Restoring Narrative Sculpture

Robert Dmytruk is a second generation Ukrainian Canadian whose family immigrated from the Ukraine in 1938. Robert grew up in Edmonton and studied Fine Arts at the University of Alberta before transferring to the Department of Art Education. Robert began a teaching career in Edmonton,Canada in1980 where he taught art at the secondary level. His tenure in art education included an assignment as Department Head of Art at the Victoria School of Art in Edmonton. Afterwhich, his career continued as the Art Curriculum Consultant for the Edmonton Public School District. In addition he was seconded to Concordia University College,in Edmonton, to teach and instill knowledge and understanding of the Alberta art curriculum for aspiring teachers. After retiring from art education he moved to British Columbia, Canada where he devotes himself to a full-time career as a visual artist. For more than two decades Robert has reinvented himself in consecutive bodies of work which have been exhibited extensively in public and private galleries in Western Canada. His most recent work merges painting with his love of sculpture. It is strongly influenced by his collaboration with composer ,lifelong friend and musician Murray Reid. Patterns, textures, shapes and audacious color are integrated to complement a kaleidoscope of sculptural compositions which visualize the intricacies of symphonic melodies composed by Murray The work shown on this site reflect only examples of an extensive portfolio of paintings, sculpture, collage and drawings developed by Robert Dmytruk.