“Denys Struk extracts national archetypes of folk art, adds layers of modernity and post-modernity. Creates picturesque canvases by applying paint in layers, using stencils.”
„Earthy, rich, expansive, spicy orange resembles the exotic aroma of India. You want to pour it in your hands and feel how it passes through your fingers like pleasant golden sand, leaving behind patterns similar to those painted on the wedding day on the hands of brides with henna. It’s hot and bites the tongue. Mediterranean herbs and flowers are spread among it with lemony and minty greens. The initial hot explosive color is gradually balanced by cold citrus camphor. It leaves the feeling of clarity and freshness on the lips, the feeling you have after the tropical rain.
The layering of colors, layering of aromas, layering of vibrations, and finally a feeling of perfect harmony.”
Olena Grubb, MAAB, Sotheby’s Institute of Art
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Born in Dnipro, Ukraine
2003 graduated Lviv’s Academy of Art,
specialisation – art glass (professor Roman Petruk)
Works in the field of painting, blown glass, installations.
Participant in many exhibitions and residences in Ukraine and Europe.
Live and works in Lviv.
Selected exhibitions:
1998 IV International Blown Glass Symposium, Lviv
2000 „1380° С”, personal exhibition, Palace of Art, Lviv
2001 V International Blown Glass Symposium, Lviv
2002 Autumn salon „Vysoky Zamok”, Palace of Art, Lviv
2003 Exhibition of Young Artists, Palace of Art, Lviv
2003 Solo exhibition „Signs of life”, „Dzyga” gallery, Lviv
2003 Solo exhibition, the gallery in Castle of Kazimierz, Przemysl, Poland
2004 Exhibition of 13, Palace of Art, Lviv
2004 VI International Blown Glass Symposium, Lviv’s Art Gallery
2006 Solo exhibition, „Dzyga” gallery, Lviv
2010 VI International Blown Glass Symposium, Lviv
2010 “Sklokoko”, blown glass plain air, “Museum of ideas”, Lviv
2010 “Exhibition # 1”, Coralli gallery, Lviv
2012 Solo exhibition, Green sofa gallery, Lviv
2012 Solo exhibition, National Museum of books and printing of Ukraine, Kyiv
2012 Week of Contemporary Art, Lviv
2013 VIII International Blown Glass Symposium, Lviv
2013 Solo exhibition, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv
2013 Industrial Edem, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv
2013 ART KYIV Contemporary, Kyiv
2015 Solo exhibition, Green Sofa gallery, Lviv
2017 London Art Fair
2017 «Japan Inside» art project, Museum of Kyiv History
2017 ROOTS / CatenArt Exhibition, Berlin
2018 Solo exhibition, Green sofa gallery, Lviv
2019 “Cinema and identity” – International Residency, Berlin
2019 “Istanbul Artist Residency”, Istanbul
2019 International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence
“Palimpsest”
“Landscape”
“RyaDnyna”
