INTRICATE LINES CATALOGUE 2016A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF PRINTMAKING AND STATUARY

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INTRODUCTIONN2N Gallery is an Abu Dhabi based art gallery born in May 2013 with the ambition to help everyone discover the rich diversity of the European Academic School of Painting, as well as the high professionalism of the contemporary European artists and their exceptional art.

Founded by art enthusiast Natalya Muzaleva, the gallery blends sculpture, graphic art and paintings in a surprising fusion between realism and modernism. The gallery’s collection is being renewed constantly and it currently comprises over 170 original works, including paintings, graphics and sculptures.

Additionally, N2N Gallery organizes art master classes, inviting well established artists to teach UAE art lovers and is genuinely committed to support the development and increase the interest and the dialogue within the local art scene.

PART I. GRAPHIC ARTSINTAGLIOETCHING LINOCUT

Oksana Stratiychuk I Andrew LevitskyAlesya Dzuraeva INikolay Dudchenko I/ /

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ANDREW LEVITSKYARTIST/ PRINTMAKER

Andrew Levitsky was born in 1961 in Kiev, Ukraine. From 1986 – 1996 he studied in the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts, becoming a Master in Graphic Arts. Since his student days he has actively participated in prestigious international competitions in different fields of graphic arts. His countrywide and international success is evidenced as well by the fact that he is the winner of 14 international awards.

Levitsky uses intaglio technique which includes different ways of work with metal - etching drypoint, engraving, mezzotint and aquatint. The methods he uses allow him to create complicated, expressive artworks, often filled with subtle symbolic meaning. His multiple talents and remarkable skills rely on the best traditions of graphic arts and therefore his artistic preoccupations are connected with a wide range of topics: nature, adventure, tribute to the great leaps in technology, science and art.

“I could have been proud of my last works but I feel thrilled looking into the future. The best work is not done yet.”

Levitsky’s artworks are held in public and private collections in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and USA.

AWARDS | SELECTED

2014 - Certificate for the Excellence, International Ex-libris and Mini-prints Biennial, Guangzhou, China2012 - Honorable Mention Award, 34th International Ex-Libris Congress, Naantali, Finland2012 - First Prize, Triennial of Graphic Arts, Kiev, Ukraine2011 - Certificate of Appreciation, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt2010 - Special Award, 4th International Ex libris and Small Graphic Form Competition “Solidarity of Nation”, Gdansk, Poland2010 - Honorable Mention Award, Ruse Regional Library “Luben Karavelov”, Ruse, Bulgaria 2009 - Certificate for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, The Ex Libris Association of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED

2012 - Contemplation, Tadzio Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine2011 - Printmaking, Mystetsky Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine2009 - Black&White, Tadzio Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine2006 - Alligator Loves Madly, Tadzio Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine2005 - The Intaglio Territory, Tadzio Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine2002 - Love Comes in the Town, Art Gallery Blok-A, Kiev, Ukraine1996 - Dante Society, Munich, Germany1995 - Koji Ikuta, Gallery ArtStudio92, Tokyo, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, BIENNALES AND TRIENNIALES | SELECTED

2014 - International Ex-libris and Mini-prints Biennale, Guangzhou, China2014 - 15th Biennale of Small Forms of Graphic and Exlibris, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland2012 - Ukrainian Graphic Triennale, Kiev, Ukraine2011 - International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Alexandria, Egypt2011 - 23rd International Biennale Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland2010 - 4th International Ex-libris and Small Graphic Form Competition “Solidarity of Nation”, Gdansk, Poland2010 - Art Master Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic2010 - The Affordable Art Fair, London, United Kingdom2010 - International Ex-libris Triennale, Arad, Romania2009 - 15th International Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria2009 - International Biennial of Engraving, Cremona, Italy2008 - International Print Exhibition Competition, Painting and Sculpture Museum Association, Istanbul, Turkey2008 - International Exhibition “Myths and Legends”, Museum of Visual Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina2007 - The Affordable Art Fair, Autumn Collection, London, United Kingdom2007 - 6th International Triennale of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania2007 - 6th International Mini Print Triennale, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland

AIRPLANES. FLIGHT WITH BIG TREES intaglio, paper21X29, 2015

AEROSTAT & OLIVE intaglio, paper45X102, 2014

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THE GUN NOT WENT OFF THE GUN NOT FIREintaglio, paper17X132, 2006

