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Syvyryn Yuriy
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Birds fall silent for 4-8 seconds before the arrival of a blast wave. This interval occurs because the acoustic signal travels faster through the Earth’s crust than the sound wave moving through the atmosphere. This phenomenon evokes the idea of birds as sensitive membranes, instinctively responding to this stimulus.
Likewise, artists, contemplating the reverberations of war, channel its echoes into their creations. They encapsulate the memory through imagery, symbolism, and narratives, rendered with symbolic colours and metaphors.
Born in 1983 in Kyiv.
In 2007, he graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture with a degree in painting.
From 2007 to 2010, he completed a postgraduate internship at NAFAA.
In 2011, he taught at the “Natkhnennia” Center for Creative Development. He has been a lecturer at the Department of Painting at NAFAA and previously taught at the Department of Fine Arts at the Dragomanov National Pedagogical University. In 2010, he received recognition from the Department of Drawing.
A recipient of the Tadzio Gallery scholarship (2008–2010).
Works across various media, including painting, video, installation, and objects in both gallery spaces and urban environments. Develops a unique personal technique and reinterprets themes from art history and contemporary issues.
His work has gained significant recognition, with several solo and curatorial projects, including Kyiv Contemporary at Mystetskyi Arsenal (2013, Kyiv) and Theory of Probability at the exhibition space of the Institute of Contemporary Art, National Academy of Arts.
