HABDA VLADYSLAV

Honoured Artist of Ukraine (2009). Laureate of the Regional Prize named after Y. Bokshai and A. Erdeli (2005). Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 1993.

He was born in Uzhhorod. His father, the People’s Artist of Ukraine Vasyl Habda, – a talented artist, a student of Adalbert Erdeli, Yosyp Bokshai and Fedir Manailo. His mother was a school teacher. The creative atmosphere in the family and the environment, in general, played a significant role in the formation of Vladyslav Habda as a person and artist. He recalls that he began to paint since he started walking. His first steps in painting were made under the tutelage of his father. He worked hard next to him, they went together to the plein airs. In 1980, he graduated from the Art Ceramics Department of the Uzhhorod School of Applied Arts. His teacher was N. Averkiieva.

In his creativity, Vladyslav Habda went his own way. The artist is constantly searching for expression, experimenting with colour, materials and plane. Colour is the basis of a series of works by the artist, Vlad studies the combination of the palette and from time to time or for a long time "remains" in black or "goes out" in explosive colours. He freely improvises in a variety of techniques, styles and trends of the contemporary art.

As noted by art historians,"... the paintings of Vlad Habda attract the attention of the viewers, who falls into the zone of coloured planes, feel their energy and attractiveness. The artist transmits magnetism, strength, expression of colours, their shades and combinations, and enjoys the free play with colours, signs and symbols. The artist is not peculiar to the admiration already achieved, known. He puts new challenges and goes on an uneasy path to the unknown, to an urgent dialogue with himself and the world."

He is the author of more than ten personal exhibitions, in particular in Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, France, and Germany. The latest solo exhibitions - "Game" (Gallery "Uzhhorod", 2011), "Utilitarian on White" ("Voto art-cafe", 2015), "Autumn" ("Voto art-cafe", 2016), "INFORMEL" (Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum, 2016), "Canvas. Oil" ("Art-circle", 2017). In 2011, Vydavnytsvo Oleksandry Harkushi published a personal catalogue of Vladyslav Habda's works under the title "Game" (2011).

Permanent participant of the Ukrainian and international exhibitions, plein airs. The works of the artist can be found in museums of Uzhhorod, Kyiv, Trebišov, as well as in private collections in Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, France, the USA.