Ivanka Demchuk
She creates artworks for the spiritual enrichment of the viewer, illustrating a new religious essence as an alternative to producing classical canonical examples, researching principles of interpreting icons without losing sacral significance. Seeking new methods of expression in her working methodology, she uses modern and ancient technologies, including chalk gesso, that allows for experimentation with texture and the creation of interesting color effects.
Born 1990, in Lviv, Ukraine.
Graduated from the Lviv College of Decorative and Applied Art in 2008. Continued studies in the Sacral Art department in Lviv National Academy of Arts, receiving a masters degree with honors in 2014. Since 2008, Demchuk participated in group exhibitions in Ukraine and Poland.
Exhibitions
2008 - "Art Dinner", Lviv Palace of Arts, Lviv
2010 - International Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv Palace of Arts, Lviv
2011 - "Exhibition of icons of the Department of Sacred Art LNAM", Art Gallery, Lutsk
2011 - Exhibition of Contemporary Icon Painting of Ukraine and Poland "Oblicza ikony", Museum of Southern Podlasie, Biala Podlaska
2012 - "Exhibition of Sacred Art", Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Boykivshchyna", Sambir
2012 - Exhibition of Contemporary Icon Painting of Ukraine and Poland "Oblicza ikony", Regional Museum in Lenčna, Lenčna
2013 - "Renewal of tradition", Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Boykivshchyna", Sambir
2013 - Exhibition of the Ukrainian Union of Icon Painters "As God is with us", Lviv National Museum. of A. Sheptytsky, Lviv
2013 - Exhibition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Ukrainian Union of Icon Painters, Exhibition Hall at St. George's Cathedral, Lviv
2013 - Post-plein air exhibition of the IV International Symposium of Icon Painting in Nowy Sacz, Polonia House, Warsaw
2014 - International Autumn Salon "High Castle", Lviv Palace of Arts, Lviv
2015 - Iconart in New York, New York, USA
2015 - exhibition "St. George. The image of victory", Iconart gallery, Lviv
Personal exhibitions
2014 - "Annunciation", Primus Gallery, Lviv
2014 - "Forty Days on Earth", Iconart Gallery, Lviv
2016 - exhibition "Bellek ve zaman", Birzan Art Space, Istanbul