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Exhibition of the artistic works by a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Igor Smichek "Metamorphoses" to the 65 years of birthday anniversary

The Kirovohrad Regional Art Museum hosted the opening of the personal exhibition of works of the member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Igor Smychek on the 65th anniversary of his birth, which was called «Metamorphoses».

Igor Smychek was born in Kropyvnitsky (Kirovograd) on 24th of November in 1953. He entered the Grekov Odessa Art School in 1969 and graduated in 1973 (lecturer Chernyaev). He became a teacher of Kirovograd children's art school in the same year (it`s called The Children's Art School named after O. Osmorkin now). He served in the ranks of the Soviet Army from 1974 to 1976. He studied at the Ivan Fedorov Ukraine Polygraphic Institute in Lviv (lecturer Ovchinnikov and Charishnikov) from 1976 to 1981. The first exhibition of graphic works of the artist in Kirovograd was hosted in 1982. He works as a teacher of Kirovograd children's art school from 1982 till nowadays. He trained a numerical galaxy of capable young people as a talented teacher. Igor Volodymyrovych is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and the National Union of Theatre Artists of Ukraine.

Igor Smychek is one of the leading specialists in the Kirovograd region, his works are multifaceted - from the art of the book to monumental and easel painting.

In the 1980s, the publishing houses in Kishinev and Lviv published the books with his design: Nikolai Gogol`s «Dead Souls», Astrid Lindgren`s «Pippi Longstocking», A. Lindgren, «Golden Meadow» by M. Prishvin, «Multicolored Tales» by I. Ziedoniss, «Moldavian folk tales». In the Kirovohrad publishing houses were published the album «The Theater of Mark Kropivnitsky - Past, Modern» (the author is V. Shurapov, 2001); poetic collections «Understanding History» V. Shilo (1998), «The Feast of the harvest» by V. Mogilyuka (2004); Ivan Franko's story «Cross-paths» (2000). Igor Smychko created the emblem of the All-Ukrainian holiday of theatrical art «September gems», he designed the stage of the theater and the philharmonic.

The works of the artist were exhibited at the All-Union and Republican art exhibitions, in particular, at the exhibitions «Lviv Book Painters» (Lviv, 1978), «From layout to book» (Lviv, 1983), at the 4th Republican exhibition of illustrations and book design «The Artist and the Book» (Kyiv, 1986), 2nd All-Union Exhibition of Book Illustrations (Moscow, 1986).

Igor Smychek is a regular participant of the regional and city thematic exhibitions. Repeatedly the artist hosted his personal exhibitions in our city. The exhibition of graphic works of the artist was opened in the Regional Art Museum in October in 2002, and the exhibition of paintings by Igor Smychek was opened to the 50th anniversary of his birth in December in 2003. The personal exhibition of Igor Smychek was opened to the 60th anniversary of his birth in November in 2013.

Igor Volodymyrovych took an active part in the creation portraits of prominent countrymen for the All-Ukrainian museum project «Ukrainians in the World» in 2008. The project was based on the initiative of the President of Ukraine, unites the image of the most prominent representatives of the Ukrainian nation and exhibited at the Center for Business and Cultural Cooperation «Ukrainian House» in Kiev. These works were presented at the exhibition in the Regional Art Museum to the 70th anniversary of the Kirovograd region in 2009.

In recent years, the several personal exhibitions of the artist have been opened in Kirovograd Universal Scientific Library by D. Chizhevsky: the exhibition «Intimate Cities» (2011), the exhibition of painting (2012) and book graphics (2011).

In the memorial museum of O.Osmorkin on October in 2015, the opening of a personal exhibition of paintings by the famous Kirovograd artist member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Igor Smychek and the presentation of the «Art Mazes by Igor Smychek» in the framework of the museum's artistic project series of artistic series exhibitions «Laureates of the regional prize in the field of fine arts and art named after Alexander Osmorkin».

The works of the artist are kept in the museum collections of Ukraine and private collections of Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, Japan and the USA.

For creative searches in the direction of contemporary fine arts and a significant contribution to the fine art of Kirovograd region in 2009, Igor Smyczek became the winner of the regional awards in the field of fine arts and art critic named after Alexander Osmorkin in the category «New directions».

Igor Volodymyrovych is the artist who is constantly in a creative search, does not stop at the achieved, opens up new horizons. The exposition presents the works of the last period of the artist's work. According to the artist himself, these canvases can be defined as abstract surrealism.

At the opening of the exhibition Igor Smichek gave to the museum funds one of his best works «The goat and the girl» (2010).

 

Anatoliy Khmelnytsky – The Head of the Department of the Kirovograd Regional
Art Museum - Petr Ossovsky's Art Gallery "World and Homeland"