Viktor Marinjuk
(1935 , Kazavchin, Gayvoronskiy area)
1959 – Graduated from Odessa Automobile and Road Technical College.
1967 – Graduated from Odessa State Art College of M. Grekov.
1987 – Acknowledged to the Union of Artists.
1991 – Honored member of the Kiev-Mohylanskaya Academy.
1992 – One of the founders of the creative association “Choven”.
1998 – One of the founders of the creative association “Mamai”.
2008 – Honored Artist of Ukraine.
One of the active participants of the nonconformist movement (60s-80s).
Lives and works in Odessa, Ukraine.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2013 – Odessa Museum of Modern Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
2013 – “Odessa school. Traditions and Relevance.” Mystetskiy Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine.
2009 – In the frameworks of the series of exhibitions “Mamai”. NT-Art Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine.
1996 – Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Selected group exhibitions:
2013 – “Odessa nonfigurative – 3”. Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
2013 – “Odessa school. Traditions and Relevance.” Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine (catalog).
2013 – “Odessa school. Traditions and Relevance.” Exhibition Hall “ArtDonbass”. Donetsk, Ukraine (catalog).
2013 – Apartment Exhibitions “Bebel 19”. NT-Art Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
2013 – Apartment Exhibitions “Bebel 19”. In the frameworks of the project “IV Fine Art Ukraine”. Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine (catalog).
2012 – Exhibition of the creative association “Mamai”, dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the newspaper “Chornomorskі News”. Painting, drawing and sculpture. Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
2010 – II Fine Art Ukraine. Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine.
2009 – “Mamai 2009”. NT-Art Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
2008 – “How young you were… Odessa nonconformist artists 60s – 80s of the XX century in the collections of Felix Kohriht and Anatoliy Dymchuk”. NT-Art Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
2008 – “Odessa malARTstvo”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Odessa Union of Artists. Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
2008 – The Art of Odessa: dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Odessa Union of Artists. Exhibition Hall of the Artists’ Union. Kiev, Ukraine.
2007 – Exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures of the creative association “Mamai”. Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
2006 – “Ukraine from ‘Tripol’ya’ to the present in the images of contemporary artists”. The National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine (catalog).
2006 – Ukrainian exhibition of the Contemporary Art. Ternopil, Ukraine.
2006 – “Echo”. Exhibition dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Independence of Ukraine. Ukrainian House. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2006 – Ukrainian exhibition dedicated to the Artist`s Day. The National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
2005 – “Odessa school of Art”. “Chambers” Gallery. London, UK (catalog).
2005 – “Time to gain a Freedom”. Paintings, drawings and sculpture. Exhibition hall of Artists’ Union. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
2004 – Third April Salon of creative association “Mamai”. Marine Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
2004 – Personal exhibition “Odessa anomaly”. “Soviart” Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine.
2004 – “Odessa School of Art nowadays” Odessa Art Museum. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
2004 – Third April Salon of the creative association “Mamai”. Marine Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
2003 – III International Biennial of contemporary graphics. Museum of Art. Novosibirsk, Russia.
2003 – “Light of the South”. Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
2003 – Odessa artists in the collection of M. Knobelya. The National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
2003 – Exhibition of Odessa Artists in Kiev. The National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
2002 – Second April Salon of the creative association “Mamai” Marine Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
2002 – Exhibition of paintings of the creative association “Mamai”. Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
2002 – Autumn Salon “High Castle”. Palace of Art. Lviv, Ukraine.
2001 – Autumn Salon “High Castle”. Lviv, Ukraine.
2001 – Ukrainian triennial “Painting 2001”. Kiev, Ukraine.
2000 – Exhibition of bronze sculptures. “White Moon” Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
2000 – “Easter”. Exhibition of the creative association “Mamai”. Odessa branch of the Greec Culture Foundation. Odessa, Ukraine.
1999 – “April Salon”. Group exhibition of original graphics of the creative association “Mamai”. Marine Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
1999 – Autumn Salon “High Castle”. Palace of Art. Lviv, Ukraine.
1999 – “Mamai”. Exhibition of the 4th World ‘Ukrainists’ Congress. Museum of Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
1999 – “Ukrainian graphics of the XX century.” National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
1999 – Exhibition of graphics of the creative association “Mamai”. Palace of Art. Lviv, Ukraine.
