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Bohdan Lokatyr is an artist from Lviv, born in Dnipro. In his work, he often uses materials found in nature, exploring the physical properties of thesematerials as artistic expressions.
Since 2015, he has collaborated with Margaryta Zhurunova in the fields of environmental art, site-specific art, and eco-art practices.In 2019, both artists were awarded the President of Ukraine’s scholarships for young writers and artists and received a grant from the President of Ukraine.
In 2019, both artists became winners of scholarships of the President of Ukraine for young writers and artists, and received a grant from the President of Ukraine.
Together, they participated in the Second Biennale of Young Art (Kharkiv, 2019), the M17 Sculpture Prize: Roots and Pollen (M17 Gallery, Kyiv, 2020), and the Kyiv Biennial (Uzhhorod, 2023).
Education
- Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Ivan Trush, specializing in ceramic arts (2012 — Associate Degree)
- Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Department of Book and Easel Graphics (2018 — Master’s Degree;
- Institute of Printing and Media Technologies of Lviv Polytechnic National University (PhD in the process)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- Vinnytsia Regional Museum of Local History, Ukraine, 2016
- Khmelnytsky Regional Art Museum, Ukraine, 2017
- AkademART Gallery, Sumy, Ukraine, 2018
- Lviv National Literary Memorial Museum of Ivan Franko, Ukraine, 2018
- Vinnytsia Regional Museum of Local History, Ukraine, 2019
- ART Gallery Basement of the Kharkiv Municipal Gallery, Ukraine, 2019
- Vilnius University Botanical Garden, Lithuania, Vilnius, 2019
- Assortymentna kimnata gallery, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, 2023
- Edinborgarhúsið, Ísafjörður, Iceland, 2023
- Stedley Art Foundation, Kyiv, 2024
Selected Group Exhibitions
- A4, BALLPOINT — Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2015–2018
- Space of Borderland — Soviart Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2018
- Greater Space — Yermilov Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019
- Contemporary Art Competition Named After Natan Altman — Vinnytsia, Ukraine, 2018
- Second Biennale of Young Art — Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019
- All-Ukrainian Biennial of Levkas — White World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019–2021
- Observations — White World Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020
- Form of Space — Port.agency & LCD 044, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020
- M17 Sculpture Prize: Roots and Pollen — M17 Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020
- Lacuna International Contemporary Art Festival: Distance — Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, 2021
- Mykolaiv ART Week: CONNECT! — Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 2021
- ART Kuzemyn Residency Exhibition — H. Semiradsky Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2021
- Time of War. Reflections — Dzyga Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine, 2022
- Invasion. Before and After — Wrocław & Kraków, Poland, 2022–2023
- Kunstausstellung // pARTner Residence — Feldkirch, Austria, 2022
- The Art of Resistance — University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 2022
- The Art of Resistance — Museu d’Art Contemporani Vicente Aguilera Cerni, Vilafamés, Spain, 2023
- Indicators — Dzyga Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine, 2023
- Inner Landscapes — ERSTE Foundation, Vienna, Austria, 2023
- Day after Day — atelier19, Paderborn, Germany, 2023
- Day after Day — Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Bibliothek, Berlin, Germany, 2023
- Day after Day — Galerie LeonART, Nuremberg, Germany, 2023
- Concentration of the Will — M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2023
- Sculpture Week — Palace of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine, 2023
- Kyiv Biennial — Uzhhorod, Ukraine, 2023
- Spaces. Borders. Frontiers. — Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2023
- Formula of Resilience — M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2024
- OASIS? — Palace of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine, 2025
- Unframed — BASIS, Silandro, Italy & SILENCIO, Turin, Italy, 2025
- “I remember this place because it remembers me” (Spilne Art, Kyiv, 2025)
- Khlib (Ukrainian House, Kyiv, 2025)
- Frieden — Museum Bruder Klaus, Sachseln, Switzerland, 2025
- OASIS? — Palace of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine, 2025
- Garden of Ideas — Avangarden Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2025
- White Noise — Shum Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine, 2025
- Precious Things — Avangarden Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2025
- The Other Nearby — Korsaks' Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lutsk, Ukraine, 2026
- The Form of a Meal. From Still Life to Installation — Avangarden Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2026
- Cloud Storage — M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2026
Print Biennials
- International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms "Graphics MINI SPACE" — Lviv, Ukraine, 2015
- ESTAMP'15 — Lviv, Ukraine, 2015
- Graphics. Progress of the Young — Lviv, Ukraine, 2015
- Brest Print Triennial — Brest, Belarus, 2015
- VII Biennal Internacional d'Ex-libris Contratalla — Tarragona, Spain, 2015
- Małe Triennale Grafiki Myślenice — Myślenice, Poland, 2015
- International Biennial of Graphic Arts "Leopolis" — Lviv, Ukraine, 2016
- Bucharest International Print Biennale — Bucharest, Romania, 2017
- International Contest of Small Graphics and Exlibris Ostrów Wielkopolski — Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland, 2019, 2021
- 20th International Print Biennial Varna — Varna, Bulgaria, 2019
- 17th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms — Łódź, Poland, 2020
- International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Biennial — Online, 2020
- Biennial of International Art Museum Timișoara — Timișoara, Romania, 2020
- International Ex-libris Competition Finland — Naantali, Finland, 2020
- Second International Mini Print Triennial "Intaglio" — Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021
Land Art
- International Land Art Festival "Mythogenesis" — Vinnytsia, Ukraine, 2015–2021
- International Land Art Symposium "Borderline Space. Mogrytsia" — Mogrytsia, Sumy Region, Ukraine, 2016–2021
- Khortytsia Land Art Festival — Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 2016
- Ex. Plein Air: Remote Access — Chernihiv, Ukraine, 2017
- 86 Festival, Land Art Program — Slavutych, Ukraine, 2017
- Yakunin Series: "Luft Pause" — Lviv, Ukraine, 2017
- Land Art Festival "Spider Web" — Odesa, Ukraine, 2017
- International Festival of Arts of the Carpathian Region "Carpathian Space" — Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, 2018
- International Land Art Symposium "Land of Power" — Tustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve, Urych, Ukraine, 2018
- Land Art Festival "Nature and Art" — Vilnius University Botanical Garden, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2019
- CONTRmyf Land Art Scholarship — Ukraine, 2022
- Landart and Archaeology: New Synergy Across Borders — Akmenė, Lithuania, 2022
Residencies
- MC6 Residency — Slavsko, Ukraine, 2019, 2024, 2026
- ART Kuzemyn Residency — Kuzemyn, Sumy Region, Ukraine, 2021, 2023
- pARTner Residency Program — Feldkirch, Austria, 2022
- Hata-Maisternya (Creative Europe) — Ukraine, 2022
- Navigation Program — Jam Factory Art Center, Lviv, Ukraine, 2023
- ICA Residency (Artists at Risk) — Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy, 2023
- ArtsIceland (Culture Moves Europe) — Ísafjörður, Iceland, 2023
- HOME Residency Program — Graz, Austria, 2023
- Slow River House — Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, 2024
- CreArt AiR — Galerías VA, Valladolid, Spain, 2025
- CopperLeg LOORE AIR (Nordic Culture Point) — Tallinn, Estonia, 2026
- McKinney International Artist-in-Residence — Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, USA, 2026