Oleksandr Korovai

He is a romantic by nature, so he professes romanticism in art.

 

In his work, he draws on the best achievements of European art. He is particularly interested in the artistic heritage of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Secession periods. In his work, he uses layers of ancient symbolism and is inspired by mythology. His work is distinguished by a timeless perception.

He was born on 19 April 1959 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Since 1976, he has been living and working in Lviv. Works in oil and acrylic painting, watercolour, pastel, monotype, etching.


In 1994, he was elected a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. In 1989, he became a member of the creative union of the Club of Ukrainian Artists (CUA). From 1995-2000 - a teacher of painting at the Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts named after I. Trush. Since 2005, he has been a lecturer of painting at the Department of Design of the National Forestry University of Ukraine. He influenced the formation of a number of young artists: D. Movchan, O. Kozyura, O. Domaradska, etc.


From 1976-1981, he studied at the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (now the Lviv National Academy of Arts). He graduated with honours. Teachers by profession: O. Koravai (father), D. Dovboshynskyi, V. Ovsiichuk, Y. Dvornyk, V. Patyk, H. Yakutovych.

 

Awards:


2022 - diploma of the international exhibition Lviv Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv, Ukraine
2019 - a diploma from the National Technical University of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
2017 - gratitude from the library-branch №5 named after Akakiy Tsaritelli. Central Library, Lviv, Ukraine
2014 - diploma of gratitude for the exhibition "Zodiac", art cafe "Stuka", Lviv, Ukraine
2009 - diploma of honour from the National Technical University of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
2009 - the first prize of the international exhibition "Christmas Gifts", Lviv, Ukraine
2009 - Diploma of the VII International Plein Air Painting "Maxim", Slavske, Ukraine
2008 - Diploma for personal contribution to the culture of Ukraine. Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2004 - Diploma of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Diocese of Ukraine, Smerekiv, Ukraine
2003 - Diploma of the first international bookplate exhibition in Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
1998 - Diploma of the Lviv Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv, Ukraine
1997 - Diploma of the Lviv Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv, Ukraine
1995 - Diploma "The world of Ex-libris", Belgrade, Serbia
1989 - diploma of the Republican exhibition dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine

 

He has been actively engaged in creative activity since 1984, has participated in more than 70 regional and 40 international exhibitions.

 

The works are in collections:


Municipal collection of Lviv (Ukraine)
Municipal Gallery of Zamość (Poland)
Khmelnytskyi Art Museum (Ukraine)
Poltava Art Museum (Ukraine)
Ministry of Culture of Ukraine (Ukraine)
National Union of Artists of Ukraine (Ukraine)
Taras Shevchenko Museum in Lviv Palace of Arts (Ukraine)
IKONART Gallery in Kyiv (Ukraine)
Municipal collection of contemporary art in Lviv (Ukraine)
Collection of Brunicos civil museum (Italy)
Muzeum miasta Ostrowa Wielkopolskiego (Poland)
Miejska galleria sztuki w Lodzi. Galleria Willa (Poland)
Ankara Ex-libris Society (Turkey)

 

In private collections in Ukraine and abroad (USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Malta, Greece, Turkey, Sweden, Australia).

 

Personal exhibitions:


2023 - Personal exhibition "Graphic sheets of O. Korovaya", Museum of the House of Copper, Wroclaw, Poland
2020 - Personal exhibition "Star Necklace", Stryi Local History Museum "Verkhovyna", Stryi, Ukraine
2020 - Personal exhibition "Star Necklace", Drohobych Museum, Drohobych, Ukraine
2020 - Personal exhibition "Star Necklace", Mykhailo Bilas Art Museum, Truskavets, Ukraine
2019 - Personal exhibition of paintings in the bank "Ukrgasbank", Lviv, Ukraine
2018 - Personal exhibition of paintings by O. Korovai in the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
2017 - Personal exhibition of O. Korovai and O. Yavorskyi. Painting, sculpture. Ukrsotsbank, Unicredit bank, Lviv National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
2016 - Vivero memento. Gallery "Madame Palmgren", Lviv, Ukraine
2016 - Personal exhibition of paintings by O. Korovai. National Art Theatre of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
2015 - Our angels. Lviv National Gallery of Arts named after B. Voznytskyi. Museum "Zhovkva Castle", Zhovkva, Ukraine
2015 - Our Angels. Gallery "Madame Palmgren", Lviv, Ukraine
2014 - Our Angels. Art-cafe "Stuka", Lviv, Ukraine
2014 - Zodiac. Art-cafe "Stuka", Lviv, Ukraine
2001 - Hats. Gallery "Gothic Hall", Lviv, Ukraine
1998 - Erotic sonnet. Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
1994 - Jugs-people. Gallery "Artes", Lviv National Academy of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine.

 

International exhibitions:


2022 - Exhibition and charity auction Art Front Ukraine, a joint work of Ukrainian and Polish artists who united in the fight against Russian military aggression against Ukraine, Warsaw, Poland
2022 - International exhibition "Geography of Places, Topography of Feelings" within the framework of the international festival of visual art "Po-Mosty", Czestochowa, Poland
2022 - Exhibition "Lviv Graphics Against the War" at the City Hall Museum, Czestochowa, Poland
2022 - International art exhibition. Lviv Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv, Ukraine
2021 - International art exhibition. Lviv Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv, Ukraine
2020 - Sztuka w czasach zarazy 2020. Virtual exhibition of works of art created by artists during the pandemic, participating countries Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Italy
2019 - International art exhibition. Lviv Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv, Ukraine
2016 - International art exhibition. Lviv Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv, Ukraine
2016 - XVI Miedzynarodove Biennale malej formy graficznej i ekslibrisu, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
2016 - Lviv motifs. House of Culture in Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
2015 - International art exhibition. Lviv Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv, Ukraine

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