Bogdan Tomashevskiy
Artist Bogdan Tomashevsky was born in 1986 in Uzhgorod, Ukraine. In 2010 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture with a bachelor degree in architecture and arts. He worked as an architect from 2008 till 2011. But in 2011 happened an event that turned his whole life upside down, he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease Multiple Sclerosis. The disease struck the musculoskeletal system most of all and so Bogdan began a long search for therapy and remission…
During rehabilitation, he began to use clay to restore hand motor skills. Thus began his creative journey and later he used this material to create his art objects. “Clay and chamotte are noble and environmentally friendly multi-faceted sculptural materials, works from which can be exhibited in any gallery or museum of modern art,” says Bogdan.
Since 2012, Bogdan has changed his life, he already knew exactly what he would be doing in future, he found meaning and he had a dream. He has got married and has a 1.5 year old son. Bogdan no longer worked as an architect but became a freelance artist. As every young artist he experimented, was looking for his own style and recognizable emphasize, a technique that would be modern, simple and complex at the same time.
Today he creates works from different materials, depending on the idea and theme of the project. “First comes the idea or question that the artist wants to raise in, then comes material from which an art object is created,” says Bogdan.
For the last couple of years besides the creation of large clay panels he has been working on a project on the subject of ecology. Eco-project is about where we are going and what awaits us, it is a critical project about the present-day.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2014 became one of 150 young artists who are sponsored by Firtash Foundation Charity Fund
2015 1st prize in category ‘Sculpture’ at the Feldman Art Park festival of young Ukrainian artists
Live and work in Ukraine.
2018
Summer Show, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
VOLTA Basel Art Fair, Mironova gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Project «Amplitude» , Mironova gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
KIEV ART WEEK, Mironova gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Project «Where Do We Go From Here?» IZOLYATSIA, Kyiv, Ukraine
2017
Summer Show, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Scope Basel Art Fair, Voloshyn Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
National museum of Ukrainian Lavra, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016
GogolFest,project «BABYLON» Kyiv, Ukraine.
“Phantom Makers” Dukley art center, Kotor, Montenegro
Project “Heritage” Voloshyn gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
“10xYONG”, Mystetska Zbirka gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015
“Feldman Art Park“, park museum of contemporary art, Kharkov, Ukraine.
“Joke“, “Corydor“ gallery, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
“Practice of modification”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
“INSTAART”, Mystetska Zbirka gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Inspired by Black Square”, Mystetska Zbirka gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
“Resentment”, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine.
“1+1+”, solo project, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2014
“The proposed period of time“, “Corydor“ gallery, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
ART KYIV Contemproary IX, “Mystetska Zbirka”gallery, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine.
“Energy”, Slava Frolova ArtPicnic, Kyiv, Ukraine.
“Temporary Exhibition”, “Situation” project, “Corydor” gallery, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
Slava Frolova-Group, Museum “Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Book Arsenal IV, Slava Frolova-Group, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Civil Mysticism”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2013
GogolFest, art cluster Vydubychi, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Slava Frolova-Group, Museum “Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Dedicated to the Artist’s Day, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2012
“House in House”, Solmaz Foladi, М17, Kyiv, Ukraine
Contact details
Bogdan Tomashevskiy
artist
Ukraine, Kyiv, 02095
Knyajiy Zaton 11 street,
Ap № 136
Artistic Directors
Bogdan Tomashevskiy
Online
Email: bodgorno@gmail.com
Website: http://tomashevskiy.tumblr.com/
exhibition "This is a project about people"
Duration: Duration:
Description: Concept: (short)
1+1+1” is the project about all of us, about the people and for the people, about each of us with his unique, personal opinion, will, feelings. It is close and clear for the audience, but certainly everyone will invest in the reading of the project something personal, something that will shut down and fill it with additional meanings.
Concept: (long)
Self-identification, awareness of self-essence is impossible without the relations with other people. And although the “other” word provides contrast, dissimilarity, it is not totally alien image for a person who designs it. Each of us is original and unique but one is similar to another. Another constantly accompanies us, he is part of our inner and outer world. Every day we see dozens of people, we notice our similarities and differences, we seek common and special.
So, every detail at work, which was created by Bogdan Tomashevskyi, is the one and only, but at the same time, it is a part of the whole. If you look at the subject from a distance, you can not distinguish one silhouette from others – all they merge into a solid pattern, an abstract relief, which was formed through the thousands of components.
“1+1+1” is the project about all of us, about the people and for the people, about each of us with his unique, personal opinion, will, feelings. It is close and clear for the audience, but certainly everyone will invest in the reading of the project something personal, something that will shut down and fill it with additional meanings.
Extra information: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
The total size of the object is 300x500cm. Consists of 15 wooden panels, 1 panel size is 100x100cm.
There are approximately 7-8 thousand of figures of people, they are 4-7 cm high, made from white and red clay. Each figure was created individually, manually by hands. Formation and copying were not used. Sculptural figures are attached to wooden panel with silicone sealant.
SPECIFICATIONS
15 panels are mounted on a specially created wooden frame according to the size of the installation.
While mounting of art installation two people are required.
The recommended ceiling height of the location is more than 3 meters.
The installation was exhibited once in Ukraine in 2014 in the Shcherbenko Art Center in Kiev.
At the moment I am looking for a place for re-exposure outside of Ukraine.
Open to cooperation with Art Funds, Museums, galleries.
Also in the portfolio, there are other exhibition objects made from different materials.
People on road: N/A
Freight: necessary
Freight details: DELIVERY by transportation services in a securely packed wooden box.