Mykola Shmatko
Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko (17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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- Name
- Nikolay Shmatko
- Born
- 17 August 1943
- Birthplace
- Krasnohorivka, Reichskommissariat Ukraine
- Died
- 15 September 2020
- Place of death
- Pereiaslav, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
- Occupation
- Sculptor, painter
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Ukraine
- Honours
- Order of St. Nestor the Chronicler 3rd class
- Languages
- Ukrainian
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Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko (17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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Mykola Shmatko (1943–2020) was a Soviet and Ukrainian painter and sculptor. Born in Krasnohorivka, the painter died in Mukachevo. Languages used include Ukrainian.
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• Name — Nikolay Shmatko • Born — 17 August 1943 • Birthplace — Krasnohorivka, Reichskommissariat Ukraine • Died — 15 September 2020 • Place of death — Pereiaslav, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine • Occupation — Sculptor, painter • Website — Marble sculpture of King of marble of Nicolai Shmatko Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko (17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
Biography
Biography
Shmatko became a sculptor at the age of 33, having previously been a firefighter. During all his creative development Nikolai Shmatko created more than 750 various monuments and about 500 pictures. He worked in marble, inspired by European culture and art. His studio and gallery contain 100 sculptures (more than 70 of which are made of Ural and Italian marble); 30 plaster casts; and about 300 pictures (including paintings, graphics, and architectural designs). In total, there are approximately 750 pieces, ranging from simple decorations to bas-relief and high relief busts and sculptures. Some of these pieces are sexually explicit and even pornographic. Shmatko also worked in architecture, and had a design for a penis-shaped high-rise building. In 2004, for his work "Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin" - a statue of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos "Hegumenia") for Sviato-Uspenskyi Sviatohorskyi Monastery - Shmatko was awarded the order of Nestor Letopisets by Volodymyr Sabodan, the Kyiv Metropolitan, and all of Ukraine. In the autumn of 2005 the Transfiguration church was opened in the village of Keleberda, Poltava region. Exclusively for this church, the sculptor created a marble sculpture "The Crucifixion". In autumn 2012, at the invitation of oligarch Viktor Baloha, Shmatko moved with his family to the city of Mukachevo.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 2007: Biennale di Firenze 2007, Italy; received 4th place award in sculpture and installation • 2009: Biennale di Firenze 2009, Italy; Participating Artists 2009 • 2012: ArtMonaco 2012, Monaco; Exposants - Exhibitors, Art Monaco 2012 (page 160)
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1943
Mykola Shmatko was born in 1943 at Krasnohorivka.
2020
Mykola Shmatko died in 2020 at Mukachevo.
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Krasnohorivka.
Birth place
Mukachevo.
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Works in public collections
• Shmatko's bust of Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko is stored in the museum of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. • Illustration — Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin Sviato-Uspenska Sviatohirsk Lavra Sviatohirsk, Ukraine • Illustration — Foreplay Ural marble, 66 x 125 x 67 • Illustration — Ivan Soshenko • Illustration — Taras Shevchenko Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
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- 1.Spaini & Partners. Biennale Iinternazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea 2007, citta di Firenze. 678. 2007.
- 2.Smirnova, Helen (September 10, 2003), "I lived 13 years in a vault", Facts and comments (Ukraine, Donetsk)
- 3.Nikolai Shmatko :: Biography :: Personal exhibitions. www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com.
- 4.Скульптор із підземелля Микола Шматько.
- 5.Pda.segodnya.ua. Автор скультруры голой Тимошенко показал, что такое секс (фото).
- 6.Новые скульптуры Шматько: виртуозы секса и луганский судья с индюком. Citynews.net.au.
- 7.Автор 140-метрового фаллоса изобразил, как Тимошенко всем на голову села (Фото). ОстроВ.
- 8.Aseeva, Anna. The person from a marble. Zerkalo Nedeli. 26. July 18, 2008.
- 9.Eastkorr.net. Покинувшего Луганск скульптора Шматько взял под опеку Балога.
- 10.Культурный герой Шматько покинул Луганск. Давление света - новости культуры, авторские статьи, рецензии, стихи, фото, живопись.
- 11.Top.lg.ua. Николаю Шматько предложил переехать в Мукачево министр МЧС Украины Виктор Балога.
- 12.Biennale | Awards 2007. www.florencebiennale.org.
- 13.Participating Artists 2009.
- 14.Art Monaco.
- 15.Kingofmarble-shmatko.com. The Ukrainian artist Soshenko I.M. 1807-1876 (Carrara marble 0,35x0,35x0,60).
- 16.YouTube QpvkATyFjaU Bust of Soshenko (Video)
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