YULIA PROTSYSHYN - BIO / CV
Ukrainian visual artist focuses on figurative, structure and geometry. Her practice involves drawing, printmaking, painting and art books. She explores themes of science and philosophy. Yulia started developing as an artist at the age of 14. In 2003 went to the Boichuk Art School in Ternopil, Ukraine. As a teenager, she won six Ukrainian Art competitions and received eight distinctions in Art creativity. Apart from the Art School she also attended a year course of private lessons in academic drawing and painting with teacher, artist and printmaker Igor Zilinko who formulated her basic professional skills. Since 2011 her teacher Sergiy Ivanov significantly impacted her mindset and the development of her art direction.
2010 – BA in ''Fine Arts'', Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Lviv, Ukraine.
2012 – MFA with honors in ''Fine Arts and Graphics'', Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Lviv, Ukraine. (under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Sergiy Ivanov).
2020 – 6 months fellowship in the Graphic Department at the E. Geppert Academy of Art, Wroclaw, Poland. (under the mentorship of Prof. Przemysław Tyszkiewicz)
Work experience:
2009 – 2016 –worked as a designer and illustrator for leading Ukrainian and international companies and publishing houses.
2016 – 2019 Assistant of composition and printmaking at the Department of Book Graphics and Printmaking at the Ukrainian Academy of Printing in Lviv.
2019 – 08/2022 – Senior lecturer of composition and printmaking at the Department of Book Graphics and Printmaking at the Ukrainian Academy of Printing in Lviv, Ukraine
Grants and Fellowships:
2024 – Laureate - Artists Development Program (ADP mentorship program) by the EIB Institute, Luxembourg.
2022 – Grant by the Dutch Government - Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Letterenfonds / Dutch Foundation for Literature, Netherlands.
2020 – Grant “Gaude Polonia” by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Warsaw, Poland.
Awards and distinctions:
2024 – special invitation to exhibit at the ART FAIR Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan.
2023 – Gallery Award, Art Revolution Taipei (A.R.T.), International Artist Grand Prize Competition (I.A.G.P.C.), Taiwan.
2021 – Honourable Mention – 11th International Ex libris contest Library of Bodio Lomnago, Italy.
2019 – Nomination 17 Biennale of Small Forms of Graphic and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland.
2018 – 1st place – in the category of the “Best Exlibris” – Deuche Exlibris-Gesellschaft, Germany.
2018 – 2d place – in the category of the “Best artist” – Deuche Exlibris-Gesellschaft, Germany.
2015 – Excellent Prize – 5th ‘Red Man’ Art Biennial, China.
2015 – Honored Diploma – “Iosif Iser” International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Romania.
2014 – Honourable Mention – I Exlibris International Granada Contest, Granada, Spain.
2013 – Honored Diploma – “Iosif Iser” International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Romania.
2005 – Winner of the nationwide competition of pupils’ creativity dedicated to T. Shevchenko's 190th Anniversary, Ukraine.
Artist in residence (awarded):
2024 – Neimënster Abbey, Luxembourg.
2024 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
2022/2023 – AGALAB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2022 – Frans Masereel Centrum, Kastelree, Belgium.
2022 – SEA Foundation, in collaboration with De Pont Museum, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Publications:
2024 – EIB Institute newsletter with the interview, Luxembourg
2023 – The Nippon Exlibris Association newsletter, № 178, Tokyo, Japan.
2022 – interview “The Hand Magazine”, magazine Issue 36, USA.
2021 – New Eastern Europe, magazine, magazine January-March No 1-2 (XLV), Poland.
2021 – ‘GRAPHIA’ 2021/1, magazine, Belgium.
2019 – RIVISTA DELL’ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA di EX LIBRIS, magazine n. 25, Italy.
2019 – 30th Anniversary of HKEA. A collection of international bookplates 1989-2019, Hong Kong Exlibris Association, Hong Kong.
2019 – Calendar publication “Musiker Musikerinnen” 2020, Berlin, Germany.
2018 – Calendar publication “Musiker Musikerinnen” 2019, Berlin, Germany.
2017 – Encyclopedia vol. 24 “Contemporary international ex-libris artists”, Portugal.
2017 – Calendar publication “Musiker Musikerinnen” 2018, Berlin, Germany.
2016 – Calendar publication “Starke Frauen” 2017, Berlin, Germany.
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo:
2020 – “EQUILIBRIUM” – KEW Gallery in the Castle near Wroclaw on the water in Wojnowice, Poland. (Honorary patronage of the exhibition was taken over by Jan Marian Grzegorczyn, the Vogt of the Miekinia Municipality).
2011 - “Painting and graphics”, Murcia, Spain.
Group exhibitions:
2023 – 18th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland.
2023 – 5-d International Exlibris competition, Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria.
2023 – Exhibition of small graphics of invited artists, Hana-Asagi Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
2022 – IPC International Mini Print, Teh-Chun Gallery, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.
2022 – finalist - International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2022 R.O.C., National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
2022 – Bookplate Design Competition & Exhibition, American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers, FISAE XXXIX, San Francisco, USA.
