah", National Museum, curatored by Yurko Boyko
