Victoria BILOGAN

Born 1970, Odessa, Ukraine

Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia

“Explorations of the Human condition, specific connectedness and isolation are the main themes of her art. The idea of collective subconscious inspires her vision of Humankind as a meta organism drawing on the dynamics that unites us, not divides us. Her large scale monochrome works capture the intense moments of existence, our emergence from a state of darkness and non-Being into the blissful and transient state of Being and Becoming.”

Biography

1993-1994       Grakov Academy of Fine Arts, Odessa, Ukraine

1995-2000       MA, Fine Arts-Piano Solo Performance, Faculty of VCA, University of Melbourne, Australia

1997                Australian Postgraduate Scholarship, Australia

2000-2002       Studied drawing under Ruv Nemirov People’s Artist, Uzbekistan

2002-2005       BA, Fine Arts-Printmaking, Faculty of Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia

2011                PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide, Australia

Awards/selection/

2019                Nomination, 7^th Guanlan International Printmaking Biennial, China

2018                1^st 3+10 Prize, Grafica d’arte, Prize for Originality and Experimentation, Venice, Italy

2018                Nomination, Best Work, Miniprint Biennial, Macedonia

2017                Finalist, 6^th Guanlan International Printmaking Biennial, China

2017                Grant Binhai, YAC Tianjin, China

2017                Grant One Belt, One Road, International Exchange Project, Shenzhen China/ Ukraine

2011                Australian Postgraduate Award

2006                Finalist, VCA Australian/ Japan Art Council Foundation, International Printmaking Exchange, Geidai’s University Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1989                Academic Excellence Award, Ukraine

Solo Exhibitions         Proart Gallery, Lviv; Museum Studio Kavaleridze, Kiev; National Museum Strij, Ukraine; Zhi Art Museum, Shenzhen, China /2020/; Life line, Museum M. Bilasa, Truskavets, Ukraine; Grafica Linea, Artevisione, Venice, Italy /2018/; Nothing less than romantic, BRC Melbourne, Australia; Works on Paper, Museum M. Bilasa, Truskavets, Ukraine /2016/.

Group Exhibitions/selected/

World Wide Prints, Project Incisori Contemporanei, Italy; Group Chemistry, Brunswick Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; Big Apple, Headquarters Manhattan, New York, USA; Freedom and Peace, Festival Geoje Haegeumgang Theme Museum, South Korea; Struga Printmaking Festival, Turkey/Macedonia /2019/; Spazio Vuoto, Associazione Culturale Internazionale, Atelier 3+10 Venice, Italy; Love and Inspiration, Festival Geoje Haegeumgang Theme Museum, South Korea; 7^th International Printmaking Forum Guanlan, China; One Belt, One Road, Guanlan Printmaking Museum, China; 1^st Printmaking Prize, Grafica Atelier 3+10, Venice, Italy; Macedonia Printmaking Miniprint Biennale Skopje, Macedonia /2018/; Guanlan Chinese Graphic Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, China /2018,2017/; Volumen Et Rotulus, Scuola Grafica Internazionale, Venice, Italy; Scuola Grafica Internazionale, Annual Exhibition, Venice, Italy; One Belt, One Road, Beijing, China; Sofia National Museum, Bulgaria; Silk Road, Cultural Expo, Dunghuan, China; YAC Printmaking Exhibition, Tianjin, China; Guanlan Printmaking Biennial, Shenzhen, China; Gallery of Contemporary Art, Assisi, Italy /2017/; Australian Council Printmaking Foundation / Japan International Exchange Geidai’s University Museum, Tokyo, Japan /2006/.

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