Biography
The artist was born in 1947. In 1965 graduated from Kyiv Art School, Kyiv, Ukraine. In 1971 graduated from Kyiv Art Institute (master class of the academician T. Yablonska), Kyiv, Ukraine. In 1998 he became the Artist of the Year (Golden section prize at the 3rd International Art Festival in Kyiv). He is a member of the National Artists Union of Ukraine since 1975. Volodymyr Budnikov is an Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine and a Professor of the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts. Lives and works in Kyiv.
Solo exhibitions
2022
PIAZZA UKRAINA, Venice Biennale, Venice;
THE CAPTURED HOUSE, Alte Münze, Berlin;
PAINTING IN EXCESS: KYIV`S ART REVIVAL, 1985–1993, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers
2021
VICTORY - TRIUMPH - RECREATION, Lviv National Art Gallery, Lviv;
INSCRIPTION, Odesa National Art Museum, Odesa;
HAVA NAGILA, Melitopol Museum of Local Lore, Melitopol;
TIME THAT IS NOT LOST, TsBK, Primorsk; Exhibition center, Zaporizhzhia
2020
Hiding place for light, Lviv National Art Gallery, Lviv;
HIDDEN, YaGallery, Kyiv
2019
VALUABLES, ChervoneChorne gallery, Kaniv;
Flight. Fragment, YaGallery, Kyiv
2018
FREEDOM AND HER GHOST, ChervoneChorne gallery, Kaniv;
QUESTIONS TO THE VISIBLE, Kyiv Art Week, Kyiv;
UKRAINIAN STILL LIFE, Institute of Contemporary Art Problems, Kyiv
2017
THREE STEPS, exhibition hall of National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kaniv;
QUESTIONS TO THE VISIBLE, T. G. Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv;
REALISM?, YaGallery, Kyiv
"Measures of Time", Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016
THE LINE OF DEPARTURE, Chervonechorne gallery, Kaniv;
SCHOOL OF ART, National Museum of Russian Art, Kyiv
2014
“My Krimea – Our Krimea”, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2013
“Reflections", Kyiv Biennale Arsenale
“Objects" art centre Ya Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012
“Reflection”, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Landscape”, art-centre YA Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011
“Heat”, together with Vlada Ralko, Contemporary Art Center “GUGA”, Gursuf, Ukraine
2010
“Clouds”, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009
“Paradise”, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2007
“Classical motif”, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Hunting”, art-centre YA Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2006
“New Works”, Karas Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2005
”Metaphysic of code”, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2004
”Painter’s Delight or Vacations in Rome”, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2003
”Infinite Journey”, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2002
“Landscape”, Center for Contemporary Art “Soviart”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2001
”Drawings”, “Lavra” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Gallery “In der Gerbgruben”, Burgenlend, Austria
2000
”Retrospection”, “L-art” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
1999
”Objects”, Center for Contemporary Art “Soviart”, Kyiv, Ukraine
1998
Exhibition at the Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Oasis”, Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
1997
”Retrospection”, Exhibition Hall “EEG”, Berlin, Germany
1996
”White in White”, Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
1995
“Secret of Life”, Gallery “Alipiy”, Kyiv, Ukraine
Gallery “Kunst Brucke”, Berlin, Germany
Gallery “Palette”, Kleve, Germany
Mercury Globe Ukraine, exhibition hall “Slavutich”, Kyiv, Ukraine
Palace Egermann, Burgenland, Austria
1994
Gallery “Intercontinental”, Berlin, Germany
Gallery “Sergei Popov”, Berlin, Germany
1993
Gallery “Loggia”, Hilton, Vienna, Austria
Gallery “Raissa”, Erfurt, Germany
Embassy of France, Kyiv, Ukraine
Gallery”K. d’Eparne”, Toulouse, France
1992
Gallery “Inselstrasse, 13”, Berlin, Germany
1991
Gallery Handeswerbend, Vienna, Austria
Cultural Centre, Bonn, Germany
1990
Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of the USSR, Moscow, USSR
House of USSR Culture and Science, Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions
2015
“Paper. World. Art”, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2013
“Art. Design. Photography”, curated by Marina Shcherbenko, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Selected” Triptych Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012
“The Great Transportation. Residence”, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Neofolk” within Gogolfest 2012, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Heat”, together with Vlada Ralko, within the VI Grand Sculpture Salon, Mystetsky Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011
“Ukrainian abstraction. Black-and- white work, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2010
“Landscapes. Retrospective 1968-2008″, Kyiv Museum of Russian Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
2004
“Farewell to Arms”, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Masterpieces of Modern Ukrainian Art. Summer 2004”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2003
“First collection”, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Calling Karmapa”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2002
”Works by Professors and Teachers”, National Academy for Fine Art and
Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine
2001
”Dialogue with quotation”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2000
”New tendencies”, Kyiv, Ukraine
1999
”XX Artists of Ukraine (the end of the century)”, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Triennale of Sculpture”, Kyiv, Ukraine
1998
”Non-Figurative Painting Biennale”, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Triennale of Painting”, Kyiv, Ukraine
1997
”Non-Figurative Painting”, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Wia Regia–97, Erfurt, Germany
“Kunst Melle”, Berlin, Germany
“Kyiv, Odense, Toulouse”, Kyiv, Ukraine
1996
”Ukrainian Avantgarde 1910–1996″, Odense, Denmark