INTRICATE LINES CATALOGUE 2016 A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF PRINTMAKING AND STATUARY INTRODUCTION
N2N Gallery is an Abu Dhabi based art gallery born in May 2013 with the ambition to help everyone discover the rich diversity of the European Academic School of Painting, as well as the high professionalism of the contemporary European artists and their exceptional art.
Founded by art enthusiast Natalya Muzaleva, the gallery blends sculpture, graphic art and paintings in a surprising fusion between realism and modernism. The gallery’s collection is being renewed constantly and it currently comprises over 170 original works, including paintings, graphics and sculptures.
Additionally, N2N Gallery organizes art master classes, inviting well established artists to teach UAE art lovers and is genuinely committed to support the development and increase the interest and the dialogue within the local art scene.
1 PART I. GRAPHIC ARTS ETCHING / INTAGLIO / LINOCUT Oksana Stratiychuk I Nikolay Dudchenko I Alesya Dzuraeva I Andrew Levitsky AWARDS | SELECTED 2014 - Certificate for the Excellence, International Ex-libris and Mini-prints Biennial, Guangzhou, China 2012 - Honorable Mention Award, 34th International Ex-Libris Congress, Naantali, Finland 2012 - First Prize, Triennial of Graphic Arts, Kiev, Ukraine 2011 - Certificate of Appreciation, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt 2010 - Special Award, 4th International Ex libris and Small Graphic Form Competition “Solidarity of Nation”, Gdansk, Poland 2010 - Honorable Mention Award, Ruse Regional Library “Luben Karavelov”, Ruse, Bulgaria 2009 - Certificate for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, The Ex Libris Association of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED 2012 - Contemplation, Tadzio Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine 2011 - Printmaking, Mystetsky Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine 2009 - Black&White, Tadzio Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine 2006 - Alligator Loves Madly, Tadzio Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine 2005 - The Intaglio Territory, Tadzio Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine 2002 - Love Comes in the Town, Art Gallery Blok-A, Kiev, Ukraine 1996 - Dante Society, Munich, Germany 1995 - Koji Ikuta, Gallery ArtStudio92, Tokyo, Japan GROUP EXHIBITIONS, BIENNALES AND TRIENNIALES | SELECTED 2014 - International Ex-libris and Mini-prints Biennale, Guangzhou, China 2014 - 15th Biennale of Small Forms of Graphic and Exlibris, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland ANDREW LEVITSKY 2012 - Ukrainian Graphic Triennale, Kiev, Ukraine ARTIST/ PRINTMAKER 2011 - International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Alexandria, Egypt 2011 - 23rd International Biennale Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland Andrew Levitsky was born in 1961 in Kiev, Ukraine. From 1986 – 1996 he studied in the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts, becoming a Master in 2010 - 4th International Ex-libris and Small Graphic Form Competition “Solidarity of Nation”, Gdansk, Poland Graphic Arts. Since his student days he has actively participated in prestigious international competitions in different fields of graphic arts. His 2010 - Art Master Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic countrywide and international success is evidenced as well by the fact that he is the winner of 14 international awards. 2010 - The Affordable Art Fair, London, United Kingdom 2010 - International Ex-libris Triennale, Arad, Romania Levitsky uses intaglio technique which includes different ways of work with metal - etching drypoint, engraving, mezzotint and aquatint. The methods 2009 - 15th International Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria he uses allow him to create complicated, expressive artworks, often filled with subtle symbolic meaning. His multiple talents and remarkable skills 2009 - International Biennial of Engraving, Cremona, Italy rely on the best traditions of graphic arts and therefore his artistic preoccupations are connected with a wide range of topics: nature, adventure, 2008 - International Print Exhibition Competition, Painting and Sculpture Museum Association, Istanbul, Turkey tribute to the great leaps in technology, science and art. 2008 - International Exhibition “Myths and Legends”, Museum of Visual Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina “I could have been proud of my last works but I feel thrilled looking into the future. The best work is not done yet.” 2007 - The Affordable Art Fair, Autumn Collection, London, United Kingdom 2007 - 6th International Triennale of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania Levitsky’s artworks are held in public and private collections in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and USA. 2007 - 6th International Mini Print Triennale, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland
