Romana Romanyshyn
Born: 23.09.1984 in Ukraine.
Education:
1999 – 2003 – Lviv Art College of Decorative and Applied Art, Painting department.
2003 – 2009 – Lviv National Art Academy, Art Glass department.
2010 – semiannual scholarship program "GAUDE POLONIA", Art Academy in Krakow, Poland.
2012 – semiannual scholarship program "GAUDE POLONIA", Art Academy in Warsaw, Poland.
Working areas: painting, graphic, art glass, book design.
With Andriy Lesiv works in personal art studio "Agrafka" in Lviv, Ukraine
Solo exhibitions:
2007 – “Dzyga” gallery (with Olha Turetska), Lviv, Ukraine;
2009 – “Primus” gallery, Lviv, Ukraine;
2010 – “AVS-Art” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2010 – “Pod Ratuszem” gallery, Rzeszów, Poland;
2011 – "Red Book" Art Project, “Primus” gallery, Lviv, Ukraine;
2012 – "Red Book" Art Project. “Knyharnia Ye” gallery, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine;
2013 – "Galeria 31", Lublin, Poland;
Group exhibitions:
2004 – animation contest “SILVER FLY”, Florence, Italy;
2005 – student art contest, Art Palace, Lviv, Ukraine;
2006 – National graphic exhibition “Graphic – 2006”, NUAU, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2006 – exhibition for 60th Anniversary of Lviv Art Academy, Art Palace, Lviv, Ukraine;
2008 – exhibition “Songs about Love II (textile, glass, ceramics)”, Museum of Ukrainian National Decorative Art, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2009 – exhibition of Decorative and Applied Art, Museum of Glass, Lviv, Ukraine;
2009 – exhibition “Geometry. Rectangle”, Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine;
2009 – exhibition of VI International Plein-air of Painting “Nova Zagora-2009”, Municipal Art Gallery, Nova Zagora, Bulgaria;
2010 – ART BOOK exhibition, Books and Printing Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2010 – exhibition of III International Plein-air of Painting “Znaki Pogranicza-2010”, Hadle Szklarskie, Poland;
2010 – exhibition "Art Book: Evolution of Publishing Ideas", "Coralli" Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine;
2010 – art project "MOLOKO", Art Palace, Lviv, Ukraine;
2011 – exhibition “Lviv Graphic”, Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine;
2011 – exhibition of III International Plein-air of Painting “Znaki Pogranicza-2010”, Gelerija Miejska ZSP, Rzeszów, Poland;
2011 – exhibition “Art-Toy”, "P.ART.COM" Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2011 – exhibition of 20th International Biennial of Homour and Satire in the Arts. Museum House of Homour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria;
2011 – exhibition “Art-Book”, "P.ART.COM" Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2011 – "12+12" project, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia;
2011 – Artist's Book exhibition on 7. Moscow Book Fair, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia;
2012 – "12+12" project, Museum "Tula Necropolis", Tula, Russia;
2012 – Art Book exhibition, Books and Printing Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2012 – "12+12" project on "BookNight 2012", Flacon Design Factory, Moscow, Russia;
2012 – Art Book exhibition on Lviv International Kids Festival, Lviv, Ukraine;
2012 – ВІВ 2011 exhibition - Urawa Art Museum, Японія;
2012 – ВІВ 2011 exhibition - Chiba City Museum of Art, Японія;
2012 – ВІВ 2011 exhibition - Kawara Museum, Японія;
2013 – ВІВ 2011 exhibition - Ashikaga Museum of Art, Японія;
2013 – Triennial of Children's Book Illustration, National Artists Union, Kyiv, Ukraine;
2013 – Sharjah exhibition for children book illustrations, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Awards:
2004 – main award of animation contest “SILVER FLY”, Florence, Italy;
2005 – main award of student art contest, Lviv, Ukraine;
2006 – award of XIII National Publisher Forum in Lviv (co-authorship with Andriy Lesiv);
2009 – award of the International Renaissance Foundation for design of books, which were published under the support of IRF.
2011 – Grand Prix of the "Knyzhkove Levenia" Children Book Prize for book "The Mitten. Ukrainian Folktale". Lviv International Kids Festival.
2011 – award "Book of the Year" of XVIII National Publisher Forum in Lviv for book "The Mitten. Ukrainian Folktale".
2011 – award "Honorary Mention to the Publisher" of 23. Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava for book "The Mitten. Ukrainian Folktale". Bratislava, Slovakia.
2012 – "The White Ravens 2012", Special Mention for book "The Mitten. Ukrainian Folktale". A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature. International Jugendbibliothek, Munich, Germany.
2013 – "The White Ravens 2013" for book "Ivan Franko. The Turnip". A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature. International Jugendbibliothek, Munich, Germany.
2013 – Medal of Sharjah Children's Reading Festival, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2014 – "BolognaRagazzi Award" in Opera Prima category for "The Stars and Poppy Seeds". Bologna, Ilaly.