Igor Bozhko
(1937, Kharkov)
1966 – Graduated from Odessa Art School.
1973 – Became a member of the Journalists Union of the USSR.
1990 – The first person in the “Creative Union of Artists”.
1992 – One of the founders of the creative association “Choven”.
1994 – Acknowledged to the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
1988 – Winner of the magazine “Smena” prize for the story “The Accordion”.
1998 – One of the founders of the creative association “Mamai”.
2010 – Received a Medal of the “Union of Artists of Ukraine”.
2010 – Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Has been actively involved in the apartment exhibitions in the late 60s – early 70s.
Lives and works in Odessa, Ukraine.
Solo exhibitions:
2011 – Exhibition of collages. NT-Art Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine.
2009 – NT-Art Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine.
2005 – World club of the Odessa citizens. Odessa, Ukraine.
2000 – Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
1999 – “Onyx” Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
1998 – Odessa Art Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
1976 – House of the Actor. Odessa, USSR.
1985 – Editorial office of the newspaper “The Banner of Communism” . Odessa, USSR.
1971 – Editorial office of the newspaper “Komsomolskaya іskra”. Odessa, USSR.
Selected group exhibitions:
2013 – “Odessa nonfigurative 3”. Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Odessa, Ukraine.
2013 – “Odessa nonfigurative 3”. Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Odessa, Ukraine.
2013 – “Odessa School of Art. Traditions and relevance”. Mystetskiy Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2013 – “Odessa school. Traditions and Relevance.” Exhibition Hall “Art Donbass”. Donetsk, Ukraine (catalog).
2012 – Exhibition of the creative association “Mamai” for the 95th anniversary of the newspaper “Chornomorskі News”. Painting, drawing and sculpture. Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa , Ukraine.
2008 – “How young you were… Odessa nonconformist artists. 60s – 80s of the XX century in the collections of Felix Kohrihta and Anatoly Dymchuk”. NT-Art Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
2007 – Exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures of the creative association “Mamai”. Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Odessa, Ukraine.
2005 – “Time to Gain a Freedom”. Paintings, drawings and sculpture. Exhibition hall of the Odessa Union of Artists. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
2004 – Third April Salon of the creative association “Mamai”. Marine Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
1994 – Group exhibition for the third anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine. Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
1994 – “The Roots of the Memory” for the 90th anniversary of the Ukrainian society “Prosvita” in Odessa. Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
2003 – “The Light of the South” Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
2002 – Exhibition of paintings of the creative association “Mamai”. Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
2002 – Second April Salon of the creative association “Mamai.” Marine Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine.
2000 – “Before the Great Day”. Exhibition of the creative association “Mamai”. Odessa branch of the Greek Culture Foundation. Odessa, Ukraine.
1999 – “April Salon”. Group exhibition of the original graphics of the creative
association “Mamai”. Marine Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
1999 – “Mamai”. Exhibition of the 4th World “Ukrainists” Congress. Odessa Art Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
1998 – “Mamai” and “Kum”. Exhibition of the 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, “Gdynia” Showrooms. Sopot, Poland (catalog).
1996 – Exhibition of the creative associations “Art- Club -96” and “Choven”. Museum of the Ukrainian Modern Art. Khmelnytsky, Ukraine (catalog).
1993 – III International Biennial “Impreza 93”. Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine (catalog).
1990 – “Dzherela” exhibition of the contemporary art in the context of the national space culture. Regional Museum, Odessa, Ukraine.
Selected Museum Collections:
National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Museum of the Modern Art. Khmelnitsky, Ukraine.
Odessa Museum of Fine Art. Odessa , Ukraine.
Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine