Vasyl Savchenko – Ukrainian artist, was born on 1994 in Lviv, Ukraine. Work and live in Gdansk, Poland.
Teacher at the Post-digital Printmaking Studio on the Department of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Art in Gdansk, Poland.
Education:
2015-2018 Master's degree in Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts, in Graphic and media art department, Wroclaw, Poland.
2014-2017 Master's degree in Arts in Lviv National Academy of Arts, department of Monumental painting
2012-2014 Bachelor's degree in Lviv National Academy of Arts, department of Monumental painting.
2008-2012 studied at the Lviv College of Decorative and Applied Art named by Ivan Trush, at the Faculty of Art painting.
Solo exhibitions:
2024 – "Ground of Things", project based on collaboration with poet Alexander Najda, curated by Adrienne Kochman, Ukraine Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, USA;
2022 – "Dream and Memory", Gallery of the Graphics Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland;
2022 – "Ground of Things", project inspired by the poetry of Alexander Najda, curated by Anna Fronckiewicz-Spodnik, WGS BWA, Contemporary Art Gallery, Walbrzych, Poland;
2021 – "Generative Middle Ages - Basics", Savchenko Gallery, Gdansk, Poland;
2019 – “Report from the Sandbox”, inspired by the poetry of Aleksander Najda, TuBaza, Gdynia, Poland;
2019 – “EXPECTATIVE”, MASLO art space, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine;
2018 – Hotel “Miramar”, Pigment Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, competition “Roots Project”;
2017 – “The USE”, club “Mleczarnia”, Wroclaw, Poland, competition “Bryły Platona”
2013 – “Estamp Room”, gallery “Green Sofa”, Lviv, Ukraine;
2011 – gallery “Detenpula”, Lviv, Ukraine;
Art Fairs:
2024 – (10-16 June) Volta Art Fair New York, represented by Rukh Art Hub and Mriya Gallery, USA;
2023 – (13-15 Oct), ARTVILNIUS Art Fair, represented by Shcherbenko Art Centre;
2021 – (26-28 Nov), 18th Warsaw Art Fair, represented by Savchenko Gallery;
Public collections:
ADEMA University, Mallorca, Spain;
Columbia College of Chicago, IL, USA;
Associazione Nazionale Incisori Contemporanei, Italy;
Contemporary Art Gallery, WGS BWA, Wałbrzych, Poland;
Istanbul Art Residency , Istanbul, Turkey;
Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine;
MASLO art space, Khmelnitsky, Ukraine;
Cooper Plate Engraver's House - Museum of Get Stankiewich, Wroclaw, Poland;
Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China;
Ino-cho Paper Museum, Japan;
Florean Art Museum, Romania;
Public Library in Gliwice, Poland;
Regional Library “Lyuben Karavelov”, Ruse, Bulgaria;
Museum of the City of Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland;
Selected group exhibitions:
2025 – 9 Guanlan International Print Biennial. Nomination Exhibition 2025, China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China;
2025 – "The 14th Poznan Graphic Arts Biennale 2025 – import/export", Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland;
2025 – "Unbound | Part II: CICA Vancouver x Jelina Couture 2025 International Art Awards", CICA Vancouver, Canada;
2023 – "HUMAN", Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Slupsk, Poland; Project curated by Edyta Wolska, Oksana Karpovets.