I’M GOINGFISHINGintaglio, paper14X148, 2014

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VIEW OF THE TWO HORSES intaglio, paper20X30, 2009

WHITE HORSE intaglio, paper20X30,2009

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VIEW OF THREE LANDSCAPES. HEAVENintaglio, paper36X67, 2015

AVIA. COMETS intaglio, paper34X52, 2014

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OKSANA STRATYICHUKARTIST/ PRINTMAKER

Oksana Stratiychuk was born in 1968 in Kiev, Ukraine. She is an artist and printmaker who graduated from The National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in 1992 and completed her postgraduate studies at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts in 1996. Her artistic creative work can be described as a combination of modern view and old technics. An excellent master of etching, one of the sophisticated technics of graphic arts, laborious and longtime process, she has an amazing patience and non-ordinary vision of ordinary things. The floral motifs are reoccurring in her art, which consists of the complicated etching technique, prints on handmade paper, with touches of color and real natural elements. The style is reminiscent of the Old Dutch School, and throughout the years, has acquired a refined Zen-like mood intended for aesthetic and philosophic contemplation.

Stratiychuk’s artworks are held in public collections in Ukraine (Russian Art Museum, National History Museum and National Museum of Applied Arts in Kiev), Russia (City Art Gallery in Kaliningrad), Japan (Tama Art Museum in Tokyo), Latvia (Exhibition House in Cesis) and Italy (Pinacotheque in Torre Canavese).

AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS | SELECTED1990 - Honorary award for young artist, International Biennale of Graphic Arts InterPrint–90, Lviv, Ukraine1992 - Internship at the Munich Academy of Arts, Munich, Germany1998 - Residency at Druckwerkstatt Schloss, Wolfsburg, Germany2006 - Winner of the National Artists’ Union of Ukraine, Kyiv Organization Awards, Kiev, Ukraine2007 - Residency at Cité des Arts, Paris, France2010 - Poland Minister’s of Culture Scholarship Program Gaude Polonia, Lodz Academy of Arts, Lodz, Poland2014 - Printmaking residency Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED2015 - Patterns of the Days, the National Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine2015 - Graphics, Gary Bowman’s Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine2013 - N2N Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE2012 - Window into the Luxembourg Garden, Gallery Parsuna, Kiev, Ukraine2008 - Gallery Triptych, Kiev, Ukraine2000 - A Glance into the Modern Style, Gallery Lavra, Kiev, Ukraine GROUP EXHIBITIONS, BIENNALES AND TRIENNIALES | SELECTED2015 - International Art Fair Craft Vilnius’15, Vilnius, Lithuania2015 - 5th Ukrainian Triennale of Graphic Arts, Kiev, Ukraine2014 - International Print Triennale, Sofia, Bulgaria2013 - Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Contemporary Art Institute, Chicago, USA2011 - Munich-Kiev-Convergence, Furstenfeldbruck, Germany2011 - Contemporary Ukrainian Graphics, Trenchin, Slovakia2010 - Etching, the National Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine2009 - Contemporary Ukrainian Graphics, the Mileshi Palace, Split, Croatia2007- Oksana Stratiychuk and Kateryna Radko, the Ukrainian Culture Center. Paris, France2007 - Moscow International Art Salon, Moscow, Russia2006 - 5th Egyptian Triennale of Printing Techniques, Alexandria, Egypt2003 - 4th Egyptian Triennale of Printing Techniques, Cairo, Egypt2002 - Nu (Nude Model in Art from 18th to 20th Century), Kiev Russian Art Museum. Kiev, Ukraine1998 - Ukrainian Art (group exhibition with O. Plysiuk), Wolfsburg, Germany1998 - The Pages of Ukrainian Secession. History and Modernity, the National Art Museum. Kiev, Ukraine1997 - 19th Independent International Print Exhibition Kanagawa–97. Kanagawa, Japan1996 - Midnight Love Talk (with I. Kyrychenko), Gallery Akasha, Krakow, Poland1995 - 3rd International Triennale of Graphic Arts, Kochi, Japan1992 - 10th International Triennale of Graphic Arts, Fridriechstadt, Norway1992 - 2nd International Biennale of Graphic Arts Kaliningrad–Kenigsberg’92, Kaliningrad, Russia1991 - International Biennale of Graphic Arts Cuprum V. Lubin, Poland

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SEPTEMBER VI. SUNFLOWER paper, mokulito50X110, 2015

