Ihor Bereza

The creative output of Ihor Bereza is a hymn to simplicity and moderation of forms, to depth and laconism of an image. Almost without light, bringing to a minimum any exterior factor, the painter creates an integral monolithic picture, which combines strength and inner dynamics. The paintings by Ihor Bereza are akin to a dormant volcano. They combine both firmness and strength of the spirit, not a superfluous-decorative, but rather a genetic rethinking of the national character. The author succeeds in depicting the image development with the help of
complication of simplification of the graphic-relief filling of the piece of work. He bravely varies the expressive ceramic means, which helps to strike the spectator’s interest nerve. Ihor Bereza’s
works are filled with exquisite aesthetics, which can be perceived only by heart.

Tetiana Zinenko
Art historian, Master of Arts, Ph. D. in Art History.

1978 – Lviv Applied Arts College by I.Trush, department of sculpture, barchelor degree
1983 - Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts , studio pottery department , master degree

Since 1983 – exhibited at more than 100 Pan-Ukrainian and international art exhibition

Symposiums:
1999 - Symposium of Monumental Ceramics, (Opishne, Ukraine)
2001 - International Symposium of Ceramics and Sculpture, (Boleslavets, Poland)
2005 - Ceramics Symposium, (Sloviansk, Ukraine)
2009 - Ceramics Symposium, (Chodziezh, Poland)
2010 - International Ceramics Symposium ,,2010:10x10’’, (Opishne, Ukraine)
2011 - International Ceramics Symposium , (Panevezys, Lithuania)
2013 - International Ceramics Symposium ,,Art-Zhizhal’’, (Babruysk, Belarus)
2014 - International Ceramics Symposium ,,Art-Zhizhal’’, (Babruysk, Belarus)
2015 - International Ceramics Symposium ,,Bukovyna 2015’’, (Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
2015 - Personal exhibition, Gobis/Outdoors Expo, (Vilnius, Lithuania)