Artists » Petro Bevza

A Chord of Alley, 2008, oil on canvas 100x120 cm

Petro Bevza

b 1963

Bevza is the epitome of the new wave of Ukranian artist Graduating from Kyiv State Arts Academy in 1985, he took full advantage of Perestroika to strike out as an independent soul, free from the shackles that previously bound Soviet artists. He was fortunate to have a number of his initial post-graduate creations selected by members of the Soviet elite. His independence was rewarded; his leadership enhanced. It allowed him to continue his creative exploration and becoming a guiding force in the post-reform art community. Recognized as one of a new generation of talented contemporary artists, he was invited to a number of domestic and international expositions traveling to France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania and Russia among other European countries. He was introduced to North America through exhibits in New York, Washington D.C. and Atlanta prior to his debut in Canada at the Bezpala Brown Gallery. In 1996, Bevza was awarded the Salon International D'ART Contemporain prize in Nice, France, which led to his work being placed in the Galerie Robin-Leadouze just off the Champs-Elysees. Fifty percent of his work sold in one evening. He has seen the value of his paintings skyrocket over the last decade. His creations have been placed in numerous private and public collections throughout Europe and in private North American placements. Bevza uses seemingly luminescent colour. No matter what light strikes a Bevza work, a stream of colour responds - his paintings carry their own light source. The spirituality of his newest series, Foot of Destiny, breathes light eternal into each work. It has the potential to place Bevza in the elite of live contemporary artists worldwide touching the onlooker's soul without alienating. It is spirit distinct from religion bringing people of all faiths together.

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012
Spaces of gravitation. Grass. Arsenale 2012, Tryptych Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Arsenale 2012. First Bienale of Contemporary Art (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Nomady, Environment of Life. Lavra Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)


2011
Foot of Destiny, Tryptych Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Islands, AVS-art Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Ten Years. Institute of Contemporary Art Issues (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Animals. Art Republic Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Christmas variety show. Tryptych Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Ukrainian Alternative XX. Museum of Modern Art (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Prosto. Art. National Art Museum of Ukraine. (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Spaces of Gravity, Lavra Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)


2010
And Someone Else with Me. Petro Bevza. Bezpala Brown Gallery (Toronto, Canada), solo
Petro BEVZA. Painting, AVS Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine), solo
Ukrainian alternative, Dukat Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Inner world of Contemporary Art. Book's Museum (Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine)
A4, paper. Karas Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Fields of Gravity. Five Leading Contemporary Artists of Ukraine. Bezpala Brown Gallery (Toronto, Canada), group exhibition
Ukrainski Przekroj. Sztuka wspolchesna Ukrainy, Warstaty Kultury (Lublin, Poland)
Wir arbeiten ihr sprint. Ausstellung und Vortrage, The Central Hall for Exhibitions of the National Artist Union of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)


2009
Petro Bevza. THEODOZII, Sumy City Gallery, (Sumy, Ukraine), solo
Petro Bevza. IRISES, Gallery Tryptykh, (Kyiv, Ukraine), solo
OVIDIUS. GogolFest. Center of Arts Mystetskyi Arsenal (Kyiv, Ukraine)
ARTVILNIUS\'09 The first International Contemporary Art Fair, Litexpo, (Vilnius, Lithuania) Concerneds. Gallery Bottega. (Kiev, Ukraine)
Holy Lamb of Truth. Ukrainian Sakral Art. Hlibnia Exhibition Hall (St.Sophia, Kyiv, Ukraine)
A4, Artists Draw. Karas Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Manifestation. Gallery Plast-Art(Chernihiv, Ukraine)
Let Your Name Be Blessed, Hlibnia Exhibition Hall (St.Sophia in Kyiv, Ukraine)

