Mykola Schmatko

Mykola Schmatko and the "Ukrainian Aurora"

Svyatohirsk Monastery , Svyatohirsk Mother of God

Mykola Hawrylowytsch Schmatko ( Ukrainian Микола Гаврилович Шматько ; born August 17, 1943 in Krasnohoriwka in Donetsk Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian sculptor and painter .

Life

Mykola Schmatko lives and works in Ukraine. He has two sons with whom he works on a number of projects. During his creative career, he created more than 750 monuments (bas-reliefs, high-reliefs, sculptures) and 500 pictures without the support of the state or patrons. More than 70 sculptures made of Ural marble and 250 pictures (paintings and graphics) are exhibited in the "Schmatko & Sons" gallery. In 2000, Mykola Shmatko was appointed professor of the Department of Creativity and Art at the Moscow Institute of World Civilization.

In 2004, after long negotiations with the administration of the Donetsk region and the superior of the Svyatogorsk Lavra , Shmatko was commissioned to design the sculpture of the Svyatogorsk Mother of God and execute it in marble. Schmatko chiselled the 4.2 m high sculpture out of 2 blocks of Ural marble with a total weight of 40 t. In autumn 2004 the Lavra was reopened with the new sculpture after extensive restoration work. For his services, Shmatko was awarded the 3rd order of Nestor by Volodymyr , the Metropolitan of Kiev and the whole of Ukraine .

In autumn 2005 the Preobrazhenskaya Church in Keleberda , Poltava Oblast , was opened with the Schmatko sculpture of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Exhibitions

Permanent exhibition in the "Shmatko & Sons" gallery, 1985–1991 ( Bolgrad , Odessa Oblast )
Permanent exhibition in the "Shmatko & Sons" gallery, 1991–2003 ( Krasnyj Lutsch , Luhansk Oblast )
Personal exhibition in Luhansk , 1992
Personal exhibition in Kiev , 1993
Personal exhibition at the Institute of World Civilization, 2000 (Moscow)
Personal exhibition in Donetsk , 2003
Permanent exhibition in the gallery "Shmatko & Sons", 2003-2004 ( Slovyansk , Donetsk Oblast )
Permanent exhibition in the gallery "Shmatko & Sons", 2004–2010 (Luhansk)
The 2007 Florentine Biennale - fourth prize in the "Sculpture and Installation" category ( Florence , Italy )
The Florentine Biennale 2009 (Florence)
2012 : Art Monaco 2012 , Monaco , France

Works in museum possession

Ivan Soshenko (work by Mykola Schmatko)

Bust of Ivan Soshenko , made by Mykola Schmatko. It is located in the Taras Shevchenko Museum of the Russian Art Academy , Saint Petersburg .

Individual evidence

↑ The marble sculpture of the marble king Nikolai Shmatko (German) (Russian) (English)

↑ I lived 13 years in a vault (Russian) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.facts.kiev.ua
↑ The person from a marble (Russian) ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zn.ua
↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) (Italian) @1@ 2

↑ Ukrainian artist Soshenko IM 1807-1876 (Carrara marble 0.35x0.35x0.60)

↑ Bust Soshenko (video)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Schmatko, Mykola
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schmatko, Mykola Hawrylowytsch (full name); Шматько, Микола Гаврилович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 17, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Krasnohorivka , Donetsk Oblast , Ukrainian SSR

[1] The marble sculpture of the marble king Nikolai Shmatko (German) (Russian) (English)