1999 – Exhibition dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Odessa Artists’ Union. Ehxibition hall of the National Artists’ Union. Kiev, Ukraine.
1998 – Biennale of the abstract painting in the frameworks of the “Art of the Ukraine in the XX century”. Ukrainian House. Kiev, Ukraine.
1998 – “Mamai” and “Kum”. Exhibition of Odessa and Lviv Art Groups. Palace of Art. Lviv, Ukraine.
1998 – “Mamai” and “Kum”. Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
1998 – “Mamai” and “Kum”. Days of the Ukrainian Culture. City Hall. Gdansk, Poland.
1998 – “Mamai” and “Kum”. Museum of the City of Gdansk. Gdansk, Poland (catalog).
1997 – “IV- B”. “The spirit of creativity lives by the laws of freedom” (V. Basanets, V. Marinyuk, B. Strel`nikov, V. Tsyupko). Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
1996 – Exhibition of the creative associations “Art- Club -96” and “Choven “. Museum of Ukrainian Modern Art. Khmelnitsk, Ukraine (catalog).
1996 – “Odessa Artists – World Congress of the Ukrainian Pharmaceutical Companies”. Odessa Medical Institute of Pirogov. Odessa, Ukraine.
1995 – Biennial “The Pan of Ukraine”. Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (catalog).
1995 – Exhibition “Painting and Sculpture” in the frameworks of the international conference: “V. Kandinsky in the artistic life of Odessa”. Odessa Medical Institute of Pirogov. Odessa, Ukraine – Paris, France.
1995 – Exhibition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Odessa association “Prosvita”. Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
1995 – “Hutor 2”. Khmelnitsk – Lviv. Museum of the Modern Ukrainian Art. Khmelnitsk, Ukraine. National Museum. Lviv, Ukraine.
1994 – Exhibition of the creative association “Choven”. Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
1994 – “Painting and Sculpture” in the frameworks of the international conference: “V. Kandinsky in the artistic life of Odessa.” State University. Odessa, Ukraine.
1994 – “The Roots of Memory”, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Ukrainian society “Prosvita”. Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
1993-1994 – “Hutor”. National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine. National Museum. Lviv, Ukraine. Museum of the Modern Ukrainian Art. Khmelnitsk, Ukraine.
1993 – III International Biennial “Impreza – 93”. Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine (catalog).
1992 – “ 100 Years of Ukrainian Emigration.” National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine (catalog).
1991 – Exhibition “Unity”, “100 Ukrainian Artists of the World”. Dedicated to the 100 anniversary of the Ukrainian settlement in Canada. National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
1991 – “100 years of the Russian Art”. “Red Square” Gallery. London, England.
1991 – Biennial “Renaissance 91”. National Gallery. Lviv, Ukraine.
1991 – II International Biennale “Impreza – 91”. Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine.
1990-1991 – “Ukrainian artists from Odessa.” Lviv-Chernivtsi-Khmelnitsk-Ternopil, Ukraine.
1990 – “Dzherela” exhibition of the contemporary art in the context of the space of the national culture. Regional Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
1990 – “Three Generations of the Ukrainian Painting.” “Soviart” Gallery, “Ukrainian ‘malARTstvo’” (60s – 80s). Kiev, Ukraine Odense, Denmark (catalog).
1990 – “Ukrainian Art of the XX century.” National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, USSR .
1989 – International Biennale “Impreza- 89”. Ivano-Frankovsk, USSR (catalog).
1989 – “Artists from Ukraine.” Bavaria Ministry of the Labour. Munich, Germany.
1988 – Second exhibition of the muralist artists. Exhibition hall of the Artists` Union. Odessa, USSR.
1986 – First exhibition of the muralist artists. Museum of Art, Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, USSR.
1980 – World Trade Fair (slideshow of the Odessa Artists). Washington, USA.
1979 – “The Modern Art of Ukraine” an informal exhibition. Munich-London- Paris-New York (catalog).
1975-1977 – Informal apartment exhibitions. Odessa-Moscow, USSR.
1972 – All-Union exhibition “USSR – our Homeland” dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the USSR (Moscow-Chisinau-Kiev-Odessa-Baku). Central Exhibition Hall. Moscow, USSR .
Selected Museum Collections:
National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Museum of the Modern Art of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Odessa Art Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa Museum of Modern Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Numerous private collections in Ukraine and abroad.