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Contemporary Ukrainian artist working with structural compositions, spatial systems and architectural forms. Her practice involves drawing, printmaking and painting integrating geometry, metaphysics and material research in science, creating visual environments for contemplation, balance and power of form.

Her artistic language is based on structure as a fundamental principle of perception. She constructs visual systems where form functions as architecture rather than representation and space becomes an active element of meaning. Her works operate as visual environments, not images — systems of balance, tension and internal order. Through layered compositions and precise formal relationships, she builds fields of visual energy where geometry, rhythm and material interact as equal forces. Her practice is not oriented toward narrative but toward structure, logic and spatial experience forming a visual language that exists between analytical construction and intuitive perception.

BIO / CV

Ukrainian visual artist who realized her artistic path at the age of fourteen. She began her formal education at the Boichuk Art School in Ternopil in 2003. During teenage years, she received numerous awards and distinctions in national art competitions. Alongside her formal education, she completed a year of private academic drawing lessons. Since 2010 she has been mentored by Assoc. Prof. Sergiy Ivanov, whose guidance has significantly shaped her artistic direction and conceptual approach. Her background in Fine Art and Graphics fostered a lasting interest in Constructivism.

EDUCATION

2012 – MFA with Honours in Fine Art, Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Lviv, Ukraine

2010 – BA in Fine Art, Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Lviv, Ukraine

Additional training:

2020 – Internship, Graphic Department, E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wroclaw, Poland

 

RESIDENCIES (awarded)

2025 – IKKO, International Art Plein Air, Oberwil, Switzerland

2024 – Neimënster Abbey, Luxembourg

2024 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2022/2023 – AGALAB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2022 – Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium

2022 – SEA Foundation (in collaboration with De Pont Museum) Tilburg, The Netherlands

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016–2022 – Senior Lecturer, Department of Book Graphics and Printmaking, Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Lviv

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2025 – KSE150 “Talents for Ukraine”, KSE Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine

2024 – Artists Development Program (ADP), EIB Institute, Luxembourg

2022 – Dutch Government Grant (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science & Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Dutch Foundation for Literature, The Netherlands

2020 – “Gaude Polonia” Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Warsaw, Poland

 

Works in Public Collections

De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, The Netherlands

Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan

The State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia

Wenbo Art Museum of China, Dalian, China

Selected Publications & Interviews

2025 – BOOKPLATE BUZZ, vol. 6 (USA)

2024 – EIB Institute newsletter interview, (LU)

2022 – Hand Magazine interview, Issue 36 (USA)

2021 – New Eastern Europe (PL)

2017 – Contemporary International Exlibris Artists, vol. 24, (PT)

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo

2020 – EQUILIBRIUM, KEW Gallery, Wojnowice, Poland.

 

Group (selected)

2025 – Nomination, 8th Biennale of Small Forms of Graphic, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland

2025 – Taipei New Arts Fair (A.R.T.2025), Taiwan

2025 – Special Prize, International Exlibris Competition, Istanbul, Turkey

2025 – Largo Art Gallery, Jordan Petkov Art Foundation, Varna, Bulgaria

2025 – Kunstraum Satellit, Thun, Switzerland

2024 – Nantes Printing Museum, Nantes, France

2023 – 18th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland

2023 – Gallery Award, Taipei New Arts Fair (A.R.T.2023), Taiwan

2023 – Hana-Asagi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2022 – IPC International Mini Print,  Teh-Chun Gallery, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

2022 – finalist, International Print Exhibit: R.O.C., National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

2022 – American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers, San Francisco, USA

2022 – From the Battlefield: SEA Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands

2021 – Wind from the East, Grand Hotel Palace, Varese, Italy

2021 – Honourable Mention, 11th International Ex Libris Contest, Library of Bodio Lomnago, Italy

2021 – Intaglio, Triennial of Small Graphics, White World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2021 – Mini Print Triennale Grenchen, Switzerland

2021 – International Graphic Triennial Bitola, Institute and Museum Bitola, Macedonia

2020 – 17th  International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland

2019 – Nomination, 7th Biennale of Small Forms of Graphic, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland

2019 – International Bookplates and Small Printmaking, Stedelijke Museum, Belgium

2019 – Intaglio, National Gallery of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine

2018 – 1st place “Best Exlibris”, DEG, Germany

2018 – 2d place “Best Artist”, DEG, Germany

2018 – Mini-Print Triennial, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2018 – Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria

2018 – “Armistice, Saint Mihiel Museum, Noveant-sur-Moselle, France

2018 – Intaglio, White World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2017 – Department of Book Graphics Artworks, Institute of European Culture, Poland

2016 – Guangzhou International Mini-prints, Guangzhou, China

2016 – Osten Biennial of Drawing, Skopje, Macedonia

2015 – Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan

2015 – Excellent Prize, 5th ‘Red Man’ Art Biennial, Beijing, China

2015 – Honored Diploma, Iosif Iser International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Romania

2014 – Honourable Mention, Exlibris International Granada Contest, Spain

© 2026 by Yulia Protsyshyn

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