2022 – “Maps”, Kordegarda Gallery of the National Center for Culture, project curator Katarzyna Haber, Warsaw, Poland;
2021 –“Memories and Identities”, Akaretler (Istanbul Art Residency), Istanbul, Turkey;
2020 – the curatorial project of Ekaterina Pidgaina, “In print, Ukrainian printed graphics”, Mystetskiy Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2020 – the curatorial project of Mateusz Zywicki, “Trisity vol. 3 – Screen Printing Festival”, "Zbrojownia sztuki", Gdansk, Poland;
2019 – “Exchange Exhibition of Polish Printmaking”, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China;
2018 – curatorial project of Ekaterina Pidgaina, “Contemporary Ukrainian Graphic XX - XXI century”, Ukraine Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, USA;
2017 – “Ukraine contemporary graphic”, curator project of Ekaterina Pidgaina, gallery “Zvonimir”, Zagreb, Croatia;
2017 – “The Festival of Young Ukrainian Artists”, curator project of Kateryna Filyuk, Lizaveta German and Maria Lanko, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2016 – “Young in Museum”, Wroclaw National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland;
2011 – curatorial project M. Shcherbenko “MUHI 2011”, the project “Micro Portals in Micro Reality”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine;
Selected Print Exhibitions:
2025 – "The 14th Poznan Graphic Arts Biennale 2025 – import/export", Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland;
2025 – "Leave the trace" during Puerto Grabando SGCI 2025 , School of Visual Arts and Design of Puerto Rico, San Juan; (Curator: Marta Kubiak)
2021 – the Second International mini print Triennial "Intaglio", Gallery "White world", Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 – “Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial”, Lithuanian Museum of Medical and Pharmaceutical History, Kaunas, Lithuania;
2019 – “The 6 International Triennial of Digital Graphic Art”, PPNT - Design Center, Gdynia, Poland;
2018 – “Contradiction”, Aknoon Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran;
2018 – “Contradiction”, "CTRL Art Studio", Wrocław, Poland;
2016 – “XVI Biennale of Small Forms of Graphic and Exlibris”, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland;
2016 – “Osten Biennial of Drawing 2016”, Skopje, Macedonia;
2015 – “The 8th International Competition of Ex Libris Biblioteca Bodio Lomnago”, Bodio, Italy;
2015 – “PARP-PIM 2015”, Kalwit Art Studio, Bangkok, Thailand;
2015 – “25th Biennial Exlibris Exhibition”, Malbok, Poland;
2015 – “Ex Libris Expo Milano 2015”, Milan, Italy;
2015 – “Bibliotheca Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics”, Alexandria, Egypt;
2014 – “Guangzhou International Exlibris and Mini-prints Biennial”, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China;
2014 – “The 9th Kochi Internationak Triennal of Prints 2014”, “Ino-cho Paper Museum”, Kochi-ken, Japan;
Residencies:
2025 – (August) one month of artistic residency in Gallery 42, Cetinje, Montenegro; Invitation by Maja Šofranac and FLU Cetinje;
2025 – (July) one month of visiting artist residency in Open studio of Columbia Collage of Chicago, IL, USA; Private support: Elizabeth Najda;
2024 – (4-18 July) two weeks residency during development of the project "The Ground of Things" at UIMA, project curator: Adrianna Kochman, private support: Elizabeth Najda, Chicago IL, USA;
2021 – (11-24 Nov) Istanbul Art Residency. Theme “Memories and Identities”, project director: Polina Somochkina, Gest curators: Beral Madra and Sabiha Kurtulmuş. Akaretler, Istanbul, Turkey;
2019 – (19-18 Aug), artistic residence in Maslo Art Space, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine;
2017 – (17-27 July) artistic residence supported by CatenaArt, Berlin, Germany
2016 – (11-24 Aug) the Forum “PohranKult: HalitsiyaKult”, graphic residence “Workshops with Pavlo Makov and Graphic Artists”, Kharkiv, Ukraine;
2016 – (11-24 Aug) the Forum “PohranKult: HalitsiyaKult”, mural residence “Turboart”, Kharkiv, Ukraine;
Awards and Scholarships:
2024 – Three-month scholarship from the Department of Culture of the City of Gdańsk, Poland (Fragility of Experience, drawn painting);
2023 – Two-month scholarship from the Department of Culture of the City of Gdańsk, Poland (Charcoal Painting – Monumental Practice);
2023 – Culture scholarship from the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (Publication of the catalog – Vasyl Savchenko);
2022 – a four months scholarship from the Department of Culture of Gdansk city, Poland;
2022 – a six months scholarship “Gaude Polonia” from Ministry of Culture of Poland, with the allocation in Gdansk, Poland;
2019 – a six months scholarship “Gaude Polonia” from Ministry of Culture of Poland, with the allocation in Gdansk, Poland;
2011 – (III place), Competition of Young Ukrainian Artists, “MUHI 2011” the project “Micro Portals to Micro Reality”. The curator and organizer of event was M. Shcherbenko, the owner of Bottega gallery in Kyiv, Ukraine;
Scientific art research :
2022 – 2023 , title of the research project: Post-Digital printmaking in the field of etching and lithography. Contributor: Master of Arts Vasyl Savchenko. Faculty: Graphics. Faculty Artistic Graphics, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland;
2019 – 2020, title of the research project: The potential of inkjet printing in the context of fine art and printmaking. Contributor: Master of Arts Vasyl Savchenko. Team members: Professor Janusz Akermann, Ph.D. of Art Lukasz Butowski. Faculty: Graphics. Chair: Artistic Graphics, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland;
Scenography:
2017 – “Cracovians and Highlanders” ( “Krakowiacy i Górale” ), directed by Barbara Wiśniewska, Opera House in Wroclaw, Poland;