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Vasyl Chebanyk

Corresponding Member of the NAA of Ukraine

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Vasyl Chebanyk

    born in 1933

Graphic Artist, Calligrapher

    Corresponding Member of the NAA of Ukraine (2013)

    Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (2019)

    Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1979)

    Professor (1980)

Vasyl Chebanyk is a renowned graphic artist, well known in Ukraine and beyond. He works in the fields of book graphics, the art of lettering, and bookbinding. An original interpreter of classical literary imagery, he masterfully renders these visions through etching and plastic engraving. Chebanyk has created unique, distinctive typographic compositions in which the script fulfills both an informational and an expressive-aesthetic function. His personal artistic practice in the publishing sphere, along with his significant influence on the education of young talents through masterclasses, forums, and conferences dedicated to the development of handwritten script culture, have had a tangible impact on the evolution of type design in Ukraine. In this field, he continues the traditions established by the prominent artists Heorhii Narbut and Vasyl Krychevskyi. Recently, the artist completed the creation and implementation of the project “Graphics of the Ukrainian Language,” the essence of which lies in returning the design of letters to their authentic, pre-Petrine Cyrillic roots.

Awards: Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2002), Certificate of Appreciation from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2002), Honorary Distinction of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine “For Numerous Years of Fruitful Work in the Field of Culture” (2002), Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2007), Gold Medal of the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture (2008), Ivan Fedoriv Diploma (2011), First-Class Heorhiy Yakutovych Diploma (2012), Mykhailo Derehus Prize (2017).

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Location20 Bulvarno-Kudryavska street Kyiv city, 01054

Phone+38 044 486 33 69+38 044 486 2460

E-mailmoc.liamg%40aimedaca.uman


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Location20 Bulvarno-Kudryavska street Kyiv city, 01054

Phone+38 044 486 33 69+38 044 486 2460

E-mailmoc.liamg%40aimedaca.uman


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