Ihor Podolchak (born April 9, 1962) is a Ukrainian

Ukrainians

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 film director

Film director

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, painter

Painting

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, printmaker, photographer

Photography

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 and graphic designer

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. Podolchak was born in Lviv, Ukraine and studied at the Lviv Academy of Fine Arts (then Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts), graduating in 1984 with distinction.

Artist, creator of numerous projects in the field of visual art, winner of 25 international art exhibitions in Canada, USA, South Korea, Latvia, Poland, Norway, Spain, Ukraine. The artist’s book Jacob Bohme was awarded as World’s Best Book at International Frankfurt Book Fair

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. One of his 24 personal exhibitions was the first art exhibition ever to be held in space, at space station Mir

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 in 1993. Artworks of Podolchak can be found in 26 museums and public collections worldwide.

His debut full-length movie Las Meninas

Las Meninas (film)

Las Meninas is a 2008 Ukrainian film directed by Ihor Podolchak.-Plot synopsis:The film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves...

had a world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam

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 (Tiger Awards Competition) on January 25, 2008.

Sources

• "Ihor Podolchak's CV. 1985-2010."
• 100 Імен. Сучасне мистецтво України періоду Незалежності. Київ: Видавництво «Мысль», 2008 ISBN 9789668527623
• Bang-Heun C. Igor Podolchak. Catalog. Seoul: Gaain Gallery, 1992
• Böhme Jakob; Podolczak Igor; Tomkowski Jan. Artist's Book. Lodz : Correspondance des Arts II, 1993. OCLC 245835402
• Callaghan B. Fifteen Years in Exile. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1992 ISBN 1550960253
• Dyurych Igor; Podolchak Igor. Art in Space. Catalog. Special Edition for São Paulo Biennial. Кyiv: Masoch Fund, 1994
• Ewins Roderick; Colless E. Igor Podolchak. Ukrainian Printmaker. Catalog. Hobart: University of Tasmania, 1991
• Grenzgänger : acht Künstler aus der Ukraine. Katalog. Linz : Büro für Kulturelle Auslandsbeziehungen des Landes Oberösterreich, 1994. ISBN 3901246096
• Matuszak, Grzegorz; Wozniak, Taras. Igor Podolchak. Кatalog. Lodz: Biuro Wystaw artystycznych, 1988
• Mikhaylovska Olena; Podolchak, Igor; Taranenko Andrey. Corpus delicti : post-erotic art photography. Catalog. Prague: Masoch Fund, 1998. ISBN 9789667167165
• Raine, Craig; Podolczak, Igor. Gilgamesh. Artist's Book. Lodz, Poland : Book Art Museum, 1995. OCLC 82268972
• Rosiak, Mariusz. Igor Podolczak. Grafika. Каталог виставки. Poznan: Galeria'72, 1989
• Rudel, J. Apocalypses: Rencontres Du Manege Royal.. La Garenne-Colombes : Editions de l'Espace européen, 1991 ISBN 2738801390
• Возняк, Tарас. Ігор Подольчак. Каталог виставки. Львів: Український незалежний центр сучасного мистецтва, 1991 OCLC 224935917
• Дюрич. Игорь; Подольчак, Игорь. Последний еврейский погром. Буклет. Киев: Фонд Мазоха, 1995
• Dyurych, Ihor; Podolchak, Ihor; Тistol, Оleh. Igor Podolchak : immoral-immortal. Lviv: Masoch Fund, 1999. ISBN 9665371150
• Mистецька мапа України: Львів — живопис, графіка, скульптура. Книжка. Київ, : I︠U︡velir-pres, 2008. ISBN 9789669657947
• O. Сердюк, Гор Гори, Игорь Подольчак. Каталог выставки. Mосква: Галерея «Art Modern», 1990 OCLC 224935870
• Время меценатов. Аукцион. Каталог. Киев: Институт актуальной культуры, 2004
• Время меценатов. Общественная коллекция современного украинского искусства. Каталог. Киев: Институт актуальной культуры, 2004

External links

• Ihor Podolchak at the LiveJournal
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• Ihor Podolchak at the YouTube
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• Ihor Podolchak at the Scribd
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• Ihor Podolchak at the Issuu
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• Las Meninas at the Internet Movie Database
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• Las Meninas at the Columbia University
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• Las Meninas at the film.ru
• MF Films