Anna Makać →
She was born in Gdynia (Poland) in 1966. Studied Restoration of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland). In 1991 she received the Master Degree in Fine Arts. In 1992 she was awarded a “distinction” by the Polish Ministry of Culture for her master’s degree project – restoration of an 18th century icon. In 1993 she was awarded a prize for her series of illustrations for children’s Bible. During her studies, Anna discovered her love for the paintings from times gone by …
Danylo Movchan →
Was born in 1979 in Lviv, Ukraine. In 2000 he graduated from Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts, at the department of the artwork restoration. During 2000-2006 he studied in Lviv National Academy of Arts, at the department of sacred art. His main field is iconography, painting and restoration. The author’s works are in the churches and private collections in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Canada and the USA. Movchan took part in more than 40 art projects and group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. Sacred art of Danylo Movchan manifests itself in a simple archetypal impersonal forms (circle, rectangle, cross), the …
Dorota Berger →
She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with a degree in painting. In 1999, she received her diploma in K. Wachowiak’s studio, and an annex in R. Strent’s workshop graphics. She mainly works in tempera painting on a board. She is interested in the aesthetics of medieval and early Renaissance painting, especially of Italian provenance. The artist is inspired by romantic gardens, ruins, travels around Europe, old tales and baroque music.
Hlafira Shcherbak →
Was born in 1995 in Sevastopol, Ukraine. She got her degree at Lviv National Academy of Arts at the department of sacred art. Hlafira works mainly with graphics and iconography. She creates her works using monotype – a graphic technique of flat printing, which in combination with elaborated and modeled forms creates affectionate experiences, a sense of ephemerality, lightness and unpredictability in a definite, firm and stable. This contrast allows artist to create a space and shades between the extremes to build a connection between the divine and the depths …
Hrystyna Kvyk →
Artist and icon painter. Was born in 1994 in Drohobych, Lviv region, Ukraine. She finished Pedagogical college in Sambir (Lviv region) in 2014 and Ukrainian Academy of Printing (Lviv) in 2017. In 2020 graduated National Academy of Art in Lviv, the department of sacred art. She works mainly in the technique of acrylic and egg tempera. In 2018 she won the first prize in the I International Iconographic Competition “New Epiphany of the Beauty” and in 2019 – the second prize in the II International Iconographic Competition “New Epiphany of …
Ivan Dashko →
Was born in 1989 in the Dobrogostiv village. In 2005 he graduated from the Small Academy of Arts in the urban village. In 2011 Dashko got his bachelor’s degree at the Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts, at the department of painting and in 2013 he completed the master’s program at the Lviv National Academy of Arts, at the department of monumental painting. His works are in private collections in Ukraine, Poland, USA, Canada.
Joanna Mazuś →
She was born in 1994 in Warsaw, Poland. In 2018, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Faculty of Painting). She got MFA degree with honours for the final master’s project created in studios of Prof. Andrzej Rysiński (painting) and Prof. Krzysztof Jabłonowski (second specialisation – photography). In the academic year of 2016/2017, she was an exchange student at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Since 2016, she creates polychromes of entire sacral interiors in collaboration with Krzysztof Sokolovski. She works primarily in easel and …
Kateryna Kuziv →
Was born in Lviv in 1993. Kuziv started learning fundamentals of painting at Lviv Oleksa Nowakiwsky art school for children (1997-2007). During 2009-2015 she completed her bachelors and master’s degrees at the Lviv Academy of Arts, on faculty of fine arts, restoration and monumental art department. Kuziv works in fields of sacred art, monumental painting and graphics. She is a teacher and developer of the course of the fine arts and Cyrillic letter of plasticity for junior school and also works with paintings for school interiors.
Kostyantyn Markovych →
Kostyantyn Markovych was born in 1968 in Lviv. From 1983 to 1987 he studied at the Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts. In 1993 he graduated from the Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (now the Lviv National Academy of Arts), at the department of monumental and decorative painting (teachers in the specialty: E. Lysyk, K. Zvirynsky, V. Ovsiychuk, S. Babkov). From 1993 to 1998 Markovych was a lecturer of the departments of drawing and painting at Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts. Since 1998 he is a …
Krzysztof Sokolovski →
MFA, M.Sc. Eng. Krzysztof Sokolovski – born in 1985 in Eišiškės in Lithuania. He is the creator of the idea of neosacral art, visual artist, author of contemporary sacral interiors, illustrator. His views about reality resulted in visual form, which is a common denominator of empiricism and spirituality. It is also a philosophical-theological view, which is a bridge between strictly scientific reasoning and the emotional-spiritual dimension of human. In 2003, due to help of MFA Anna Szpadzińska-Koss and Paderewski Scholarship, he moved to Danzig (Gdańsk). There he continued attending school, …