Ivan Tsupka

Ivan Tsupka was born in 1973 in Odessa, Ukraine

In the mid-1990s he moved to Kiev, becoming one of the key figures in the Ukrainian contemporary art scene.

Ivan's work is in many public collections, including the Ukrainian National Museum, Kiev Center for Contemporary Art and Museum of Odessa Modern Art and in numerous private collections in USA and Europe. He has had solo exhibitions at institutions and galleries across the Ukraine including Odessa Museum of Modern Art, Guelman Gallery, Pinchuk Art Center, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Brucie Collection Gallery among the others.

Ivan Tsupka currently lives and works in Kiev, Ukraine.

1993 - 1999 Ukrainian Academy of Art, Kiev, Ukraine
1988 - 1992 Odessa State College of Fine Arts, Odessa, Ukraine

Festivals
2003 "Krok" animation festial, "General Vatutin" ship, Ukraine
2002 "KIMAF" (Kiev International Media Art Festival), Kiev, Ukraine
2000 "KIMAF" (Kiev International Media Art Festival), Kiev, Ukraine
1999 "DreamCatcher" video festival, Kiev, Ukraine
1998 "DreamCatcher" video festival, Kiev, Ukraine

Personal
2019
Untitled - Odessa State Literature Museum, Odessa, Ukraine

2013
"The Shining", Odessa Museum of Modern Art, Odessa, Ukraine

2009
"Play of Light", Brucie Collection gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

2007
"Supersonic" , Bereznitsky Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
"Nuclear Pussycats", Da Vinci gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

2003
"Wireframe", House of Cinema, Kiev, Ukraine

2002
"Noise", as a part of Kiev International Media Art Festival 2002,
Alipi gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
"Wireframe", Guelman gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
"DOOM. Still Life.", White Moon gallery, Odessa, Ukraine

2000
"Ours/Aliens", L-Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

1999
"$@X", Soviart Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

1998
Your Vampire Tooth" Cyber Cafe, Kiev, Ukraine

1997
"Baby Babble", Marginesy Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine;
"Underwater", Tirs Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine;

1996
"Deja vue" , L-Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine.



Group

2017
"Flashback", Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine
"Envy", Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine


2015
"Golden Section Contemporary Art auction", Cultural Center M17, Kiev, Ukraine

2013
"Golden Section Contemporary Art auction", Cultural Center M17, Kiev, Ukraine
2011
"Golden Section Contemporary Art auction", Donbass Palace Hotel, Doneck, Ukraine
"Golden Section Design and Photography auction", Cultural Center M17, Kiev, Ukraine
"Golden Section Contemporary Art auction", Cultural Center M17, Kiev, Ukraine
"Prosto. Mystectvo", National Art Museum, Kiev, Ukarine
"Space Odyssey 2011", Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine

2008
"Erogenous Zone", DaVinci Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

2004
"Goodbye Weapon", Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine
"Digital Russia", Central Artists House, Moscow, Russia
"StART challenge finalists", L-Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

2003
"First Collection of Contemporary Art Museum", Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine
"21 artists", Soviart gallery, Kiev, Ukraine"Donumenta", Regensburg, Germany

2002
"Xenophilia", Guelman gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
"New Directions", Kiev, Ukraine
"Over a Border", as a part of "Art Moscow" Art Festival, Central Artists House, Moscow, Russia
"Allergy", Ra gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
"Ukrainian Art", Rebel Minds gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Objective unconscious", as a part of a "Cultural Hero" festival Guelman gallery, Kiev, Ukraine and Museum of Literature, Odessa, Ukraine
"Media", Maritime gallery, Odessa, Ukraine

2001
Festival of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
"Game" Kiev International Media Art Festival 2001, Kiev, Ukraine;
"Illumination", Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine;

2000
"Alter Natura" Kiev International Media Art Festival 2000, Kiev, Ukraine;
"Clean Room", Kiev, Ukraine, All-Ukrainian Art Festival, Ukrainian House Cultural Center, Kiev, Ukraine;
"New Directions", Artists Union Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine;
“Future is now - Ukrainian Art in the Nineties”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
"Vystavka kartin" - State Museum of the Russian Art, Odessa, Ukraine

1999
"Regarde sur l'Ukraine", Passage du Retz, Paris, France
"Mirage", Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine;
"Screen Version", Artists Union Gallery,Kiev, Ukraine;
"Envy",Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine;

1998
"Bananagold", Exhibition Hall of Ukrainian Academy Art, Kiev, Ukraine
"Public Interest", Artists Union Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine;

1997
"Photo...synthesis", Artists Union Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
"Atmosphere", Ukrainian House Cultural Center, Kiev, Ukraine;

1996
"Trans-Port" project Odessa, Ukraine;"Phantom-Opera" project, Odessa, Ukraine;

1994
"Art D'Ucraina", Centre cultural D'Alcol, Valencia, Spain;
"Continuation of Traditions", State Museum of the Russian Art, Odessa, Ukraine