Ivanka Demchuk

An important aspect of my works is the modern reflection of sacred art for the spiritual enrichment of a person, a new reflection of the religious essence, research into the principle of interpreting an icon or a work of religious art without losing its sacred meaning.
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Icon can and should develop, change, embody the best aesthetic achievements of its time, then it becomes closer to the perception of a modern person, interests it. At the same time, as a sacred work, it should preserve spirituality in each new appearance.
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Searching for the new means of expression in the process of work, I use both modern and ancient technologies to create interesting colour effects and textures, in particular chalk gesso and natural pigments, which perfectly approach for the experiments and researches.

Born in 1990 in Lviv

Education
2008 - graduated Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts, Department of Art Painting

2012 - graduated the bachelor program at the Lviv National Academy of Arts, Department of Sacred Art

2014 - graduated the master program at the Lviv National Academy of Arts, Department of Sacred Art

Personal exhibitions
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2014 - "Annunciation", Primus Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine

2014 - "Forty Days on Earth", Iconart Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
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2016 - "Bellek ve Zaman", Garip Ay Space, Istanbul, Turkey
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2020 - "Dawn of our Darkness" , Savannah, USA


Art exhibitions

2010 - International Autumn Salon Vysokyj Zamok", Lviv Palace of Arts, Lviv

2011 - "Exhibition of icons of the Department of Sacred Art LNAM", Art Gallery, Lutsk

2011 - Exhibition of Contemporary Icon Painting of Ukraine and Poland "Oblicza ikony", Museum of Southern Podlassia, Biala Podlaska

2012 - "Exhibition of Sacred Art", Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Boykivshchyna", Sambir
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2012 - Exhibition of Contemporary Icon Painting of Ukraine and Poland "Oblicza ikony", Regional Museum in Lenčna, Lenčna
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2013 - "Renewal of tradition", Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Boykivshchyna", Sambir

2013 - Exhibition of the Ukrainian Union of Icon Painters "God is with us", Lviv National Museum. A. Sheptytskoho, Lviv

2013 - Exhibition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Ukrainian Union of Icon Painters, Exhibition Hall at St. George's Cathedral, Lviv

2013 - Post plain-air exhibition of the IV International Symposium of Icon Painting in Nowy Sacz, Polonia H...