Anton Popernyak
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Anton Popernyak — artist exploring form and symbol.
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About
“I don’t look for perfect images. In the process, I’m drawn to mistakes — a stray brushstroke or a blot of paint — the things that make the painting alive. It’s there, not in perfection, that the truth about me and the time I live in emerges.”
Anton Popernyak — Ukrainian artist, painter and graphic artist (b. 1986, Luhansk), working in abstraction, texture and spatial installations. His art is a poetics of limits, silence and light, where every gesture carries narrative weight and invites reflection.
The Poetics of Boundaries and Light in Popernyak’s Work
Anton Popernyak (b. 1986, Luhansk) is a Ukrainian artist working across painting, graphics and installation. He studied at the Luhansk College of Culture (2001–2006) and later at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv (2006–2010). Popernyak’s practice blends academic traditions with contemporary abstraction, focusing on silence and equilibrium as central motifs. His works stand out for their attention to texture, rhythm, and the use of light as an active compositional element. Often employing a restrained palette, he creates liminal spaces between landscape and inner state. He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, including “Four Arts” (MSMU, 2013) and “At the Front Line” (Canada, 2020). His solo exhibition “Ukrainian Baroque” (2018) at Triptych Gallery in Kyiv marked a pivotal moment, reinterpreting baroque aesthetics through a modern visual language.
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Awards
- 2021 Laureate of the Yosyp Bokshay and Adalbert Erdeli Regional Prize in the "Fine Arts" category (for significant contribution to the modern Transcarpathian school of painting).
- 2017 Laureate of the Special Prize of the All-Ukrainian Open Painting Contest "Silver Easel" (Uzhhorod).
- 2017 Awardee of the All-Ukrainian Triennial "Preview," organized by the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
- 2016 Recipient of the Yosyp Bokshay and Adalbert Erdeli Scholarship for gifted youth (Transcarpathia).
- 2015 Winner of the Student Painting Competition at the Transcarpathian Academy of Arts.
- Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU) — official status confirming professional recognition at the state level.
Solo exhibitions
- 2024 "Interiors," Imagine Point Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2023 "Inner Space. Color," National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery," Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2022 "From a Different Angle," Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art (MSUMK), Lutsk, Ukraine
- 2021 "Color Structures," Iconart Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
- 2019 "Chiaroscuro," Josip Bokshay Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
- 2018 "Geometry of Color," Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
- 2017 "Anton Poperniak: Painting," VashArt Gallery, Oleksandria, Ukraine
- 2016 "Faceless," BrovdiArt Space, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Group exhibitions
- 2024 "Byzantine Nostalgia," Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
- 2023 "In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine," Royal Museum of Mariemont, Belgium
- 2022 "In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine," Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
- 2021 "30 Years of Independence," Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2021 "The Route," International Contemporary Art Exhibition, K10 Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2019 "The Body of the Message," Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2018 International Painting Triennial of the Carpathian Region "Srebrny Czworokąt," Przemysl, Poland
- 2017 "Boundaries of Painting," House of Arts, Kosice, Slovakia
- 2017 All-Ukrainian Triennial "Preview," National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU), Kyiv
- 2017 Exhibition of Finalists of the "Silver Easel" Contest, Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod
- 2016 International Plenary and Exhibition of Artists of the Visegrad Four (V4), Budapest, Hungary
- 2015 "Genius Loci," International Art Project, Zemplínske múzeum Gallery, Michalovce, Slovakia
- 2014 All-Ukrainian Exhibition-Contest "Best Work of the Year," NUAU, Kyiv
- 2013 Exhibition of Young Transcarpathian Artists, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
Media coverage
- 2021 Vogue Ukraine "What You Need to Know About the Heartbeats Exhibition at Golden Section", September 20, 2021 — https://vogue.ua/article/culture/art/chto-nuzhno-znat-o-vystavke-heartbeats-v-zolotom-sechenii-47519.html
- 2019 BESTIN.UA "Three exhibitions opened at once in the Lavra Gallery", October 24, 2019 — https://bestin.ua/culture/v-galeree-lavra-otkrylis-srazu-tri-vystavki/
- 2013 Mitec (Mitec.ua) "Depth. Dream. Universe at Mironova Gallery", March 25, 2013 — https://mitec.ua/depth-dream-universe-v-mironova-gallery/
- ArtInvestment.ru "Auction results and artist's lots: Anton Popernyak", Data continuously updated — https://artinvestment.ru/auctions/118230
International fairs
- 2024 2025 — "Byzantine Nostalgia," Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
- 2023 2024 — "In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine," Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
- 2023 "In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine," Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
- 2022 2023 — "In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine," Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
- 2021 "The Route," International Contemporary Art Exhibition, K10 Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2019 "The Body of the Message," Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2018 International Painting Triennial of the Carpathian Region "Srebrny Czworokąt" (Silver Quadrangle), Przemysl, Poland
- 2017 "Boundaries of Painting," House of Arts, Kosice, Slovakia
- 2016 International Plenary and Exhibition of Young Artists, Visegrad Four (V4), Budapest, Hungary
- 2015 "Genius Loci," International Art Project, Zemplínske múzeum Gallery, Michalovce, Slovakia
- 2014 "Carpathian Art," Debrecen, Hungary
- 2013 Exhibition of Young Transcarpathian Artists, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
Personal
- 2001 Academic Foundation — Received a thorough professional education, graduating from the Luhansk College of Culture and Arts (2001–2006) and the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture (NAOMA, 2006–2010), specializing in easel painting.
- International Integration — Inclusion in the landmark international museum tour "In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine," exhibited at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid), the Ludwig Museum (Cologne), and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. This highlights his role in representing contemporary Ukrainian art on the global stage.
- Auction Success — His works are regularly featured and sold at leading Ukrainian auction houses, notably Goldens (formerly Golden Section), demonstrating strong demand among collectors.
- Stylistic Identity — Development of a signature artistic style that blends graphic precision, architectonics, and a philosophical exploration of space and form (notably in series like "The Flowers" and "Time and Form").
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