Vasyl Dutka

An artist, painting, sculptor and academic lecturer who combines art work with scientific research in fine arts. He was born in the village of Nikolayevka in the region of Ternopil in Ukraine, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lviv. The artist has throughly studied the works of a Polish astist from the Young Poland folklore trend, such as: Jacek Malczewski, Teodor Axentowicz, Kazimierz Sichulski and Leon Wyczolkowski. Hiz main inspiration is the Hutsul culture.

Vasyl Dutka was awarded with the title of Meritious for Polish Culture by president Lech Kaczynski. He took part in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad. He is the laureate of the Bronze "Grand-Prix" of the Nazarij Jaremchuk 1996 festival in Wiznica and the winner of the competition for the design and monumental of Ignacy Jan Padarewski. From 1993, he lectures at the Lviv Academy of Fine Arts in Kosovo, currently combining creative work with the post of deputy prorector of the Institute.

The artist's work is characterized by a distinct national identity and romanticism. Vasyl Dutka is and artist with and established position, who speaks out fully in his own style. He is particularly interested in history, artistic culture, folk traditions of the Hutsul...

KEY EXHIBITIONS
1990 Poland (Rzeszow). The Steps exhibition.
1993 Ivano-Frankivsk. Impreza-93 exhibition.
1996 Kyiv. Exhibition of creative works of the teachers and graduation works of the students of Kosiv V.I. Kasiian College of Applied and Decorative Arts.
1996 Ivano-Frankivsk. Exhibition of creative works of the teachers and graduation works of the students of Kosiv V.I. Kasiian College of Applied and Decorative Arts.
1997 Lviv. Living Traditions of Hutsulshchyna exhibition.
1997 Chernivtsi. Exhibition dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine
2001 Ivano-Frankivsk. Picturesque Ukraine Ukraine-wide
art exhibition.
2001 Kyiv. Ukraine exhibition in Palace of culture.
2002 Ivano-Frankivsk. Ukraine-wide plein-air.
2003 Kyiv. Authentics and Time Ukraine-wide art exhibition.
2004 Ivano-Frankivsk. The third international plein-air.
2006 Kyiv. Ukraine-wide exhibition dedicated to Artist’s Day.
2006р Kosiv. Exhibition of creative works of the teachers of Kosiv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts of Lviv National
Academy of Arts.
2007 Ternopil. Picturesque Ukraine exhibition.
2007 Ivano-Frankivsk. The Carpathian Ridge International art exhibition.
2007 Lviv. Exhibition ded...