STILL LIFE WITH RABBITetching, paper 55x65, 2005

BEANS AND ROSES etching, paper 55x65, 2004

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SPRING FLOWERSetching, paper 50x64, 2008

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THE TULIPSetching, paper 50x52, 2009

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AUTUMN BOUQUETetching, paper 65x55, 2004

DAHLIASetching, paper 65x55, 2011

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POMEGRANATESetching, paper 31x56, 2007

STILL LIFE 1etching, paper 65x55, 1996

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FIGURES WITH THE STILL LIFEetching, paper 64x50, 1997

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NIKOLAI DUDCHENKOARTIST/ PRINTMAKER

Nikolai Yakovlevich Dudchenko was born in 1949 in Uyanovka, a village in Kherson region, Ukraine. He attended the Crimean Art College from 1964 - 1967 and continued his education in the Kharkov Art and Industry Institute, where he graduated in 1972. His artistic career spans more than forty years and is marked by a number of renowned exhibitions both home and abroad, and by prestigious awards and recognitions.

Nikolai Dudchenko is a muralist by profession, but has been gravitating towards the easel and the miniature forms. In his works, elegance can be considered a key feature of his creative personality, an expression of his relationship to tradition and reality. His style is expressive, easy and clear, as if it was floating on the wings of light imagination style.

He finds inspiration in the images of his childhood, from the anguish of the home and the mother figure to the unforgettable impressions of nature and people. His works expose deep existential problems and can be read as a reflection of the “spiritual portrait” of the people and the whole region. Meeting with his works emotionally enriches the understanding of the spirit of Southern Ukraine. Nikolai Dudchenko’s works have a lot of light, silence and mental clarity. Perhaps the most important means of picturesque and poetically figurative expression is the texture he gives to his works: artistically diverse technical methods of writing and printing, inserting collages, etching.

Dudchenko’s artworks are held in public collections in the most prestigious museums of Ukraine and Crimea such as the National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kiev, the Art Museum Prycarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv National Art Gallery and Sevastopol Art Museum. His artworks are also kept in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Germany, USA and UAE.

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EDUCATION1964 - 1967 - studied at The Crimean Art College1972 - graduated from the Kharkov Art and Industry Institute

AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS | SELECTED2014 - Diploma of the Russian Academy of Arts “for contribution to the development of the fine arts in the South of Russia” 2007 - Honored Artist of Ukraine 2007 - Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea 2006 - 2013 - Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine2004 - Grand Prix Prize, 5th Biennale of watercolors, Simferopol Art Museum, Simferopol, Crimea

SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED2012 - Inspiration and Form, Volksbank, Ludwigsburg, Germany2009 - Sevastopol Motives, The Russian Cultural Centre, Simferopol, Crimea2008 - Graphic: Etching, Exhibition hall of House of Artists, Simferopol, Crimea2003 - Crimean Landscapes, Livadia Palace Museum, Yalta, Crimea2000 - Spiritualization, Livadia Palace Museum, Yalta, Crimea1997 - Heraklion, Pinacoteca Basilica of St. Mark, Crete, Greece

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, BIENNALES AND TRIENNIALES | SELECTED2016 - Group exhibition of the Association of South Russian Artists (ASRA), Kroshitskiy Sevastopol Art Museum, Sevastopol, Crimea2016 - Group exhibition of the Association of ASRA, Exhibition Hall of ASRA, Rostov-on-Don, Russia2015 - Handwriting of Crimea, Gallery Handwriting, Vladikavkaz, Russia2009 – Crimean Palette,Gallery N-Prospekt, Saint Petersburg, Russia2009 - Portrait of a Woman, The Branch of the Saratov University, Sevastopol, Crimea2009 - Ukrainian Artists, Wuxi City, China2002 - The Art of Ukraine, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia2002 - Crimean Painting, Ukrainian Center, Moscow, Russia2008 - Memorial Kuindzhi, Mariupol, Ukraine1999 - Crimean abstract, Simferopol Art Museum, Simferopol, Crimea1991 - Revival International Biennale , Lvov Art Museum, Lvov, Ukraine1991 - Exhibition of the creative association “Look”, Kiev, Ukraine1984 - All-Union Exhibition of Drawing, Moscow, Russia1989 – Impreza International Biennale, Art Museum Prycarpattya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine 1987 - Works of the Crimean artists, Ruse, Bulgaria 1979 - Young Artists of Crimea, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary1977 - Monumental Art of Ukraine, Exhibition hall of the Union of Artists, Moscow, Russia

