World-renowned Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk turns 85

“Ivan Marchuk is a brilliant Ukrainian artist, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine. His paintings are exhibited in the best galleries of the world and impress spectators and art critics in Europe, America, and Australia. It is no coincidence that the Daily Telegraph British newspaper rated Ivan Marchuk among 100 living geniuses in 2007... We wish Ivan Marchuk health, inspiration, and many years of creativity!” the Ministry’s press service posted on Facebook.

Ivan Marchuk is one of the most prominent contemporary Ukrainian artists. Marchuk is the People's Artist of Ukraine, the laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, and a member of the Golden Guild of the International Academy of Modern Art in Rome.

Ivan Marchuk is the author of 5,000 paintings. For 50 years of creative activity, he has conducted more than 150 monographic and 100 collective exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad.

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