Rostyslav Luzhetskyi. Landscape. Return.

"Landscape is at once the most changeable and the most enduring component of your memory.
It is the longest line of continuity of experience. Return becomes possible not because space remains unchanged — the landscape preserves the trace of our presence while simultaneously retaining the ability to be recognized despite war, the dust of time, and even the slow fading of our bodies."
— Rostyslav Luzhetskyi.

The exhibition at Zelena Kanapa Gallery will feature paintings and graphic works created over the last six years. One of the works was previously presented as part of the group exhibition project Orizzonti ("Horizons") in Switzerland, organized by the Zenovii Kozytskyi Charitable Foundation in 2023. The remaining works will be exhibited in Ukraine for the first time.

The exhibition opening will take place on May 26 at 6:00 PM.
Zelena Kanapa Gallery
7 Virmenska St, Lviv.

Rostyslav Luzhetskyi (born 1970) is an artist, public figure, and one of the co-founders of the Komora Publishing House (Kyiv).

Born in Lviv into an artistic family, he studied painting in the home studio of Karl Zvirynskyi. He graduated from the Lviv Academy of Arts (1993) and the Kyiv National University of Cinema and Television (2003).

He works in easel painting, graphic art, and design. Luzhetskyi stood at the origins of contemporary Ukrainian book design and collaborated with publishing houses in Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, the Netherlands, Norway, Great Britain, and the United States. He has participated in numerous Ukrainian and international exhibitions, cultural and artistic projects, forums, and public discussions. Among his initiatives are the ProSvit project of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, several projects of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, and projects of the National Memorial Complex of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes — Museum of the Revolution of Dignity.

As an artist, Luzhetskyi employs original techniques, including combining painting with plastic and assemblage solutions. His work explores important socio-political and historical themes, particularly the relevance of figures such as Hryhorii Skovoroda and Taras Shevchenko in shaping national identity, as well as the influence of the Maidan movements and the war on contemporary Ukrainian reality.

Major solo exhibitions of the past decade include:
Hypoglycemia: P.S. (painting, St. Thomas Aquinas Institute of Religious Sciences in Kyiv, 2025); Hypoglycemia (painting, sculpture, installation — Kyiv, White World Center for Contemporary Art, 2022; Lviv, PM Gallery, 2022); The Longest Year (painting — Kyiv, Taras Shevchenko National Museum, 2020; Lviv, PM Gallery, 2020), among others.

His artworks are held in private collections and museums in Ukraine and abroad.