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Vitalii Shostia

Corresponding Member of the NAA of Ukraine

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Vitalii Shostia

    born in 1942

Graphic Artist, Educator

    Corresponding Member of the NAA of Ukraine (2001)

    People's Artist of Ukraine (2008)

    Honoured Artist of Ukraine (1992)

    Professor (1993)

    Laureate of the V. Kasiian Republican Prize (1990)

    Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine

Vitalii Shostia works in the fields of poster art and graphic design. A highly skilled professional, he is the author of the concept for the new Ukrainian poster and the organiser of numerous creative projects. He is an active participant in national and the most prestigious international exhibitions and a multiple-time laureate of both national and international poster competitions. A special place in his artistic oeuvre belongs to posters dedicated to the theme of national revival. His solo exhibitions have been held in many cities across Ukraine as well as in Germany and Poland. Shostia successfully combines his fruitful creative work with teaching. His works are held in museums and private collections both in Ukraine and abroad. Artistic refinement, compositional clarity with all its precisely calibrated components, the depth and precision of metaphor and symbol, and a free command of typography — all these and many other qualities echo throughout his creative palette and resonate within the practice of Ukrainian poster art. In his creative pursuits, Shostia pays particular attention to issues of national revival, the native language, ecology, history, and culture. He is the author of conceptual ideas and the implementer of contemporary artistic projects in the field of graphic design. He has also published writings on the development of poster art and design.
A multiple-time winner of both national and international poster competitions. Major works: posters – “Good Luck!” (1978), “We Will Not Forget, We Will Not Forgive!” (1984), “Read That Glory Once Again...”, “Oh, If Only I Had a Spiritual Sword!”, “Grant the Words Sacred Power...” (1988), “Awaken, People, the Day Has Come!”, “Where Is Your Glory? In Words Alone!” (1989), “We Shall Live Again, Brothers, We Shall Live Again!”, “Let Us Bow to the Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor of 1933” (1990), “The Native Land Is a Kingdom of Silence” (1993), “Poster” (2000), “Young Design” (2001), “Maestro and Disciples” (2003); posters for solo exhibitions in Kyiv, Wrocław, Kharkiv (2004); “Textile Triennial,” “Together,” “Polinocular” (2007), “Homage à Shigeo Fukuda,” “In the Studio – Toward Mastery” (2009); film posters – “Dudaryky” (1980), “The Curse of the Snake Valley,” “Zone,” “Flight of the Bird” (1988), “White Bone,” “Interdivcha” (1989); graphic series – “Graphitation” (2000–2005), “Encyclopaedia of Light” (2002–2009).

1942 — born on April 22 in the city of Ak-Bulak, Orenburg region (Russia).
1970 — graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute with a degree in Graphic Arts.
Since 1970 — has taught at the Kyiv State Art Institute (now the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture).
Since 2004 — Head of the Department of Design at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.

Head of the Department of Design at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.

Awards: Order of the Badge of Honour (1986), Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2002).

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Location20 Bulvarno-Kudryavska street Kyiv city, 01054

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

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