PANEIKO IHOR

He was born in Lviv, lives and works in Uzhhorod. In 1981 he graduated from Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts. In 1981 – 1982 he worked in Central Asia. From 1982 to 1988 he was the artist in the Transcarpathian Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre, and in 1997 – 1998 – the lecturer at Uzhhorod College of Arts named after A. Erdeli. Since 1982 he has taken part in art exhibitions, in particular, in Kosice (1988), Budapest (1990), Lviv (1995, 2001, 2003), Kyiv (2012), and Uzhhorod (2008).

The main subjects in works of the artist are a Person, Life, the Universe. Simple, at first sight, plot of works hide the difficult philosophical sense which can not be comprehended by everyone. He is the creator of his own unreal, full of mysteries world. His painting is unique not only in form, but both in internal content and amazing light. The compositions of the artist are captured, hypnotized, comforted, told. They are full of silhouettes, symbols, and allegories, meditative nostalgic, mystical sceneries. Quintessence of his work and his own place in it the artist defines as follows: "... sound generates Melody. Word – Poetry. Line and Colour create Harmony. And, though not always acceptable and understandable. And not for everyone. But there is a lot of space in the sea, and somebody will meet. And it will not be so lonely. Only sermons gather crowds.  For confessions – one person is enough …"