Khrystyna Kvyk
Painting
Khrystyna Kvyk is an emerging Ukrainian artist, born on November 17, 1994. Currently resides and works in Lviv.
Her artistic journey began by pursuing her passion for the arts at the Sambir Pedagogical College, where she specialized in Fine Art. Further she studied graphic design at the Ukrainian Academy of Printing. Seeking to deepen her artistic knowledge and expand her creative horizons, Khrystyna embarked on an enriching educational path at the Lviv National Academy of Arts, specializing in Sacred Art. It was here that she obtained her master’s degree. Before starting her artistic career, she taught fine art in a children’s art studio, painted wallpaintings with her team in one of the temples in Lviv.
She actively participates in group exhibitions and various art events, primarily in Ukraine and Poland. Notably, she has been a regular participant in the annual international icon painting plein airs held in Novytsia (Poland) and Zamlynnia (Ukraine).
In 2018 and 2019, she was honored with awards in the esteemed “Nowa Epifania Piękna” competition, organized by the Museum of Icons in Suprasl, Poland. These achievements led to her works being included in the museum’s esteemed collection of modern iconography. The year 2023 she received the esteemed “Gaude Polonia” stipend awarded by the Minister of Culture of Poland.
Khrystyna’s artworks have found their way into private collections across Ukraine, Poland, the USA, Greece, Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain and other countries, in museum collections in Ukraine and Poland.
Education
2012
MFA in Arts, Lviv National Academy of Arts(Lviv, Ukraine)
2012-2017: BA in Arts, Ukrainian Academy of Printing(Lviv, Ukraine)
2010-2014: Pedagogical college(Sambir, Ukraine)
Solo exhibitions
2012
2023 - “Liturgia”, Vivid Gallery(Wroclaw, Poland)
2021 - “Gratia Plena”, presented by the gallery “Art of the Icon” in Diocesan Museum(Kielce, Poland)
Selected group exhibitions
2023
Annual Christmas exhibition, Iconart gallery(Lviv, Ukraine)
“Father`s Love”, OKSSa (All-Poland Sacred Art Competition), held by “Maria and Marta” Foundation, Art Gallery of the Lubrański Academy(Poznań, Poland)
“The Cosmogony of Senses”, The Korsaks` Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art(Lutsk, Ukraine)
“Loneliness”, the exhibition held with the support of the art project “We and World”, Ukrainian Cultural Center(Tel Aviv, Israel)
2022
Christmas exhibition of icon paintings, presented by Iconart gallery, Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy(Philadelphia, USA)
The Faces of Liberty”, Sophia Kyivska National Reserve(Kyiv, Ukraine)
“Because you went through fire and water”, Museum of Icons, Branch of the Museum of Podlasie(Suprasl, Poland)
“Emotions”, the exhibition of icons, presented by Iconart gallery in Archdiocese(Bamberg, Germany)
2021
Annual Easter exhibition, Iconart gallery(Lviv, Ukraine)
“The Empty Tomb”, Anahuac University(Mexico City, Mexico)
The exhibition of icons, Museum of Icon(Alba Iulia, Romania)
VII Biennale of Sacred art(Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria)
2020
The exhibition of selected diploma works of the MFA of Lviv National Academy of Arts, Gallery of LNAA(Lviv, Ukraine)
Annual Christmas exhibition, Iconart gallery(Lviv, Ukraine)
“Holy Warriors”, Iconart gallery(Lviv, Ukraine)
Annual Easter exhibition, Iconart gallery(Lviv, Ukraine)
2019
International icon painting competition of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy (IAO) “The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ”(Athens, Greece)
The first All-Ukrainian Biennale of Levkas, The Center of Contemporary Art “White World”(Kyiv, Ukraine)
2017
“Frankolaboratorium”, Franko House(Lviv, Ukraine)
The exhibition of icons “Under the patronage of St. Luke”, Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum(Lviv, Ukraine)
2023
Scholarship of the Minister of Culture of Poland “Gaude Polonia”(Wroclaw, Poland)
2021
XIII International plein air of contemporary icon painting(Kryvorivnia, Ukraine)
2020
XII International plein air of contemporary icon painting(Novytsia, Poland)
2019
The International cultural and artistic exchange and mutual learning activity “Eye of the world. Discovery of Chongquing”, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute(Chongquing, China)
XI International plein air of contemporary icon painting(Novytsia, Poland)
International Art Summer, painting plein air, House of Culture Dorozhkarnia(Warsaw, Poland)
International Symposium of Contemporary Icon painting, Orthodox Academy of Crete(Kolymbari, Crete, Greece)
2018
X International plein air of contemporary icon painting(Novytsia, Poland)
VIII International plein air of contemporary icon painting(Zamlynnia, Ukraine)
2017
IX International plein air of contemporary icon painting(Novytsia, Poland)
VII International plein air of contemporary icon painting(Zamlynnia, Ukraine)
2016
VI International plein air of contemporary icon painting(Zamlynnia, Ukraine)
Awards
2019
The second prize in “Nowa Epifania Piękna” II International Competition of icon painting, Museum of Icons, Branch of the Museum of Podlasie(Suprasl, Poland)
2018
The first prize in “Nowa Epifania Piękna” I International Competition of icon painting, Museum of Icons, Branch of the Museum of Podlasie(Suprasl, Poland)
Contacts
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