Про меня (About me)

Vladimir Protas - famous Ukrainian sculptor, noted for his works on Greek mythology
and series of portraits of renowned cultural personalities.

The cube is a traditional symbol of the Earth, where the three-dimensional space unfolds into the 4th dimension - time. Traces of the planetary evolution are discovered and researched by geology and paleontology, but in the end eternity erases each trace of history. The top facet of the cube is still clean. Will our civilization be able to leave in eternity the equivalent imprint, adding deeds of humans to the facets of natural kingdoms and elements?
The stone itself, be it marble or travertine, material for sculpture, is a result of this history of our planet – natural history. Being dug out, extracted and taken away from its natural environment, the stone then meets a human hand that gives certain form to it, thus stretching, extending its history and changing it from the domain of nature to that of human beings, people. Consequently, this composition can be perceived and understood as a metaphor of any stone sculpture as such, because the latter is at the same time a material artifact and a process when a human hand leaves its traces, imprints over the stone – part of the history of the Earth, by this very way leading our planet’s history into the future, for there can be no future without art.

Igor Isychenko
researcher and artist, Kiev, 2016.

I live and work in Kyiv. If you wish to contact me don’t hesitate writing an e-mail or reaching me by phone.

ADDRESS

Working adress: Sculptor’s section of National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Studio: 44a, Heroes of Stalingrad avenue, Kyiv, 252001, Ukraine. Office phone: (044) 411-63-39. Home adress: Kyiv, Ukraine. E-mail: protas.art@gmail.com Mobile phone: (050) 864 - 45 – 90

EDUCATION

I graduated three artistic higher educational institutions: 1973-1974 – Odessa State College of Art; 1976-1981 – Leningrad Higher Art and Industry Institute (now: Saint Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy, named after Alexander von Stieglitz, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation), art-studio of prof. A.G. Dioma. Then, in 1983-1986 I took a graduate course in Russian Academy of Arts (Moscow, Russian Federation), art-studio of prof. V. Z. Boroday.

Since 1981 I have been an active participant of all-Ukrainian and international artistic events: exhibitions and more than 30 sculpture symposiums (since 1986) in Ukraine, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Slovakia and other countries.

FIELDS OF COMPETENCE; RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

I professionally work with both monumental and easel sculpture. Since 1974 I have participated in restoration works in Saint-Petersburg, Odessa, Kyiv (Ivan Franko National Academic Dramatic Theater, Ambassadorial Center in Puscha-Vodytsia, Kiev). Since 1986 I have stayed an active participant of international (Germany, Turkey, Russia, Slovakia, etc.) and all-Ukrainian sculpture symposiums.

Since 1984 I have become a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Since 1981 I have been participating in Ukrainian and international art exhibitions, with some notable works purchased by Ministries of Culture of Ukraine and Russian Federation, including those exhibited at the art museums of Kyiv, Zaporizhia, Uzhhorod, Dnipropetrovsk, Moscow and those in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Canada, France, Japan, USA, Germany, Slovakia.

HONOURS
1992 – Kyiv International symposium of sculpture, the First Prize (”Between Heaven and Earth”);
1999 – laureate of Ukrainian Sculpture Triennale-1999 (“Leda and the Swan”, marble);
2002 – the First Prize of Ukrainian Sculpture Triennale-2002 (“Tellus-Gaia”, marble).

