Childhood Grasshopper
Roman is a honoured Artist of Ukraine (2009), Honoured Worker of Culture of Poland (2013). Member of the NUAU (1995). He graduated from the Lviv. Graduated from the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (1992, teachers: A. Bokotey, V. Ryzhankov, O. Zvir, P. Markovych, V. Moskaliuk). In his hometown, he worked as a decorator in a department store (1985-87); designer in the Ukrainian-Canadian company ‘Pysanka’ (1992-98). Since then – at creative work. His main fields are easel painting and decorative and applied art. Creates works in the technique of levkas and author’s technique, which combines artistic processing of wood, glass, metal with painting. Sources of creative inspiration – Byzantine iconography, Ukrainian folk painting, folk myths and legends, reinterpreted through the artist’s individual worldview.
