Gankevich Anatoliy

Self-portrait with Disco Ball
Self-portrait with Disco Ball 200х300 cm, oil on canvas, 2020
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Gankevich Anatoliy
Date of birth: 1965
Place of residence: Odesa

Education:

Anatoliy graduated from art school in Odesa. He took individual painting lessons. “I did not study painting in an institution of higher education, classically, like everyone else, with one master who passed his technique and knowledge to them. I had many masters. That’s why I have my own idea of ​​what art should be like”. In 1993-1994, he attended courses at Soros Center for Contemporary Arts in Moscow.

Creative path:

Anatoliy Gankevich began his professional artistic career in 1990 and later became one of the most prominent representatives of Ukrainian New Wave. As an artist, he became famous for creating paintings in a unique technique of mosaic imitation. Anatoliy has been directing for many years. He left a distinctive mark in the history of domestic video art.

1991 – creates the first video installation Purification. Presents at the exhibition of the same name (together with Oleg Migas) at Marat Guelman Gallery. Moscow, Russia

1992 – carries out the first painting project Communion. Presents at the exhibition of the same name (together with Oleg Migas) at the Central House of Artists (organizer: Marat Guelman Gallery). Moscow, Russia / at Odesa Fine Arts Museum. Odesa, Ukraine

1993 – performs the first performance Resuscitation of a Still Life at Odesa State Literature Museum. Odesa, Ukraine

From 1995 to 2005 he was engaged in directing cutscenes and music videos, as well as producing visual effects for film industry. The Gaze of the Sun trilogy, the first film of which was presented in 2020 at M17, is a return to cinema art after a break of more than 10 years.

Selected solo exhibitions:

2019

– Past Noses at the art space of Mironova Foundation (Mironova Gallery). Kyiv, Ukraine

2017

Forever & After at M.gallery by ArtCult of ArtCult Foundation. Kyiv, Ukraine
Subtle Grounds at Lavra Art Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine
Certain Conditions at HudPromo Art Gallery. Odesa, Ukraine

2014

Soviet Mandala at Contemporary Art Center Winzavod. Moscow, Russia (also in 2013 at the 8th ART-KYIV Contemporary forum in Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kyiv, Ukraine)

2013

Inflorescence at Frolov Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2012

Explosion Conditions at Odesa Fine Arts Museum. Odesa, Ukraine / under the programme of The First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art ARSENALE 2012, at Taras Shevchenko National Museum. Kyiv, Ukraine / at Pechersky Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2011

Flickering at HudPromo Art Gallery. Odesa, Ukraine / at Collection Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine

1994

Last Autumn, together with Andriy Kazandzhiy, at Gallery “School”. Moscow, Russia

1993

Open Days, together with Oleg Migas, at New Space gallery. Odesa, Ukraine / at 1.0 Gallery. Moscow, Russia / at the opening of Soros Center for Contemporary Art in the National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine

Collections:

Anatoliy Gankevich’s works are in the collections of the National Art Museum of Ukraine (Kyiv), Odesa Fine Arts Museum, The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), in private and corporate collections in Europe and the United States.

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