SYMPOSIUMS
1986 – International stone sculpture symposium, city Frunze (now: Bishkek), Kyrgyzstan. Composition „The abduction of Europa” (marble);
1987 – First All-USSR symposium of wooden sculpture, town Trostyanets, Lviv region. Composition „Theft of Europe” (wood);
1988 – All-USSR stone sculpture symposium devoted to the 1000 years of Christening of Rus’, Kyiv. Composition „Sisyphus” (granite), Vladimirskaya mountain;
1989 – International sculpture symposium, town Reykharnsdorf, Germany. Composition „Amazon” (stone);
1989 – International sculpture symposium, town Gorlivka, Donetsk region. Composition „Orpheus and Eurydice” (granite);
1990 – Ukrainian sculpture symposium, city Chernihiv. Composition „Eve” (sandstone);
1991 – 1992 – Symposium “Sculpture of small forms”, town Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region. Compositions „Orpheus”, „The Fall of Lucifer” (both in marble);
1992 – International sculpture symposium, Kyiv. Composition ”Between Heaven and Earth” (sandstone), the First Prize;
1994 – All-Ukrainian stone-sculpture symposium, village Pliuty, Kyiv region. Composition „Leda and the Swan” (sandstone);
1996 – Sculpture symposium “Neolith-96”, culture preserve “Olesko Castle”, Lviv region. Composition „The Birth of Aphrodite” (sandstone);
1998 – All-Ukrainian symposium “On the verge of the Millenniums”, Kyiv. Composition „Diana” (sandstone);
1999 – International sculpture symposium “Ivano-Frankivsk-1999”, city Ivano-Frankivsk. Composition „Diana” (limestone);
2001 – All-Ukrainian sculpture symposium, town Kremenchuk, Poltava region. Composition „Kremenchuk night” (sandstone);
2001 - International painting and sculpture symposium, town Lipany, Slovakia. Composition „Naiad” (travertine);
2002 – All-Ukrainian sculpture symposium, town Kremenchuk, Poltava region. Composition „Dryad” (sandstone);
2002 – Sculpture symposium in town Korsun–Shevchenkovsky, Cherkasy region. Composition „The Birth of Aphrodite”;
2005 – International painting and sculpture symposium “Melodies of Space and Time”, town Gurzuf, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Composition “Kloto – the spinning moira” (sandstone);
2007 – International sculpture symposium, town Kaniv, Cherkasy region. Composition „Nymph Egeria” (sandstone);
2008 – International sculpture symposium under the patronage of the President of Ukraine, village Baturyn, Chernigov region. Composition „Motrya” (sandstone);
2008 – International sculpture symposium, city Poltava. Composition „N.V. Gogol” (Almin limestone);
2008 – International sculpture symposium, sanitaria and health resort complex „Aivazovs’ke”, village Partenit, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Composition „Eurinoma” (Almin limestone);
2009 – All-Ukrainian sculpture symposium „Donetsk-2009”, city Donetsk - village Yeremivka, Kharkiv region. Composition „Eve” (Almin limestone);
2009 – All-Ukrainian sculpture symposium, town Bucha, Kyiv region. Composition „Diana” (limestone).
2010 – Sculpture symposium of Art-Gallery „Circle”. Kyiv – village Yeremivka, Kharkiv region. Composition „Snail” (Almin limestone).
2011 – 4th International Sculpture Symposium 'Autumn. Inspiration', Penza, Russian Federation. Composition “Nereid” (marble);
2012 – 5th International Sculpture Symposium 'Autumn. Inspiration', Penza, Russian Federation. Composition “The Spring. Nymph” (marble);
2013 – Sculpture Symposium “Legends of Taurida”, Kherson, Ukraine. Composition “Siren’s dream” (limestone);
2013 – International Sculpture Symposium “Ab ovo”, Donetsk, Ukraine. Compositions: “Dryad” (limestone), “Leda and the Swan” (limestone);

2014 – IV Kömürcüoğlu International Stone Sculpture Colony, Denizli, Turkey. Composition “Anatolia” (marble).

MONUMENTS

2004 – Memorial composition “Angel of memory” (marble), “South cemetery”, Kyiv;
2008 – Monument to the victims of Holodomor (the hunger of 1932-1933) in village Khotiv, Kiev region, 2008 (in co-authorship with Vyacheslav Gutyrya);

2008 – Monument to Nikolai Gogol in Poltava (Almin limestone).

PRIVATE PARK SCULPTURE
1998 – Diana (sandstone), private estate, Kiev;
2001 – Artemis (bronze, stone), Osokorki, Kiev;
2003 – Eagle (sandstone), Kiev;

2011 – Snail (sandstone), private estate, villa in Kiev region.

2015 – Hedgehogs (limestone), private estate, villa in Kiev region.

