Temo Svirely Free Artist Website

Artist Statement -

Painting is not conceptual art. When someone looks at one of my paintings and asks me What did you want to say I find myself in a difficult position. That is, I’ve already said what I wanted to say through the medium of painting. With the help of color, rhythm and so on…and to demand that I translate the language of art into the language of words is impossible, to say the least. I am an artist, not a writer , my materials are oil-paints, ink, pencils and so on, and not words.
What else can I say Ideas and concepts are far from being the primary concerns of the artist. Enthusiasm for ideas not to be confused with artistic plans or intentions distracts the artist from the wealth of interrelation with the material, which itself dictates to him the right course and rewards with time and patience. Of course it is worth pondering on how to make a work more expressive, but a real artistic moment occurs when a pause arises in between thoughts. I will take the liberty of reminding you that art, a picture, can be understood by a man and influence him deeply, effortlessly transcending the need for explanations with mere words.
If we talk of a game, then the game is devoid of any such concepts. More precisely, if a concept is present then a game is impossible, as it is an attempt to realize a previously thought-out plan, and by enthusiasm, and by the deepening in the process of action precisely when the action takes place. Thoughts are absent at the time of a game. We are inside this process, directly touching the essence of what has captured us. The player feels only the manner of play and movement from one moment to another. For me, as an artist, this experience is the main value, at one and the same time journey and destination.

Artist Exhibitions

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2013 Spring 2013. Tryptych Gallery. Solo exhibition. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2013 Galerie du vieux Belfort. Solo exhibition. Belfort. France.

2012 ART KYIV CONTEMPORARY VII. Kyiv. Ukraine.

2012 Form and Metaphors II. Solo exhibition. Ukrainian Institute of America, NY, USA.

2012 International art plenair Znaki pogranicza Handle Szklarskie 2012.

2011 Arte Plurali Gallery. Solo exhibition. Audincourt, France.

2011 Form and Metaphors. Solo exhibition. Ukrainian Institute of America, NY, USA.

2010 Appia Gallery. Solo exhibition. Grenoble, France.

2010 Roots and Metaphors. The headquarters of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, LONDON, GB

2010 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, scholarship from the Pollock Foundation, USA

2010 Appia Gallery. Solo exhibition. Grenoble, France.

2008 Appia Gallery. Solo exhibition. Grenoble, France.

2008 Parsuna Gallery. Solo exhibition. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2006 Anixis Gallery. Solo exhibition. Baden, Switzerland.

2006Art Blues Gallery. Solo exhibition. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2005 Looking for butterflies. Center of modern and contemporary art Soviart. Solo exhibition. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2005Light gallery. Solo exhibition. Prague. Czechia.

2004 Appia Gallery. Solo exhibition. Grenoble, France.

2004Tryptych Gallery. Solo exhibition. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2001 Appia Gallery. Solo exhibition. Grenoble, France.

2000 Homo ludens. Solo exhibition. Gorod N Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine.

1999 Tryptych Gallery. Solo exhibition. Kyiv, Ukraine.

1998 A letter to a friend. Solo exhibition. Ì Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine.

1997 Favorites of Moon. Solo exhibition. Kunst Kreise Euskirchen e.v. Gallery. Euskirchen, Germany.

1996 Days and nights in the Unicorn’s gardens. Solo exhibition. Irena Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine.

1994 Leaving the stage. Solo exhibition. Exhibition hall “Ìystetstvo”. Kyiv, Ukraine.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Summer art exhibit. Ukrainian Institute of America, NY, USA.

2011 Earth breathing, Center of modern and contemporary art M 17. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2011 NG Art Fair, Balman Gallery, Newcastle, GB.

2010 Labyrinth of abstraction. Agora Gallery. NY, USA.

2010 Arte Plurali Gallery. Audincourt, France.

2008 Parsuna Gallery.Salzburg. Austria.

2008 Salon des Artistes Independants. Grand Palais. France.

2008 Maritime Gallery. Odessa. Ukraine.

2008 119 Salon des Artistes Independants. Paris. France.

2007 Symphony in salt 1. State production association Artemsil, Soledar, Ukraine.

2008 Sigh of Mars. Artribut gallery. Solo exhibition. Kiev, Ukraine.

2005 Art Blues Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2004 Symphony in salt 1. State production association Artemsil, Soledar, Ukraine

2004 350 years later. Central Hall for Exhibition of NUAU, Kyiv, Ukraine

2004 City Hall. Kharkov, Ukraine

2004 Dzyga. Lviv. Ukraine.

2004 International Print Trienniale, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2003 Invasio. Central Hall for Exhibition of NUAU, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2003 Contemplating the road. Ukrainsky Dim. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2002 Georgian art. British Council. Kyiv, Ukraine.

2001 Power Line. Historical museum. Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

2001 II International Art Festival. Ìàgdeburg, Germany.

2001 Anixis Gallery. Baden, Switzerland.

2000 V International Art Festival. Ukrainsky Dim. Kyiv, Ukraine.

1999 Arteast Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine.

1998 Euroart’ 98, II International Salon of Contemporary Independent Artist. Drassanes de Barselona. Spain.

1997 Paintings. Gentner Gallery. Birminsdorf, Switzerland.

1997 Les lune liegeoises. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Liege, Belgium.

1996 Center of modern and contemporary art Òuchfabrik. Trier. Germany.

1994 Georgian culture center “Ìziuri”. Moscow, Russia.

1993 Milky bridge with Badri Gubianuri. State Museum of Ukrainian Art. Kyiv, Ukraine.

1993 Spring exhibition of International Federation of Artists IFA. Malaya Grusinskaya Exhibition hall. Moscow, Russia.

1991 Georgian paintings. Architects House. Moscow, Russia....