Mykhailo Volodymyrovich Reva (; born 13 March 1960) is a Ukrainian artist, sculptor, architect, a founder of a non-profit organisatio
REVA Foundation
Biography
Drawing inspiration from ancient folklores and philosophies, Mikhail Reva processes unfathomable symbolism by reconstructing it into physical sculptural form. The tension between viewer and these imposing, anthropomorphized artworks sparks the imagination towards transcendent realms. The works of Michael Reva have a diverse nature and are presented in many places.
Activities
* 2025 Exhibition DIARIES OF TIME at Union Cultural Centre Odesa, Ukraine
* 2024 Exhibition SCRUTINY of EVIL at the U.S. Embassy's storied Hotel de Talleyrand, city halls of Paris’ 3rd and 15th districts, Paris (France)
* 2023 Exhibition SCRUTINY OF EVIL at Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Ukraine
* 2019 Exhibition REVELATION at Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Ukraine
* 2015 Established Charity Foundatio
Reva(Ukraine)
* 2014 Participation in the exhibition "Ukrainian Breakthrough" at the Center for Contemporary Art, Odesa.
* 2010 First prize in the international competition for the creation of the memorial and museum complex "Babi Yar" Kyiv, Ukraine
* 2005 Personal exhibition "7305". Museum of Western & Oriental Arts, Odesa (Ukraine)
* 2003 Exhibition "Decorative and Applied Art of Ukraine of the ХХ century, 200 names". Ukrainian House, Kyiv
* 2001 Participation in the exhibition "Ten Years of Independence of Ukraine" a
Ukrainian Institute of Americain New York, USA
* 2000 Participation in the exhibition "20 Artists of Ukraine at the end of the 20th century". National Museum of Art, Kyiv
* 2000 Personal exhibition ATAR OF CHILDREN'S DREAMS . Children's Rehabilitation Center, Odesa, Ukraine
* 1998 The 3-rd Prize of the 110th International Biennia
LIBR' ART Libramont, Belgium
* 1997 Grand Prix of the International Festival of Arts GOLDEN PERETIN, Kyiv, Ukraine
* 1996 DREAMS OF MONTEZUMA - personal exhibition within a framework of international project "Communication" in Caracas, Venezuela
* 1995 "Gateway to ..." - personal exhibition within the framework of the International Conference dedicated to V.V. Kandinsky at Museum of Western and Eastern Arts, Odesa
* 1994 International exhibition of miniature sculptures, dedicated to Divine Comedy Dante in Ravenna, Italy
* 1992 Personal exhibition in the House of the Artist, Moscow
* 1991-1992 Internship at the
Roman Academy of Arts, Italy
Art works
* 2024 Sculptur
EPIPHANY NOW Odesa
* 2022-2024 Sculptures and paintings for movable exhibitio
SCRUTINY OF EVIL* 2021 Sculpture
EDEM and BIRTH OF THE SOUL the Greek Park, Odesa
* 2019 Sculptur
MORE BOOKS, LESS FEAR next to Odesa National Scientific Library
* 201
VIOLIN SOUL for The International Pedagogy Award of Honor, Foundation Sion Violin Music, Switzerland
* 2018 Fountai
ORIGIN OF INCEPTIONGreek Park, Odesa
* 2018 Sculptural compositio
PARTICLES OF LIFEin Odrex Medical House, Odesa
* 2017 Sculptur
DOMUS SOLIS beachside Odesa
* 2016 The tomb of Bogdan Stupka, Kiev (Ukraine)
* 2015 Park sculpture ODESSA'S TIME, Odesa Central Park
* 2012 Sculptural compositio
CITY CENTER Odesa
* 2012 The projec
TRILOGY OF GRAPE VINE at
Shabo Wine Culture Center, Odesa Region
* 2011 Architectural project of th
monument of Issac Babelwith sculptor G. Frangulyan, Odesa
* 2009 Fountain (bronze, golden leaf) in the atrium of Intercontinental Hotel, Kyiv