REFERENCES

Catalogues Ukrainian Sculpture Triennale-1999. – Кyiv, 1999 – P. 13, 138; Ukrainian Sculpture Triennale-2002. – Kyiv, 2002; All-ukrainian sculpture symposium „Donetsk – 2009”. – Кyiv, 2009; International sculpture symposium „Partenit-2008”. – Кyiv, 2008; International sculpture symposium „Baturin-2008”. – Кyiv: United Print Group, 2008. Monographs Essays from the history of Ukrainian Fine Art in the XX century. Modern Art Research Institute, Кiev, 2006. – V. 2. – pp. 615, 619, 634, 639; Protas M. Ukrainian Sculpture of the ХХth century. Modern Art Research Institute, Кiev, 2006. – pp. 163, 188, 197, 201, 208-209, 210-211, 245, 246, 248-249, 250; Protas M. Style strategies of the development of Ukrainian sculpture of the XX - XXI centuries. The Model of Evolution. – Modern Art Research Institute, Кiev, 2009. – pp. 1, 177, 199, 200, 202, 204, 206, 213.

Protas M. Sculpture symposiums in Ukraine: stylistic and paradigm evolution. – Modern Art Research Institute, Kiev, 2012. – pp. 120, 262, 311, 322-323, 385, etc. Articles Sklyarenko G., Solov’yov А. Before the unclosed door... // Creation. – М., 1987. - № 8. – p. 26 (about “Henry Matisse”). Bezrodnova M. Contemporary sculpture: from heroic to parody. – “Kiev”- 1990 - № 5. – pp. 174-176. Bezrodnova M. Ukrainian sculpture of 1980-1990 // Ukrainian Art Criticism – Kyiv – 1993.– pp. 188-189. Protas M. “Space dynamizm” of sculpture. – “Slovo i chas” – Kyiv – 1994 - № 1. – pp. 68-72. Protas M. Neolith-96. – Visual Arts – Kyiv – 1997 - № 3-4. – pp.44. Krivolapov M. Art criticism and the problems of comprehension of artistic inheritance // Ukrainian Art Criticism. # І. – Кyiv – 2002. – pp. 23. Protas M. Ukrainian sculpture from 1990. Exhibition “Ukrainian Art. 1991 – 2002” in Moscow, August, 22 – September, 2, 2002. – Кyiv – 2002 – pp. 39-44. Isichenko M. Mythological philosophy of Vladimir Protas// Art Studies – K., 2004.– pp. 111-120. Protas M. Ukrainian sculpture symposiums // “Rodovid” #1-2, – Kyiv – 2002 – pp. 156, 163. Protas M. Hermeneutic paradoxes and the “tradition of new” // MIST: Art. History. Contemporary. Theory. - №1 – К. – 2003 - pp. 131-136. Lusenko L. Ukrainian sculpture on the verge of the ages// Ukrainian Art Criticism – К,2009, # 10.– pp. 13. Protas M. Sculpture symposium in Bucha (Cultural notes) // Ukrainian Art Criticism – Кyiv, 2009, # 10. – pp. 205-206.

ABOUT MY WORK

‘Vladimir Protas is a famous Ukrainian sculptor, whose individual plastic manner synthesizes the style of archaic and classical traditions (with the dominant of renaissance vision), perceived through the "spiritual optics" of modernistic experience of European culture of ХХ cent (most notably Vienna Secession and Art Deco). His artistic work is free of far-fetched rationalism, neither it is influenced by fashionable trends: he is focused on the search for Truth in art and culture, aiming at finding adequate forms of plastic expression of transcendent senses and feelings. The unique thing about the inner psychology of artistic work by Vladimir Protas is that his imperatives (as an artist and a human being) are determined by the inwardly adopted ideas of Plato and Plotinus, Frankfurt School of philosophy and the classics of Ukrainian philosophical thought (Hryhoriy Skovoroda, Pamfil Yurkevich). The aesthetics of the series of historical portraits "Geniuses of European culture of ХIX - ХХ centuries", easel sculpture of mythological cycle and open-air works is focused on the richness and wholeness of embodiment of all times into the spirit and matter of art, on the dialog of the absolute time with the memory of history, on the sense of life as a whole. All these traits bring inexhaustible depth of the universes of Spirit, loftiness of feelings and harmony of self-fulfillment into the plastic symbolism of the artist’s works’ 2010. Department of curatorial exhibition activities and cultural exchanges Institute of problems of modern art of Academy of Arts of Ukraine

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