APRIL IN SEVASTOPOLetching, paper42x49, 1984

CHRISTMASetching, paper42x49, 1983

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ANDREY’S SPACEetching, paper42x49, 1987

BOY ON WASTE GROUNDetching, paper42x48, 1998

DEDICATION TO FATHERetching, paper42x49, 1995

CHILDREN OF INKERMANetching, paper42x49, 1993

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DEDICATION TO RUBCOV D.etching, paper42x49, 1994

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OLESYA DZHURAEVAARTIST/ PRINTMAKER

Olesya Dzhurayeva was born in 1982 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. She moved to Ukraine in 1989, where she studied at the Kiev State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art and Design and graduated in 2002. She works in a variety of graphic techniques (etching, engraving, dry-point, linocut and pastel). International art critics describe her as “a bright representative of the Ukrainian contemporary graphic school”. This is highly confirmed by her constant rising presence on the global scene of graphic arts.

Her artworks resemble visual diary of everyday life that is full of sacred splendor. The ordinary objects are skillfully and very subtly transformed into extraordinary visual compositions. Dzhurayeva’s artistic opus is full of aesthetic and psychological balance which she patiently creates on each particular work.

Her artworks are held in public and private collections in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and UAE.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED

2015 - Relief, the Centre for Contemporary Printmaking Seacourt, Bangor, United Kingdom2014 - Сity noise, Art Gallery TryptichArt, Kiev, Ukraine2012 - Romantics of the Daily Routine, Dnipropetrovsk Fine Art Museum, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine2013 - Stillife, Gallery TryptichArt, Kiev, Ukraine2011 - Magic of the Simple Things, Garry Bouman’s Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine2008 - Windows, Gallery Parsuna, Kiev, Ukraine 2005 - Stop Time, Gallery Griffin, Kiev, Ukraine

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, BIENNALES AND TRIENNIALES | SELECTED

2016 - 2nd International Prize for Printmaking Rene Carcan, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, Belgium2015 - 7th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Split, Croatia2015 - Connections, Cristiano Varella Memorial Foundation, Muriae, Minas Gerais, Brazil2016 - Signs of Agathae, Gallery of Modern Art Chimneys, Catania, Italy2015 - 11th International Contemporary Print Biennial, Prahova Art Museum, Ploiesti, Romania2015 - 1st International Printmaking Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania2015 - Better Living. Copies of Quality, Domek Miedziorytnika Museum, Wroclaw, Poland2015 - 3rd International Juried Print Exhibition, New Grounds Print Workshop&Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA2015 - Better Living. Copies of Quality, Southern Graphics Council International Printmaking Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA2014 - 17th International Graphic Triennial, Frechen, Germany2014 - Roots, Gallery La Chicharra, Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico2014 - Impresiones Gigantes, Palacio Del Almirante, Granada, Spain2014 - Indefinite Spaces, the Crossroads Gallery, South Bend, USA2013 - Global Print2013, Biennial Douro, Alijó, Portugal2013 - Introversion, group exhibition, M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine2010 - Portrait, Gallery Artist, Kiev, Ukraine2009 - Spring Love, Gallery Esher, Kiev, Ukraine 2008 - Art Kyiv 2008, Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine 2007 - National Exhibition of Landscape, Center for Contemporary Art and Culture Kuindzhi, Mariupol, Ukraine 2006 - 3rd Ukrainian Triennale of Graphic Arts, Kiev, Ukraine2006 - The 8th of March, Gallery Mystets, Kiev, Ukraine2006 - International Exhibition ArtKyiv2006, Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine2005 - Fish day, Gallery Irena, Kiev, Ukraine2005 - Picturesque Ukraine, All-Ukrainian art exhibition, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine2004 - Day of the Artist, autumn art exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine 2002 - Youth Artists, group exhibition, Art Gallery “Lavra”, Kiev, Ukraine

LYBIDSKAlinocut, paper50x78, 2015

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THE RIGHT DIRECTIONlinocut, paper50x78, 2014

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RHEINMETALL GOODBYE GUNSlinocut, paper50x78, 2012

ERNST KAPSlinocut, paper78x50, 2011

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EARLY MORNINGlinocut, paper30x21, 2016

GUITAR, GUITAR, GUITARlinocut, paper94x65, 2011

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MY FIRST BIKElinocut, paper78x50, 2011

ETUDE NUMBER 1linocut, paper25x30, 2012

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