Artist's CV

Mykola had personal exhibitions in New York, Toronto, Shanghai, Venice, Berlin, Basel, Kyiv.
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Mykola Zhuravel is an Ukrainian artist.

Born in 1960 in Magnitogorsk, Russia.

More than 40 years of experience in multimedia techniques such as painting, levkas, sculpture, graphics, photography, installation.
Graduated from the prestigious Kyiv State Arts Academy in 1989, Ukraine.

The artist is a member of the National Artist’s Union of Ukraine since 1995 and the BG-ART Association, the Kyiv-based artist’s association, since 1999. Member of Ukrainian Canadian Artist’s Union, since 2023.

Since 2022 lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

Selected exhibitions 

  • 2023
  • – United We Stand, KUMF, Toronto, Canada.
  • 2022
  • – Art Toronto 2022 Fair, Toronto, Canada.
  • – Mykola Zhuravel & Daria Tischenko-Zhuravel, The International Peace Festival, The Canadian National Exhibition Association (CNEA), Withrow Common Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
  • – Mykola Zhuravel & Daria Tischenko-Zhuravel, Invasion Redux. The Canadian National Exhibition Association (CNEA), Withrow Common Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
  • – Painting / Levkas, National Museum “Kyiv Picture Gallery”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 2019
  • –  “Painting/Levkas”, Museum of History of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • – XIIth Florence Biennale, «Art + Design», ST•H Gallery, Florence, Italy.
  • – Texas Contemporary Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center, Texas, USA.
  • – FIRST ALL-UKRAINIAN BIENNALE OF LEVKAS, White World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (First Prize).
  • 2018
  • – Retrospective personal exhibition, Painting / Levkas, Museum of Contemporary Art of Korsakiv, Lutsk, Ukraine.
  • 2017
  • – “Transformation of space”, White  World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 2016
  • – “Violence. Power. Rule” Kunstverein ART-Project Worpswede. Berlin, Germany (First Prize).
    – “Strength of Materials”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine.
    – “Ukraine. Archetype of Freedom”, Vienna, Austria.
    2013
    – “Zorya Fine Art” gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
    – Solo exhibition in “Bezpala Brown Gallery”, Toronto, Canada.
  • 2013
  • – Art Toronto Fair, Toronto, Canada.
  • – “Triptych Gallery”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
    – Art Contemporary, Arsenale, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 2012
    – Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, USA.
    2011
    – Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA.
    – “Apiary”, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
    2010
    – “lu Hisu” museum , Shanhai, China.
    – ART Shanhai, China.
  • 2009
    – Personal exhibition “Lavra” gallery, “A-Hause” gallery Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 2008
    – Personal exhibition “Apairy” art project Voltahalle gallery Basel, Switzerland.
  • 2007
    – Personal exhibition painting “Herytazhe” gallery, Moscow, Russia
    2006
    – Personal exhibition “Apiary” art project presentation for the 52nd Venice Festival of Contemporary Art, “SoviArt” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 2004
    – Personal exhibition – Retrospective review of M. Zhuravel’s projects, the Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA.
  • 2003
    – Personal painting exhibition, the “L-Art” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 2014
    – SCOPE international contemporary art show, New York, USA.
  • 2009
    – Art -Exhibition of Russian Art, London, Great Britain.
  • 2005
    – Exhibition of photographs, Ukrainian Institute, New York , USA.
  • 2004
    – “350 years later”, Central House of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 2002
    – “Art Ukraine”, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia.
  • 2000
    – Group exhibition with R. Romanyshyn, O. Pinchuk, M. Pryimachenko,
    Yokohama Municipal Gallery, Japan.
  • 1999
    – Group exhibition with M. Vaisberg and B. Eghiazarian, Bern, Switzerland.

Merits 

  • 2019 First Place, the Ukrainian Painting Triennale, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 2011 The nominee on the Shevchenkivska award, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 2009 Academician of the Academy of Rome-modernist art, Rome, Italy
  • 1998 First Place, the Ukrainian Painting Triennale, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 1998 Awarded the Zolotyi Peretyn Prize and Artist of the Year title, Kyiv, Ukraine 
  • 1996 First International ART Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine