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Movchan Danylo

Year of birth 1979
Place of birth Lviv
Place of living and work Lviv
About myself and my artworks

I was fascinated by the world of Ukrainian icons while studying at LKDUM. I. Trusha, there he got acquainted with the ancient technique of yolk tempera. I look for inspiration in ancient sacred art. His complex and orderly semiotic world generates new images and forms. In my creative compositions I use innovative elements, both in the field of form and content, and I interpret authentic techniques in a new way. The majestic figures in my works reflect, rather, the inner womb, the transformed being. Immovable images express God's peace and surreal life. I think that the process of creating an image is a kind of prayer

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BIOGRAPHY
Education

1995-2000 - Lviv College of Decorative and Applied Arts. I. Trusha (restoration department)

2000-2006 - Lviv National Academy of Arts (Department of Sacred Art)

Achievements and awards

2012 - Ukrainian Union of Icon Painters

EXHIBITIONS

Personal exhibitions

2006 - A. Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv

2009 - "Incarnation", Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv

2012 - "Song of Songs", IMPART Center for the Arts, Wroclaw, Poland

2012 - "Heavenly", ICONART Gallery, Lviv

2012 - "Dining Room", DETENPYLA Gallery, Lviv

2013 - "Man and Cherub", Czestochowa, Poznan, Lodz, Poland

2014 - "Healed Wings", Sweet art gallery, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

2016 - "On paper", ICONART gallery, Lviv

2016 - "Saints and the Body", Gallery "Galeria U Jezuitów", Poznan, Poland

2018 - "Color. Body ", Educatorium Gallery, Kyiv

2019 - Silentium, ECK Logos Gallery, Lodz, Poland

Group exhibitions

More than 70 group exhibitions and several international plein airs in Ukraine and abroad

Collections

The works are in churches and private collections in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Finland, Italy, France, Canada and the United States

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Roman Zilinko Art critic's review 19/06/2020

Danylo Movchan is one of the most expressive Lviv artists and creators of the icon. The main source of inspiration for his work is the Ukrainian medieval icon, which he understood very well while working as a restorer. At the same time, without entering into conflict with tradition, Danylo tries to be an actual artist and create in the context of contemporary art for a modern person. His icons, like other artworks, reflect conciseness and a return to the simplest form and clean, clear color. He is looking for an image of perfection - simple and understandable through God's original beauty, without unnecessary emotions, tension, and unnecessary lines and shades. Only harmony

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Roman Zilinko Art critic's review 19/06/2020

Danylo Movchan is one of the most expressive Lviv artists and creators of the icon. The main source of inspiration for his work is the Ukrainian medieval icon, which he understood very well while working as a restorer. At the same time, without entering into conflict with tradition, Danylo tries to be an actual artist and create in the context of contemporary art for a modern person. His icons, like other artworks, reflect conciseness and a return to the simplest form and clean, clear color. He is looking for an image of perfection - simple and understandable through God's original beauty, without unnecessary emotions, tension, and unnecessary lines and shades. Only harmony

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