4 5 AIRPLANES. FLIGHT WITH BIG TREES AEROSTAT & OLIVE intaglio, paper intaglio, paper 21X29, 2015 45X102, 2014
6 7 THE GUN NOT WENT OFF THE GUN NOT FIRE intaglio, paper 17X132, 2006
I’M GOINGFISHING intaglio, paper 14X148, 2014
8 9 VIEW OF THE TWO HORSES WHITE HORSE intaglio, paper intaglio, paper 20X30, 2009 20X30,2009
10 11 VIEW OF THREE LANDSCAPES. HEAVEN AVIA. COMETS intaglio, paper intaglio, paper 36X67, 2015 34X52, 2014
12 13 AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS | SELECTED 1990 - Honorary award for young artist, International Biennale of Graphic Arts InterPrint–90, Lviv, Ukraine 1992 - Internship at the Munich Academy of Arts, Munich, Germany 1998 - Residency at Druckwerkstatt Schloss, Wolfsburg, Germany 2006 - Winner of the National Artists’ Union of Ukraine, Kyiv Organization Awards, Kiev, Ukraine 2007 - Residency at Cité des Arts, Paris, France 2010 - Poland Minister’s of Culture Scholarship Program Gaude Polonia, Lodz Academy of Arts, Lodz, Poland 2014 - Printmaking residency Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, Netherlands SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED 2015 - Patterns of the Days, the National Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine 2015 - Graphics, Gary Bowman’s Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine 2013 - N2N Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2012 - Window into the Luxembourg Garden, Gallery Parsuna, Kiev, Ukraine 2008 - Gallery Triptych, Kiev, Ukraine 2000 - A Glance into the Modern Style, Gallery Lavra, Kiev, Ukraine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, BIENNALES AND TRIENNIALES | SELECTED 2015 - International Art Fair Craft Vilnius’15, Vilnius, Lithuania 2015 - 5th Ukrainian Triennale of Graphic Arts, Kiev, Ukraine 2014 - International Print Triennale, Sofia, Bulgaria 2013 - Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Contemporary Art Institute, Chicago, USA 2011 - Munich-Kiev-Convergence, Furstenfeldbruck, Germany 2011 - Contemporary Ukrainian Graphics, Trenchin, Slovakia 2010 - Etching, the National Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine OKSANA STRATYICHUK 2009 - Contemporary Ukrainian Graphics, the Mileshi Palace, Split, Croatia ARTIST/ PRINTMAKER 2007- Oksana Stratiychuk and Kateryna Radko, the Ukrainian Culture Center. Paris, France 2007 - Moscow International Art Salon, Moscow, Russia Oksana Stratiychuk was born in 1968 in Kiev, Ukraine. She is an artist and printmaker who graduated from The National Academy of Fine Arts 2006 - 5th Egyptian Triennale of Printing Techniques, Alexandria, Egypt and Architecture in 1992 and completed her postgraduate studies at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts in 1996. 2003 - 4th Egyptian Triennale of Printing Techniques, Cairo, Egypt
2002 - Nu (Nude Model in Art from 18th to 20th Century), Kiev Russian Art Museum. Kiev, Ukraine Her artistic creative work can be described as a combination of modern view and old technics. An excellent master of etching, one of the 1998 - Ukrainian Art (group exhibition with O. Plysiuk), Wolfsburg, Germany sophisticated technics of graphic arts, laborious and longtime process, she has an amazing patience and non-ordinary vision of ordinary things. 1998 - The Pages of Ukrainian Secession. History and Modernity, the National Art Museum. Kiev, Ukraine The floral motifs are reoccurring in her art, which consists of the complicated etching technique, prints on handmade paper, with touches of color 1997 - 19th Independent International Print Exhibition Kanagawa–97. Kanagawa, Japan and real natural elements. The style is reminiscent of the Old Dutch School, and throughout the years, has acquired a refined Zen-like mood 1996 - Midnight Love Talk (with I. Kyrychenko), Gallery Akasha, Krakow, Poland intended for aesthetic and philosophic contemplation. 1995 - 3rd International Triennale of Graphic Arts, Kochi, Japan Stratiychuk’s artworks are held in public collections in Ukraine (Russian Art Museum, National History Museum and National Museum of 1992 - 10th International Triennale of Graphic Arts, Fridriechstadt, Norway Applied Arts in Kiev), Russia (City Art Gallery in Kaliningrad), Japan (Tama Art Museum in Tokyo), Latvia (Exhibition House in Cesis) and Italy 1992 - 2nd International Biennale of Graphic Arts Kaliningrad–Kenigsberg’92, Kaliningrad, Russia (Pinacotheque in Torre Canavese). 1991 - International Biennale of Graphic Arts Cuprum V. Lubin, Poland
