Yu Polch

An Ukrainian Abstract Expressionist artist. Yu Polch passioned about freedom of expression and momentarily power of nuance.

Polch's artistic journey begans in his native Kyiv, where he honed his skills in painting and experimental music.

STATEMENT

"I live all my life with abstract art under my skin and deeply enjoy to the fact my grand grand grandfather was the official painter at Ortodox Church. I have got still his pale b/w photo, where he is painting siting with easel.

I'm Ukrainian and was born in Kiev in 1959, USSR, and now live in Kyiv, Ukraine. I started to paint early and decision to go to a local Children Art School was taken solely by me.

I used to try a lot of visual styles and academic fine Art style of painting, but my heart definitely is in Abstract Intuitive Expressionism.

I love to discover new impressions and to build spaces, to find harmony in the chaos. That is my passion.

Most of my works I start from the inner spontaneous impulse, as if musical improvisation. From the internal impulse - line, stroke, dot, I start to walk in new unfamiliar journey until painting starts to resonate with myself. That principle is very close to Zen monk meditation. So, I, could tell, I love visual spontaneous free form...

4 years at Kyiv Children Art School
5 years at Kyiv Music School

1991 Kyiv, KPI Student Art Show
1990-2000 Kyiv, Private Art Galleries
1992 Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA, U.S.A. Ludwa Gallery
Collections in Germany, U.S.A., Australia, U.K.