KRYVOLAP ANATOLII
Born in 1946 in Yahotyn, Kyiv region.
In 1976, he graduated from the Kyiv Art Institute (now the National Academy of Arts and Crafts).
1978 – Anatolii Kryvolap meets Polish doctor Ryszard Wróblewski. He became a friend of the artist, the first buyer, and later the owner of the largest collection of the artist’s works.
From the late 1980s, he became popular in the creative community: he participated in numerous exhibitions that deserved the attention of critics.
1990 – Republican Art Exhibition, where the artist’s painting “Crimson Heights” was presented. Among others, it stood out for its colour saturation, so despite the fact that it was located in the farthest point of the hall, it caused violent reactions. Thanks to this, the doors of the professional community opened for Antalii Kryvolap.
1992-1995 – a member of the artistic group “Picturesque Reserve”, which he founded together with Tiberii Silvashi, Oleksandr Zhyvotkov, Mark Heiko, and Mykola Kryvenko. The group, according to Kryvolap, aimed to explore the possibilities of colour and paint itself as a universal material with a huge colour and plastic range.
In the early 2000s, he moved to the village of Zasupoivka, near Kyiv. There, a new milestone appears in the artist’s work – “Ukrainian landscape”.
2008-2015 – an annual participant of “ART-KYIV Contemporary”. Nataliia Zabolotna is the head of the Mystetskyi Arsenal and the project manager.
In 2009, Rishard Vrublevsky published a catalogue “30 Years. The Way of the Artist and Collector”. It contains paintings from the late 1970s, as well as photographs and texts by the artist.
2011 – Kryvolap is recognised as the “Person of the Year” in Ukraine. Anatolii Kryvolap’s works twice set world records for sales of contemporary Ukrainian art on the international art market. In May, his painting “Steppe” was sold at the Phillips de Pury & Co auction in New York for $98,500, and in October, at the Phillips de Pury & Co contemporary art auction in London, his work “Horse. Night.” was sold for $124,400. The artist became the most expensive artist in Ukraine.
In the same year, he took part in the project “Independent”. New Art of a New Country 1991-2011 and the International Contemporary Art Week “Space Odyssey 2011”. Both events took place at the Mystetskyi Arsenal, which was then directed by Nataliia Zabolotna.
2012 – receives the Taras Shevchenko National Prize.
In 2016, he became a member of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Committee.
During 2019-2023, he painted the restored Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in the village of Lypivka, Kyiv region.
The artist’s works are widely appreciated all over the world, as evidenced by numerous personal exhibitions for over 30 years: Gallery “Donti”, Nuremberg, Germany (1992); Gallery “D’art”, Toulouse, France (1993); Gallery “Kaspari”, Fürth, Germany (1996); Gallery “ARTEast”, Kyiv, Ukraine (2000 – 2004); Centre for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine (2000). ); Soviart Centre for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine (2000); Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (2001); Persona Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (2003); Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (2004), 2005); Centre for Contemporary Art “Soviart”, Kyiv, Ukraine (2006); Gallery “Mystetska Zbirka”, Kyiv, Ukraine (2011); “Landscape of the XXI century”, OntoArtGallery, Kyiv (2011); “Anatolii Kryvolap. Museum Collection”, Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum named after Yosyp Bokshai, Uzhhorod, Ukraine (2017); “Artefacts of the 1980s”. Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (2019); Ukrainian Identity. Lavra Art Gallery, Kyiv (2019); “In this field, blue…” Museum and Exhibition Centre “Museum of the History of Kyiv” (2019); “Dialogue at a distance of 100 years”. Triptych Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (2020); “At the height of a bird’s flight”. METROPOL Residential Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine (2021); “Night… Imprint of Time”. National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery” (2022).
Currently, the artist’s works of several series are exhibited at Art Ukraine Gallery.