14 15 SEPTEMBER VI. SUNFLOWER paper, mokulito 50X110, 2015
16 17 STILL LIFE WITH RABBIT BEANS AND ROSES etching, paper etching, paper 55x65, 2005 55x65, 2004
18 19 SPRING FLOWERS THE TULIPS etching, paper etching, paper 50x64, 2008 50x52, 2009
20 21 AUTUMN BOUQUET DAHLIAS etching, paper etching, paper 65x55, 2004 65x55, 2011
22 23 POMEGRANATES STILL LIFE 1 etching, paper etching, paper 31x56, 2007 65x55, 1996
24 25 FIGURES WITH THE STILL LIFE etching, paper 64x50, 1997 26 EDUCATION 1964 - 1967 - studied at The Crimean Art College 1972 - graduated from the Kharkov Art and Industry Institute
AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS | SELECTED 2014 - Diploma of the Russian Academy of Arts “for contribution to the development of the fine arts in the South of Russia” 2007 - Honored Artist of Ukraine 2007 - Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea 2006 - 2013 - Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine 2004 - Grand Prix Prize, 5th Biennale of watercolors, Simferopol Art Museum, Simferopol, Crimea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED 2012 - Inspiration and Form, Volksbank, Ludwigsburg, Germany 2009 - Sevastopol Motives, The Russian Cultural Centre, Simferopol, Crimea 2008 - Graphic: Etching, Exhibition hall of House of Artists, Simferopol, Crimea 2003 - Crimean Landscapes, Livadia Palace Museum, Yalta, Crimea 2000 - Spiritualization, Livadia Palace Museum, Yalta, Crimea 1997 - Heraklion, Pinacoteca Basilica of St. Mark, Crete, Greece NIKOLAI DUDCHENKO GROUP EXHIBITIONS, BIENNALES AND TRIENNIALES | SELECTED ARTIST/ PRINTMAKER 2016 - Group exhibition of the Association of South Russian Artists (ASRA), Kroshitskiy Sevastopol Art Museum, Sevastopol, Crimea 2016 - Group exhibition of the Association of ASRA, Exhibition Hall of ASRA, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Nikolai Yakovlevich Dudchenko was born in 1949 in Uyanovka, a village in Kherson region, Ukraine. He attended the Crimean Art College from 2015 - Handwriting of Crimea, Gallery Handwriting, Vladikavkaz, Russia 1964 - 1967 and continued his education in the Kharkov Art and Industry Institute, where he graduated in 1972. His artistic career spans more than 2009 – Crimean Palette,Gallery N-Prospekt, Saint Petersburg, Russia forty years and is marked by a number of renowned exhibitions both home and abroad, and by prestigious awards and recognitions. 2009 - Portrait of a Woman, The Branch of the Saratov University, Sevastopol, Crimea Nikolai Dudchenko is a muralist by profession, but has been gravitating towards the easel and the miniature forms. In his works, elegance can be 2009 - Ukrainian Artists, Wuxi City, China considered a key feature of his creative personality, an expression of his relationship to tradition and reality. His style is expressive, easy and clear, 2002 - The Art of Ukraine, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia as if it was floating on the wings of light imagination style. 2002 - Crimean Painting, Ukrainian Center, Moscow, Russia 2008 - Memorial Kuindzhi, Mariupol, Ukraine He finds inspiration in the images of his childhood, from the anguish of the home and the mother figure to the unforgettable impressions of nature 1999 - Crimean abstract, Simferopol Art Museum, Simferopol, Crimea and people. His works expose deep existential problems and can be read as a reflection of the “spiritual portrait” of the people and the whole region. 1991 - Revival International Biennale , Lvov Art Museum, Lvov, Ukraine Meeting with his works emotionally enriches the understanding of the spirit of Southern Ukraine. Nikolai Dudchenko’s works have a lot of light, 1991 - Exhibition of the creative association “Look”, Kiev, Ukraine silence and mental clarity. Perhaps the most important means of picturesque and poetically figurative expression is the texture he gives to his works: 1984 - All-Union Exhibition of Drawing, Moscow, Russia artistically diverse technical methods of writing and printing, inserting collages, etching. 1989 – Impreza International Biennale, Art Museum Prycarpattya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Dudchenko’s artworks are held in public collections in the most prestigious museums of Ukraine and Crimea such as the National Art Museum of 1987 - Works of the Crimean artists, Ruse, Bulgaria Ukraine in Kiev, the Art Museum Prycarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv National Art Gallery and Sevastopol Art Museum. His artworks are also kept 1979 - Young Artists of Crimea, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Germany, USA and UAE. 1977 - Monumental Art of Ukraine, Exhibition hall of the Union of Artists, Moscow, Russia
