Vasya Dmytryk

Vasya Dmytryk (b.1991, Ukraine) is a sculptor who works in the fields of public art, conceptual sculptures and installations. Vasya's pieces thread figuration and abstraction, they nevertheless recall classical figurative traditions across a range of cultures and historical periods. He creates sculptures primarily out of wood, metal, composites, and found objects. Vasya lives and works in Odesa, Ukraine.

When I work with a material, I explore its sensory and symbolic nature. Each material has its own
specific language, and working by hand reveals it. I follow the language of wood, metal or styrofoam,
and I bring new words to this process, creating a new dictionary. I am interested in the search for
primary foundations, the search for realness at the stage of its birth. By using discarded and recycled
materials to reveal these foundations, I repair our relationship to the primitive vitality of the world.

2014 - 2016 Grekov Odesa Art School. Specialization sculpture

Solo
2020
"Industrial Fairytale", Dymchuk Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019
"Industrial fairytale", Museum of Modern Art of Odesa, Ukraine
Group
2020
•"It was forbidden to swim in the water area of the plant", Invogue Gallery, Odesa, Ukraine
• "7J/7", Invogue Gallery, Odesa, Ukraine
• "Future is today", Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, online
• "And a portrait we will hang here", online
2019
• "Past, Future, Present", Siniy Crab, Odesa, Ukraine
• "(SELF) IDENTIFICATION", Invogue Gallery, Odesa, Ukraine
• "Neformat", Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa, Ukraine
• "Bestiary", Theatrical space TEO, Odesa, Ukraine
2016
• "Night at the Museum", Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa, Ukraine
2014
• "Sculpture in the open air", Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Ukraine