2021 – Exhibition of teachers’ and students’ artworks from the Department of Book Graphics and Printmaking, Lviv Art Palace, Lviv, Ukraine.
2021 – International exlibris competition Deuche Exlibris-Gesellschaft, Haltern am See, Germany.
2021 – “Wind from the East”, joint exhibition of 25 selected artists, Grand Hotel Palace, Varese, Italy.
2021 – 2d International Triennial of small graphics Intaglio, White World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 – 22d Mini Print Triennale Grenchen, Switzerland.
2021 – 10th International Graphic Triennial - Bitola, Institute and Museum Bitola, Bitola, Macedonia.
2021 – 27th International exhibition of modern exlibris, Malbork, Poland.
2021 – 2d International Print Triennial, online exhibition, Cieszyn, Poland.
2020 – 17th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland.
2020 – FISAE International Exlibris competition, London, UK.
2020 – International Bookplate Design, Victoria, Australia.
2019 – International exhibition of exlibris “Tandem”, White World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2019 – International Exlibris exhibition Deuche Exlibris-Gesellschaft, Wetzlar, Germany.
2019 – 10th International Exlibris competition, Italian Ex Libris Association in cooperation with Xotaris Art Forum from Archanes, Villa Puricelli, Bodio Lomnago, Italy.
2019 – 22th Sint-Niklaas International Small Printmaking Competition, Stedelijke Museum, Belgium.
2019 – Exhibition of small graphics “Intaglio”, B.Voznytskyi National Gallery of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine.
2018 – Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2018 – 3-d Int. Exlibris competition, Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria.
2018 – International exlibris competition 37th FISAE, Prague, Czech Republic.
2018 – International competition “Armistice”, Saint Mihiel Museum, Noveant-sur-Moselle, France.
2018 – 4th International exlibris competition, Istanbul Exlibris Society, Turkey.
2018 – International Triennial of Small Graphics Intaglio, White World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2018 – XII International Competition for Exlibris, Gliwice, Poland.
2018 – Shanxi China “Print and Family Tradition” Contest, Taiyuan Art Museum, Taiyuan, China.
2017 – Ukrainian exhibition of exlibris, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2017 – Muestra International De Exlibris “El Bosque de la Utopia”, Zacatecas, Mexico.
2017 – Exhibition of teachers’ and students’ artworks of the Department of Book Graphics and Printmaking, Institute of European Culture, Gnieznie, Poland.
2016 – XVI Biennale of Small Forms of Graphic and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland.
2016 – Osten Biennial of Drawing, Skopje, Macedonia.
2016 – Guangzhou International Exlibris and Mini-prints Biennial, Guangzhou, China.
2015 – The 25 International Biennal exhibition of modern exlibris, Malbork, Poland.
2015 – Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan.
2015 – III International Triennial of small graphic forms and exlibris, Brest, Belarus.
2015 – VII International D’EX-LIBRIS Contratalla, Tarragona, Spain.
2014 – International Exlibris competition, Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgary.
2014 – The 8 Shanghai Fu Xian International Exlibris Invitation Competition, Shanghai, China.
2014 – Guangzhou International Exlibris and Mini-prints Biennial, Guangzhou, China.
2014 – XV Biennale of Small Forms of Graphic and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland.
2014 – “Mini Space” National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine.
2013 – The 24 International Biennal exhibition of modern exlibris, Malbork, Poland.
2013 – Lviv printmaking, Lviv Gallery of Art, Lviv, Ukraine.
2013 – 3e Biennal de I’ESTAMPE en Maris Poitevin, Magne, France.
2013 – Lvivske Retro, National Palace of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine.
2013 – IX International Exlibris Competition Ex Erotic, Ruse, Bulgaria.
2013 – The XVIII-th Vilnius’ biennial of ex libris, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2013 – The 7th Shanghai Fu Xian International Exlibris Competition, Shanghai, China.
Participant of the International Exlibris Conferences:
Deutsche Exlibris-Gesellschaft (DEG)
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2016, Weiden, DE
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2017, Paderborn, DE
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2018, Wurzbach, DE
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2019, Wetzlar, DE
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2021, Haltern am see, DE
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2023, Paderborn, DE
2018 – International Federation of Ex-Libris Societies, FISAE-Congress, Prague (CZ)
2021 – 6th International Bodio Lomnago Ex libris Meeting, Palace Grand Hotel Varese (IT)
2022 – Graphia Meeting, Belgian ex-libris association Graphia, Sint Niklaas (B)
2023 – 7th International Bodio Lomnago Ex Libris Meeting, Palace Grand Hotel Varese (IT)
2024 – Graphia Meeting, Belgian ex-libris association Graphia, Sint Niklaas (B)
2024 – International Federation of Ex-Libris Societies, FISAE-Congress, Palma, Mallorka (PMI)
Works in private collections of Ukraine, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, China, Spain, Japan, USA, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Poland, Hong Kong, UK.
Works kept in the collection of
De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, Netherlands
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
Wroclaw City Council, Poland
State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia
Biblioteca Bodio Lomnago, Italy
Wenbo Art Museum, Dalian, China