27 28 CHRISTMAS APRIL IN SEVASTOPOL etching, paper etching, paper 42x49, 1983 42x49, 1984
29 30 ANDREY’S SPACE BOY ON WASTE GROUND etching, paper etching, paper 42x49, 1987 42x48, 1998
31 32 DEDICATION TO DEDICATION TO CHILDREN OF RUBCOV D. FATHER INKERMAN etching, paper etching, paper etching, paper 42x49, 1994 42x49, 1995 42x49, 1993
33 34 SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED 2015 - Relief, the Centre for Contemporary Printmaking Seacourt, Bangor, United Kingdom 2014 - Сity noise, Art Gallery TryptichArt, Kiev, Ukraine 2012 - Romantics of the Daily Routine, Dnipropetrovsk Fine Art Museum, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 2013 - Stillife, Gallery TryptichArt, Kiev, Ukraine 2011 - Magic of the Simple Things, Garry Bouman’s Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine 2008 - Windows, Gallery Parsuna, Kiev, Ukraine 2005 - Stop Time, Gallery Griffin, Kiev, Ukraine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, BIENNALES AND TRIENNIALES | SELECTED 2016 - 2nd International Prize for Printmaking Rene Carcan, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, Belgium 2015 - 7th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Split, Croatia 2015 - Connections, Cristiano Varella Memorial Foundation, Muriae, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2016 - Signs of Agathae, Gallery of Modern Art Chimneys, Catania, Italy 2015 - 11th International Contemporary Print Biennial, Prahova Art Museum, Ploiesti, Romania 2015 - 1st International Printmaking Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania 2015 - Better Living. Copies of Quality, Domek Miedziorytnika Museum, Wroclaw, Poland 2015 - 3rd International Juried Print Exhibition, New Grounds Print Workshop&Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 2015 - Better Living. Copies of Quality, Southern Graphics Council International Printmaking Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA 2014 - 17th International Graphic Triennial, Frechen, Germany 2014 - Roots, Gallery La Chicharra, Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico 2014 - Impresiones Gigantes, Palacio Del Almirante, Granada, Spain 2014 - Indefinite Spaces, the Crossroads Gallery, South Bend, USA OLESYA DZHURAEVA 2013 - Global Print2013, Biennial Douro, Alijó, Portugal ARTIST/ PRINTMAKER 2013 - Introversion, group exhibition, M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine Olesya Dzhurayeva was born in 1982 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. She moved to Ukraine in 1989, where she studied at the Kiev State Institute of 2010 - Portrait, Gallery Artist, Kiev, Ukraine Decorative and Applied Art and Design and graduated in 2002. She works in a variety of graphic techniques (etching, engraving, dry-point, linocut 2009 - Spring Love, Gallery Esher, Kiev, Ukraine and pastel). International art critics describe her as “a bright representative of the Ukrainian contemporary graphic school”. This is highly confirmed 2008 - Art Kyiv 2008, Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine by her constant rising presence on the global scene of graphic arts. 2007 - National Exhibition of Landscape, Center for Contemporary Art and Culture Kuindzhi, Mariupol, Ukraine 2006 - 3rd Ukrainian Triennale of Graphic Arts, Kiev, Ukraine Her artworks resemble visual diary of everyday life that is full of sacred splendor. The ordinary objects are skillfully and very subtly transformed 2006 - The 8th of March, Gallery Mystets, Kiev, Ukraine into extraordinary visual compositions. Dzhurayeva’s artistic opus is full of aesthetic and psychological balance which she patiently creates on each 2006 - International Exhibition ArtKyiv2006, Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine particular work. 2005 - Fish day, Gallery Irena, Kiev, Ukraine 2005 - Picturesque Ukraine, All-Ukrainian art exhibition, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Her artworks are held in public and private collections in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, 2004 - Day of the Artist, autumn art exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and UAE. 2002 - Youth Artists, group exhibition, Art Gallery “Lavra”, Kiev, Ukraine
35 36 LYBIDSKA THE RIGHT DIRECTION linocut, paper linocut, paper 50x78, 2015 50x78, 2014
37 38 RHEINMETALL ERNST KAPS GOODBYE GUNS linocut, paper linocut, paper 78x50, 2011 50x78, 2012
39 40 EARLY MORNING GUITAR, GUITAR, GUITAR linocut, paper linocut, paper 30x21, 2016 94x65, 2011
41 42 MY FIRST BIKE ETUDE NUMBER 1 linocut, paper linocut, paper 78x50, 2011 25x30, 2012
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