An outstanding Ukrainian artist, master of Ukrainian figurative painting and landscape art. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1990). Member of the art group “Picturesque Reserve” (1991-1995). Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Award of Ukraine (2012). Current member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2021).
Together with the winners of the International Art Forum “Golden Easel” (2024), he painted a unique monumental composition “Angels of Peace” on flexible glass, 17 meters long and 14.40 meters high, which was awarded a Guinness World Record certificate for the uniqueness of the painting and its scale.
- Founder of the Art Residence (2025) of 30 participants of the International Art Forum “Golden Easel” and a delegation of winners (10) of the “Golden Easel” Competition from Ukraine to participate in the International Museum Festival in Frankfurt am Main.
- Honorary member of the Charitable Organization Charitable Foundation “Lviv Children’s
- Honorary member of the Jury of the 2026 International Competition “Golden Easel and Pencil-Painter Travel the Planet of Peace”.
FOUNDER (2026) OF THE GRAND PRIX “GOLDEN EASEL”
Biographical information
Born on September 11, 1946, in Yahotyn, Kyiv region (Ukraine). In 1976, he graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute, Faculty of Painting (V. Puzyrkov’s studio).
From 1992 to 1995, Kryvolap was an active member of the “Picturesque Reserve” — an influential group of artists in the modern history of Ukrainian art. In the 2000s, he moved from Kyiv to the village of Zasupoivka near Yahotyn, where he lives and works.
Since 1976, he has been a regular participant in regional and international exhibitions.
In 2011, Anatolii Kryvolap’s works twice set world records for sales of contemporary Ukrainian art on the international art market. The first record was set in May 2011, when his painting “Steppe” was sold at a Phillips de Pury & Co auction in New York for $98,500[1]. And in October, at a Phillips de Pury & Co contemporary art auction in London, the work “Horse. Night” was sold for $124,400[2]. Since then, his paintings have been sold for even higher prices[3].
On February 9, 2012, the list of winners of the 2012 Shevchenko Award was announced. Anatoliy Kryvolap won in the “visual arts” category (for a series of 50 works entitled “Ukrainian Motif”)[4].
A member of the Taras Shevchenko National Award of Ukraine Committee since December 2016[5].
In 2019–2023, he created paintings for the restored Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in the village of Lipivka, Makariv district, Kyiv region[6].
Personal exhibitions
- 2022 — “Night… Imprint of Time.” National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery”[7].
- 2021 — “At the Height of a Bird’s Flight.” METROPOL Residential Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2020 — “Dialogue at a Distance of 100 Years.” Triptych Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2019 — “In This Blue Field…” Museum and Exhibition Center “Kyiv History Museum.”[8]
- 2019 — “Ukrainian Identification.” Lavra Art Gallery, Kyiv.
- 2019 — “Artifacts of the 1980s.” Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2017 — “Anatolii Kryvolap. Museum Collection,” Zakarpattia Regional Art Museum named after Yosyp Bokshay, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
- 2012—2013 — Permanent exhibition at OntoArtGallery, Kyiv.
- 2011 — “Landscape of the 21st Century,” OntoArtGallery, Kyiv.
- 2011 — Mystetska Zbirka Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2006 — “Soviart” Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2004, 2005 — Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2003 — Persona Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2001 — Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2000 — Soviart Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2000 — 2004 — ARTEast Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 1996 — Kaspari Gallery, Fürth, Germany.
- 1993 — D’art Gallery, Toulouse, France.
- 1992 — Donti Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany.
Publications
The Kyiv publishing house Atlant UMC, on the initiative of patron Yurii Komelkov, published three art albums dedicated to the work of Anatolii Kryvolap. Two albums by the artist were published in the “Painting” series (2006, 2008). The third book, “Anatolii Kryvolap. Structures” (2009), was published under the auspices of the National Art Museum of Ukraine. The albums are in Ukrainian and English[9].
Awards
“National Legend of Ukraine” (August 20, 2025) awarded by Volodymyr Zelenskyy — “for outstanding personal contributions to the establishment of independent Ukraine and the strengthening of its statehood, significant contributions to the development of national science, art, sports, health care, and fruitful charitable and public activities”.