2008
Eastern Neighbours Remote Shelter, Stefanus Cultural center, StichtingCulturalAid (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Petro Bevza. Elegies. Gallery Bottega. (Kiev, Ukraine), solo
Petro Bevza. SINAY. Gallery Gamla Vaster. (Malme, Sveden), solo
Ukrainian Sacred Art, the end of XX - the beginning of XXI. Zamostyan Gallery for Art at NaUKMA (Kiev, Ukraine)
Carte Blanche. Manifestation. Gallery Mykola House (Kyiv, Ukraine)
WORLDS ARE HIDDEN. Object of Land-Art of Sheshory Festival / Chosen. Gallery Lavra (Kyiv, Ukraine)
TERRITORY of SOUL. Festival of Contemporary Art. Gallery Plast-Art (Chernihiv, Ukraine)
International Land Art Symposium in Mogrytsa WITHOUT TIME (Ukraine)
WITHOUT TIME. Gallery Bottega. (Kiev, Ukraine)
70 - NUAU, The Central Hall for Exhibitions of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Our Time is Our Space. National Museum of Taras Shevchenko (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Nomady. On the Line of the Horizon, Kyivan Fortress the Slanting Caponier (Kiev, Ukraine)
Nomady. On the Line of the Horizon, Cultural Center of the Aerospace Center (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine)
Kyiv-Karas-Gallery. Davis Casa (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine)
Portrait of Artist, Gallery Tryptykh, (Kyiv, Ukraine)

2007
Art-Manege 2007. Manege (Moskow, Russia)
TSKI, Gallery Tryptykh, (Kyiv, Ukraine), solo
IN NATURA. All Theodosics, Atelier Karas Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine), solo
Bevza. Painting. Lenin gallery (Zaporizhya, Ukraine), solo
IN NATURA, Center for Contemporary Art Soviart (Kyiv, Ukraine), solo
Contemporary Art of Ukraine, Hobby Gallery (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Gogol-Portrait. Center of Arts Mystetskyi Arsenal(Kyiv, Ukraine)
Akt, Gallery Tryptykh, (Kyiv, Ukraine)

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (prior to 2007)
2006 Petro Bevza. Coordinates of Space. Gallery Gamla Vaster. (Malme, Sweden)
2006 Contemporary Art of Ukraine, Lufcik gallery (Warsaw, Poland)
2006 Four Artists from the Ukraine. Maison Murer Fine Art gallery (Atlanta, USA)
2006 Anblick - Durchblick - Lichtblick. Gallery Anixis (Baden, Switzerland)
2006 Contemporary Art of Ukraine, Ukrainian institute of America (New York, USA)
2005 International Art Salon. The central hall for exhibitions of the National Union of artists of Russia (Moscow, Russia)
2005 HOMO ERRATICUS. The Art Exhibition Hall (Klaipeda, Vilnus, Lithuania)
2004 Art YES of Our Ukraine. Gallery Rogers (Washington, USA)
2003 Magdeburg International Art Festival, Galakunsthaus (Magdeburg, Germany)
2002 Ukrainische Malerai, Gallery ArtLaue, (Avenches, Switzerland).
2002 Art of Ukraine. The central hall for exhibitions of the National Union of Artists of Russia (Moscow, Russia)
2001 Ukrainische Malerai, Doctorhous Gallery, Oberdisbah, Switzerland.
2001 Bevza and Lytvynenko, Freefields, Centre PasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland.
2001 Ukrainische Kulturtage in Switzerland, Conservatory Hall of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
2001 International Landart symposium in Kuressaare Open Circle, Saaremaa, Eesti.
1998 Painting and Sculpture, Gallery Kunstkaufhaus, Leipzig, Germany.
1998 Minimal Art Discount, Gallery S.a.r.l., Luxembourg. Catalogue.
1997 Printemps d`Ukraine, Gallery Robin-Leadouze, Paris, France. Catalogue.
1997 GANG. Bayerischen Landesvertretung, Bonn, Germany. Catalogue.
1996 Du Vague a l`Art, Tutesall, Luxembourg. Catalogue.
1996 Salon international D`ART contemporaine, NICEXPO, Nice, France. Catalogue.
1996 Painting of Ukraine. Palffuho Palas, Bratislava, Slovakia.
1996 ET CAETERA, International Academy of Environment, Geneva, Switzerland.
1994 L`art Contrmporain en Ukraine, Musee l`Army de Roi, Bruxelles, Belgium.
1993 L`ART en Ukraine, Musee d`Avgustinian, Toulouze, France. Catalogue.

Awards
Grant Foundation Pro Helvetia (Switzerland) for Freefields; from the Centre PasquArt, Biel-Bienne, 2001
Grant CCA at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy for Transition;, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2000
First place for Heritage, CCA Soviart, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1999
Zolotyi Peretyn prize, title Artist of the Year, 2nd International ART festival. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1997
Salon International D`ART Contemporain prize, Nice, France, 1996
Best painting of the year, City of Kyiv Honor Diploma, (1994), Kyiv, Ukraine, 1994