OLEH PUTRASHYK

Oleh’s work is a deep, often impenetrable constructivism — a way of reading and understanding the world and the phenomena that occur within it. It is an entirely natural experience, embodied in multidimensional objects that seem to be permeated by a dense network of the artist’s thoughts.

When Oleh reaches for solid forms, abandoning openwork structures, he creates cohesive and monumental phenomena. He gives them fluid shapes, in which he leaves only his own, remarkably balanced cuts — traces of the artist’s presence. He does this to convey something essential, revealed only to him. In doing so, he allows us to perceive the world exactly as he himself experienced it through his hands and the material.

Oleh Putrashyk — a sculptor working in metal, co-founder of the creative workshop “SZPOR” (ШПОР), which for many years operated actively in Perechyn. Since the end of 2024, he has been serving in the 1st Battalion of the 101st Independent Territorial Defense Brigade. Due to the lack of conditions for sculptural work in field settings, he is currently focused on creating graphic works.

“In the army, without the conditions to sculpt, I began creating graphics. This opened an entirely new chapter in my life and artistic practice. Art allows me to endure and maintain inner balance in this difficult time. Whenever I can immerse myself in the creative process, I regain the energy necessary to keep going.”

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Oleh Putrashyk

Born in 1978 in Uzhhorod Lives and works in Uzhhorod. Sculptor, multimedia artist, co-founder of key artistic initiatives in Transcarpathia.

Education and teaching

  • 1996–2002: A. Erdeli College of Fine Arts in Uzhhorod.
  • 2002–2004: Lviv National Academy of Arts (LNAA).
  • 2010–2017: Lecturer at the Transcarpathian Institute of Arts.

Artistic and organizational activity

  • 2022: Co-founder of the Art Association “SZPOR” (ШПОР).
  • 2007–2019: Co-founder and organizer of sculpture symposia within the “Tri Ivana” creative workshop.

Solo exhibitions and projects

  • 2025: Quiet Vortex (with Kseniia Platanova), Corridor Gallery, Uzhhorod.
  • 2021: Load-Bearing Structures, Municipal Art Center, Lviv.
  • 2018: Episode – sculpture presentation, Uzhhorod.

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2025: * Book Country, VDNG Exhibition Complex, Kyiv.
    • Project SINIYI. Ya1prdkt XXVI, Uzhhorod.
  • 2024: * My Secret Garden, Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life, Uzhhorod.
    • Trace of Memory, Lviv Sculpture Week, Ya Gallery, Lviv.
    • Kryvyi Rih “Artistic”?, 39.9 Gallery, Kryvyi Rih.
    • Thinking About Ukraine, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
    • Records of Resistance, Unterhaus (Oberhausen) and D-Mite (Düsseldorf), Germany.
  • 2023: * Records of Resistance, Martinrou, Fleurus/Charleroi, Belgium.
  • 2022: * Fire and Hope, NTK Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
    • PARK 3020 – International Sculpture Symposium, Lviv.
    • ART WAR. Biruchiy-Transcarpathia 022, Social Innovation House, Warsaw, Poland / Nyzhnie Selyshche, Ukraine.
  • 2021: * RUDA project, 39.9 Gallery, Kyiv / Kryvyi Rih.
    • IX International Sculpture Symposium ProArteMunkach, Mukachevo.
  • 2020: * Humanity / The Day After, Museum of the History of Kyiv, Kyiv.
    • Cows Plough – artist residency, Uzhhorod / Bukivtsiovo.
  • 2019: * 1st Kyiv International Sculpture Symposium, M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv.
  • 2018: * 100 Horses for the UNESCO Museum, Sant’Alfio, Sicily, Italy.
    • Equinox, Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture, Uzhhorod.
  • 2017: * Chaika. Reminiscence 1992–2017, Dzyga Gallery, Lviv.
    • Process-3. Modern Realism, Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod.

Now in the Gallery