Ihor Paliy

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Ihor Paliy (Igor Palii, Ukrainian: Ігор Палій, born 10 May 1963) is a contemporary Ukrainian painter, specialized in abstractionism,[1] a combination of Abstract art[2] and Realism. The technique he mainly uses is Oil on canvas. He is a member of the Community of Artists of Ukraine.[3]

Biography[edit]

Igor Palii was born in 1963 in Drohobych, a regional center of Western Ukraine, in a family of musicians and child care workers. In 1986 he finished faculty of architecture at Lviv Polytechnic National University. After graduation he was involved in various architectural projects combined with canvas painting.

Sakhalin period[edit]

In 1986, Igor Palii moved to Sakhalin island.

Polish period[edit]

Moved back to Krakow, Poland in 1992. In 1998 Palii’s first personal exhibition in Krakow was organized. Actively participates in polish cultural life and charity campaigns. In 2004 Igor Palii participated in international Art auctions, where his oil-painted canvas “Bez Tytułu. 2001” (“Without A Title.2001”) was sold for 2,772 USD.[4]

Turn to steel art[edit]

Since 2002 Igor Palii turned to new art stream beginning to create his own works of art made of steel. The main cause of such turn was the need of three-dimensional figures as an addition to Palii’s paintings in a current project. In order to fulfill his new vision, Igor Palii establishes his own small enterprise of steel art production. The new turn resulted in such projects as decoration of trade center “Sophia”[5] in the west of Ukraine, restaurant “Flamingo” in Stryi, Ukraine, “Museum of Beer”,[6] “Aivengo”[7] in Lviv, Ukraine. In 1999-2000 creates and implements the project of restaurant-branch “Egypt” (Stryi, Ukraine).

Achievements[edit]

  • 1987: 3rd prize for the best interior of Sakhalin island. The same year initiated an exhibition “Painters of Sakhalin” in Oxa, Sakhalin Republic
  • 1988: 3rd prize for political illustrations in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Republic
  • 1993: 1st personal exhibition in the Lviv National Art Gallery
  • 1994: 2nd personal exhibition in the Lviv National Art Gallery
  • 1994: Participated in collective exhibition “HungExpo”,[8] Budapest
  • 1994: Participated in Ukrainian planner “Maidan 1994”, Lviv, Western Ukraine
  • 1995: Palii’s exhibits his arts in 2nd collective exhibition, Budapest
  • 1996: Starts his collaboration with “Barbara Krakow Gallery”.[9]
  • 1996: Exhibits in galleries “Közület artistichnuj”, “Labyrinth Gallery”,[10] “Galeria Kersten”,[11] Poland
  • 2002: Participated in international exhibition in Köln, Germany at Exhibition Center Köln[12]
  • 2003 - 2004: Personal exhibition in Dijon, France
  • 2009 - 2011: Personal exhibition in Nice, France
  • 2011 – Present: Palii exhibits canvases in Washington D.C., USA

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Abstract Art". Soler7.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  2. ^ "The History of Abstract Art + An Interview with". Laura Warburton. 2011-06-24. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  3. ^ [1] Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Art auction result for artist Igor Paliy. Free art prices". Findartinfo.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  5. ^ "Продуктовий магазин "АТБ" - Стрий". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  6. ^ wrote about Lviv Circus (2005-10-14). "Museum of Beer - Lviv". Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  7. ^ "Стрий - Айвенго - Кафе, Ресторани - Відпочинок, розваги - Бізнес-каталог". Stryi.com.ua. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  8. ^ "HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Center, Budapest, Hungary". Biztradeshows.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  9. ^ "Barbara Krakow Gallery". Barbara Krakow Gallery. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  10. ^ "Inês Amado - Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin, Poland". Ines-amado.com. 2006-01-29. Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  11. ^ "Galeria Kersten - Galerie - lista". Culture.pl. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  12. ^ "Exhibition Center Koeln". Fairpros.com. 2012-10-23. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2012-10-30.