Ihor Bereza (; born 4 August 1959) is a Ukrainian ceramic artist. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1992), International Academy of Ceramics (2019). Son of .
Biography Ihor Bereza was born on 4 August 1959, in Lviv.
He studied at the . In 1978, he graduated from the Lviv Ivan Trush School of Decorative and Applied Arts, and in 1983, from the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (specialty teachers , Vitold Manastyrskyi, P). He worked at the Lviv Experimental Ceramic and Sculptural Factory.
Creativity In 1983, he began his exhibition activity at the city and international levels (Germany, Canada, Poland, USA). He has participated in numerous symposia (Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus).
I. Bereza's works feature highly conditional figurative and abstract plasticity, incorporating symbols and techniques based on national imagery, which are combined with artistic forms from world art. In his easel and exhibition pieces, the primary focus is on form-image tasks. Individual works are preserved in the collections of "Del Bello Gallery" (Toronto), the Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery, the (Opishnia, Poltava Oblast), the Museum of Ceramics (Bolesławiec, Poland), the National Museum (Wrocław, Poland), and the State Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts (Kyiv).
Among important works: Compositions: "Tin" (1986), "Krymski skeli", "Prysyutnist" (both 1988), "Sny" (1990), "Chorna postat", "Bila postat" (both 1996), "Nich" (1997), "Voiny" (1998), "Zakhysnyk-voin" (1999), "Try plasty" (2000), "Personazhi" (2001); Decorative plate: "Nich" (1991); Decorative sculpture: "Chornohora" (1994); Decorative relief: "Simia" (1995); Ceramic sculpture: "Mezha" (1995).
Awards 2nd prize at the 7th and 8th International Exhibitions of Small Forms Art (1993, Toronto); Grand Prix of the III National Exhibition-Competition of Artistic Ceramics "KeramPIK in Opishnia!" (2023, Opishnia, Poltava Oblast);Українське бієнале художньої кераміки імені Василя Кричевського. 2017 : Каталог / автор-упорядник Олесь Пошивайло ; куратор Бієнале й пошукач інформаційних матеріалів Світлана Конюшенко ; художник Юрко Пошивайло ; фотограф Тарас Пошивайло. — Опішне : Українське Народознавство, 2019. – 168 с. : іл. — ISBN 978-966-7322-41-0. Silver award of the II Vasyl Krychevskyi International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics (2023).II Міжнародне Бієнале художньої кераміки імені Василя Кричевського. 2022 : Каталог / автор-упорядник Олесь Пошивайло ; кураторка Бієнале й пошукачка інформаційних матеріалів Світлана Конюшенко ; художник Юрко Пошивайло ; фотограф Тарас Пошивайло. — Опішне : Українське Народознавство, 2024. — 208 с. : іл. — ISBN 978-966-7322-52-6
References
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