Mykola Zhuravel

Rooted in early explorations of drawing and sculpture, my work is shaped by a foundation in book graphics and graphic design—disciplines that continue to inform my visual language across painting and levkas. I explore the fragile connection between humanity, family values, and nature through symbolic, often representational scenes that blend abstraction, surrealism, and nostalgia. Through layered forms and natural materials, I create “living images” that invite reflection on memory, emotional depth, and the worlds we inherit and imagine.

1979- Crimean art school im.Samokisha, Simferopol, Ukraine
1989 - graduated from the
prestigious Kyiv State Arts Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine

2025
• Parallel Voices: Ukrainian Art Today, Donna Child Fine Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2024
• Walk in the Sunflowers, personal exhibit at Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
2024
• Colours of Autumn, Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation / KUMF Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2024
• Awakening Art Exhibit, Withrow Common Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2023
• Spirit of Freedom, Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation / KUMF Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022
• Art Toronto Fair 2022, Toronto, Canada
• Invasion Redux. The Canadian National Exhibition Association (CNEA), Withrow Common Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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
• THE FIRST ALL-UKRAINIAN LEVAKAS BIENNIAL, 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 ...