Vasiliy Ryabchenko (born 1954 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, photographer, author of objects and installations. One of the key artists in contemporary Ukrainian art and the New Ukrainian Wave. Vasiliy Ryabchenko was one of the first in Ukraine to start working in the installation genre. Since the early 1970s, the artist has also actively experimented with photography, which, subsequently, he uses in installations and collages, and also uses them as a material for paintings and creating digital graphics. He is also a founder of the Art Laboratory creative association.

Education

1983 | Ushinsky South Ukrainian Pedagogical University, art and graphic faculty, Odessa

1973 | Graduated from Grekov Odessa Art School, Odessa

Awards

1996 | Award and title «The best Artist of Ukraine» based on the results of the Kyiv

All-Ukrainian Art Festival «Golden Section».

Selected exhibitions:

2022 | Unfolding Landscapes / Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

2022 | Unfolding Landscapes / Art & History Museum, Brussels, Belgium

2022 | Unfolding Landscapes / Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark

2020 | Strange Time / Art Laboratory (online)

2019 | Contemporary Ukrainian Art of 1985-2015 / Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine

2017 | Salon des Refusés / Museum of the Navy, Odessa, Ukraine

2017 | Cold Faith / Invogue Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine

2016 | The Spirit of Time / Zenko Art Foundation, Tatarov, Ukraine 

2016 | Recipe for Utopia / Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine 

2016 | Dashing 90th / The Museum of Odessa Modern Art, Odessa, Ukraine

2016 | Ergo Sum. Self-portrait’s Exhibition / Dukat Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2016 | Three generations of Ukrainian artists in the Tatyana and Boris Grynyov collection / YermilovCentre, Kharkov, Ukraine

2015 | Enfant Terrible. Odessa conceptualism / National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 | Museum Collection. Ukrainian Contemporary Art 1985-2015 / Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine

2015 | Make Art Not War / Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 | Make Art Not War / Tohni, Larnaca, Cyprus

2014 | Ukrainian landscape / Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine

2014 | Soap / Orbita Art Space, Odessa, Ukraine
2014 | Movie / Hudpromo Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine

2013 | Eastern Europe myths and legends / LWW Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland

2013 | Odessa School. Tradition and Currency / Artsvit Gallery, Dnepr, Ukraine

2013 | Odessa school. Tradition and Currency / Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 | Yellow giants / Odessa Fine Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine

2012 | The Myth. Ukrainian Baroque / National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

2012 | Contemporary Ukrainian artists / YermilovCentre, Kharkov, Ukraine
2011 | Independent / Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2010 | TOP-10 Contemporary Artists of Odessa / Hudpromo Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine

2010 | Star Wars / Korobchinsky Art Centre, Odessa, Ukraine

2010 | Restart / Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine

2010 | Painting of the 60’s – 90’s from the Soviart Collection / Soviart, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 | Restart / Marine Art Terminal, Odessa, Ukraine

2009 | Art Kyiv Contemporary / Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine

2009 | Ukrainian New Wave / National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2008 | Odessa Contemporary Art / The Museum of Odessa Modern Art, Odessa, Ukraine

2008 | Exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of National Artists Union of Ukraine / Central Artists House, Kyiv, Ukraine 

2004 | Goodbye, Weapons / Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2003 | First Collection / Central Artists House, Kyiv, Ukraine

2000 | Partial Eclipse / French Cultural Center, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

2000 | Positive Reaction / Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa, Ukraine 

1999 | Pinakothek / Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine

1998 | Month of Photography / Bratislava, Slovakia

1998 | Out-of-Graphics / Odessa Fine Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine

1998 | Coldness Academy / Odessa Fine Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine

1998 | Sides / Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 

1998 | Two days and two nights / Contemporary Music Festival, Odessa, Ukraine

1998 | All-Ukrainian Youth Exhibition / Central Artists House, Kyiv, Ukraine 

1997 | Photosynthesis / Exhibitions directorate of the National Artists Union of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

1996 | Phantom opera / Young Spectator Theater, Odessa, Ukraine

1996 | Jam Look / Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine

1996 | Golden Section / Applicants Exhibition for the title “Best Artist of 1996”, Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine

1996 | Commodity Fetishism / Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine

1996 | Naked Dream / Blanc Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 

1996 | Family Album / Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine

1996 | Synthetic Art Advertising / Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

1996 | Batiscaf-1 / International Symposium / Sailors Palace, Odessa, Ukraine

1996 | ART Festival Participant / Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa, Ukraine 

1996 | Two Days and Two Nights / Contemporary Music Festival, Odessa, Ukraine

1995 | Dr. Frankenstein’s study / Scientists House, Odessa, Ukraine

1995 | Blood test / Exhibitions directorate of the National Artists Union of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 

1995 | Kandinsky Syndrome / Local History Museum, Odessa, Ukraine

1995 | Two Days and Two Nights / Tirs Contemporary Art Center, Odessa, Ukraine

1994 | Free Zone / Odessa Fine Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
1994 | Cultural Revolution Space/ Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine

1994 | Terrible – Amorous / Tirs Contemporary Art Center, Odessa, Ukraine

1994 | Traditions Continuation / Odessa Fine Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine

1994 | Lux ex Tenebris / Tirs Contemporary Art Center, Odessa, Ukraine

1993 | Grafik aus Odessa / Municipal Gallery, Rosenheim, Germany

1993 | Random Exhibition / Tirs Contemporary Art Center, Odessa, Ukraine

1993 | Europe Steppes / Ujazdowski Castle Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw, Poland
1993 | Diaspora / Central Artists House, Moscow, Russia

1991 | Kunst aus Odessa / Galerie im Alten Rathaus, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany

1991 | The Glory and Modernity of Odessa / Yokohama, Japan

1991 | Ukrainian Pictorial Art of the ХХ century / National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, USSR

1990 | Babylon / Central Youth Palace, Moscow, USSR

1990 | After Modernism – 2 / Odessa Fine Art Museum, Odessa, USSR

1990 | Avec Cezanne, avec Van Gogh pour la montagne Sant Victore… / Marseille, France

1990 | Soviart. Three generations of Ukrainian pictorial art of the 60-80s / Odense, Denmark

1990 | Soviart. Three generations of Ukrainian pictorial art of the 60-80s / Commerce and industry chamber, Kyiv, USSR

1989 | After Modernism / Odessa Fine Art Museum, Odessa, USSR

1989 | New Figures / Literary Museum, Odessa, USSR

1988 | All-Union Young Artists Exhibition / Manezh, Moscow, USSR

1973 – 1989 | Participant of regional, republican, all-Union, foreign exhibitions.

Museum Collections:

• Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University (New Jersey, United States)
• Udmurt Republican Fine Arts Museum (Izhevsk, Russia)
• Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
• Odesa Fine Arts Museum (Odessa, Ukraine)
• The Museum of Odessa Modern Art (Odessa, Ukraine)
• Nikanor Onatsky Regional Art Museum (Sumy, Ukraine)
• Chernihov Regional Art Museum (Chernihov, Ukraine)
• Ministry of Culture of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
• Exhibitions directorate of the National Artists Union of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
• Zaporozhye Regional Art Museum (Zaporozhye, Ukraine)
• Cherkasy Regional Art Museum (Cherkasy, Ukraine)
• Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Korsakiv (Lutsk, Ukraine)