Bohdan Pylypiv
Bohdan Pylypiv (Ukrainian: Богдан Іванович Пилипів; born 14 October 1954) is a Ukrainian pyrography artist. Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.[1] BiographyBohdan Pylypiv was born on 14 October 1954 in Ilemnia (now Vyhoda Hromada, Kalush Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine).[1] He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Lviv. As a student, he became more deeply interested in book graphics and art in general. He attended lectures by Professor Khrystyna-Olena Sanotska at the Ivan Fedorov Lviv Polygraphic Institute. He studied painting with the coryphaeus of Ukrainian painting Volodymyr Patyk.[1][2][3][4] In 1995, he worked in Jena (Germany) as a restorer of artworks for a collector of works. During 2003–2005 he was a member of the editorial board, deputy editor-in-chief of the Christian magazine "Verso La Luce" ("To the Light") of the Apostolic Visitation of Ukrainian Catholics in Italy.[1][2][4][5] He is the compiler and illustrator of the unique two-volume Anthology of the work of migrant workers "Light on Other People's Paths" (Rome, 2005). He currently lives and works in Rozhniativ.[4] CreativityHe works with the unique in the world, painstaking and jewelry technique of "fire graphics" on wooden planes (pyrography). He mastered and perfected the technique on his own, experimenting and bringing it to perfection. Thanks to the author's technique, his works are visually perceived as multidimensional, creating the effect of three-dimensional space. He also creates icons, graphics, paintings (some of them made with paint) and portraits. Participant of regional exhibitions in Ivano-Frankivsk. Personal exhibitions were held in Lviv, Warsaw (2013).[1][2][3][5][6][7] After his son Andrii was seriously injured at the front and lost his life (1982–2023), the artist Bohdan Pylypiv launched a series of charity exhibitions in Europe. The first vernissage was held in Paris, with proceeds going to support soldiers who lost their limbs. Later, his works were presented in six cities in Germany.[5] On 15 May 2025, the head of the UGCC, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, during an audience with the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, presented him with a painting by Bohdan Pylypiv entitled "War. Preghiera di Requiem".[5][8] Among the artist's works:
Some of his works are kept in private collections in the United States, Canada, Israel, Poland, Italy, Germany, and Ukraine.[3][4][7][9] Gallery
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