Nikolay Shmatko

Ukrainian artist (1943–2020)

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Микола Шматько

Mykola Shmatko & "Ukrainian Aurora"

Born(1943-08-17)17 August 1943

Krasnohorivka, Reichskommissariat Ukraine

Died15 September 2020(2020-09-15) (aged 77)

Pereiaslav, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

NationalityUkrainianOccupation(s)Sculptor, painterWebsiteMarble sculpture of King of marble of Nicolai Shmatko

Mykola Havrylovych Shmatko (Ukrainian: Микола Гаврилович Шматько; 17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.^[1]

Biography

Shmatko became a sculptor at the age of 33, having previously been a firefighter.^[2] During all his creative development Nikolai Shmatko created more than 750 various monuments and about 500 pictures.^[3]

He worked in marble, inspired by European culture and art. His studio and gallery contain 100 sculptures (more than 70 of which are made of Ural and Italian marble); 30 plaster casts; and about 300 pictures (including paintings, graphics, and architectural designs). In total, there are approximately 750 pieces, ranging from simple decorations to bas-relief and high relief busts and sculptures.^[4] Some of these pieces are sexually explicit and even pornographic.^[5]^[6] Shmatko also worked in architecture, and had a design for a penis-shaped high-rise building.^[7]

In 2004, for his work "Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin" - a statue of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos "Hegumenia") for Sviato-Uspenskyi Sviatohorskyi Monastery - Shmatko was awarded the order of Nestor Letopisets by Volodymyr Sabodan, the Kyiv Metropolitan, and all of Ukraine.^[8]

In the autumn of 2005 the Transfiguration church was opened in the village of Keleberda, Poltava region. Exclusively for this church, the sculptor created a marble sculpture "The Crucifixion".^[3]

In autumn 2012, at the invitation of oligarch Viktor Baloha,^[9] Shmatko moved with his family to the city of Mukachevo.^[10]^[11]

Exhibitions

2007: Biennale di Firenze 2007, Italy; received 4th place award in sculpture and installation^[12]
2009: Biennale di Firenze 2009, Italy; Participating Artists 2009^[13]
2012: ArtMonaco 2012, Monaco; Exposants - Exhibitors, Art Monaco 2012 (page 160)^[14]

Works in public collections

Shmatko's bust of Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko is stored in the museum of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.^[15]^[16]

Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin
Sviato-Uspenska
Sviatohirsk Lavra
Sviatohirsk, Ukraine
Foreplay
Ural marble, 66 x 125 x 67
Ivan Soshenko
Taras Shevchenko
Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

References

^ Biennale Iinternazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea 2007, citta di Firenze, Via R. Francardi 28 56128 Marina di Pisa (PI: Spaini & Partners, 2007, p. 678{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Smirnova, Helen (September 10, 2003), "I lived 13 years in a vault", Facts and comments (Ukraine, Donetsk)
^ ^a ^b "Nikolai Shmatko :: Biography :: Personal exhibitions". www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
^ "Скульптор із підземелля Микола Шматько".
^ "Автор скультруры голой Тимошенко показал, что такое секс (фото)". Pda.segodnya.ua. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ "Новые скульптуры Шматько: виртуозы секса и луганский судья с индюком". Citynews.net.au. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ "Автор 140-метрового фаллоса изобразил, как Тимошенко всем на голову села (Фото)". ОстроВ. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ Aseeva, Anna (July 18, 2008), "The person from a marble", Zerkalo Nedeli, vol. 26, Ukraine, Kyiv
^ "Покинувшего Луганск скульптора Шматько взял под опеку Балога". Eastkorr.net. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ "Культурный герой Шматько покинул Луганск". Давление света - новости культуры, авторские статьи, рецензии, стихи, фото, живопись. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ "Николаю Шматько предложил переехать в Мукачево министр МЧС Украины Виктор Балога". Top.lg.ua. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ [1] Archived September 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Participating Artists 2009". Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
^ "Art Monaco". Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
^ "The Ukrainian artist Soshenko I.M. 1807-1876 (Carrara marble 0,35x0,35x0,60)". Kingofmarble-shmatko.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ Bust of Soshenko (Video) on YouTube