* 2009 Concept of architectural project for the memorial and museum comple
"Babi Yar" Kyiv
* 2007-2008 Sculptur
THE GRAIN OF LIFE with Angelo Farion, Moscow
* 2007 Interior design of Intercontinental Hotel, Kyiv
* 2006 Sculptural compositio
HEART OF THE WORLDChildren's Rehabilitation Center, Odesa
* 2006 Sculptural compositio
TREE OF LOVEOdesa
* 2005 Monumen
MEMORY OF WORLDWIDE TERRORISM VICTIMSKyiv
* 2003 Sculptures in business cente
LEONARDO Kyiv
* 2001 Competition project of the monumental sculptur
CRYSTAL DREAMfor the public project "3 Acres on the Lake", Chicago (US)
* 1999 Sculptur
THE 12th CHAIR Odesa Central Park
* 1999 Competition project of monumental sculptur
ADAM'S APPLEcommissioned by Amsterdam, Netherlands
* 1998 Peter Berg Prize OVERCOMING THE IMPOSSIBLE, ordered by the National Geographic Society of Great Britain
* 1997 The project THE SLAVIC SHRINES for the National Treasury of Ukraine.
* 1997 A complex of fountains on a biblical theme for the residence of the US ambassador in Kyiv, Ukraine
* 1996 Monumental sculpture
ANGEL OF GRACE installed over the entrance to the rehabilitation center for disabled children, Odesa
* 1994-1995 Bas-relief
FOUR SIDES OF THE WORLDto the monumental sculpture of
Ernst Neizvestny
Ernst Iosifovich Neizvestny (; 9 April 1925 – 9 August 2016) was a Russian sculptor, painter, graphic artist, and art philosopher. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1976 and lived and worked in New York City.
American playwright Arthur Miller once ...
THE GOLDEN CHILD, Odesa
* 1993 The fountai
SOURCE OF LIFEdedicated to the 200th anniversary of Odesa
* 1988, 1990, 1994 Design o
"Grand Award"for the International Film Festival "Golden Duke". Odesa
Gallery
File:Epiphany Now.jpg, EPIPHANY NOW
File:Flower of Death - Black Rose.jpg, Exhibition at the U.S. Embassy's storied Hotel de Talleyrand in Paris, 2024
File:Moloh - Beast of War.jpg, Moloch - the Beast of War
File:Doors of War.jpg, Exhibition at Odesa Fine Art Museum, 2023
File:Red Dragon from Scrutiny of devil.jpg, Red Dragon
File:Beginning of beginnings.jpg, Fountain "Origin of Inception", the Greek Park, Odesa
File:Domus solis.jpg, Sculpture "DOMUS SOLIS", Odesa
File:"12 стул".jpg, "12th Chair" Deribasovskaya St., Odesa
File:Бизнес центр Леонардо.JPG, Business center "Leonardo", Kyiv, Ukraine
File:Монумент "Памяти жертв терроризма во всём мире", Киев.JPG, Monument "In memory of the victims of terrorism around the world" Kyiv, Ukraine
File:Проект "Трилогия Лозы".JPG, "Masks" for the wine culture center "Shabo" Odesa Oblast
File:Скульптурная композиция "Одесское Время".JPG, Park Sculpture "''Odessa Time''" City Garden, Odesa
File:"Бабий Яр" визуализация.JPG, Architectural project of the memorial and museum complex "Babi Yar" Kyiv, Ukraine
Publications
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Ugo Poletti @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine)
Seeing Love and Resurrection During Wartime: Mikhail Reva Unveils His New Sculpture in Odesa by Ugo Poletti @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine)Mikhail Reva: Stirring the Soul – With Shrapnel Transformed Into Art by Stash Luczkiw @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine)L'arma segreta dell'Ucraina: l'arte di Mikhail Reva di Anna Husarska @ IL FOGLIO (Italy)Ukrainian sculptor's haunting artworks made from war debris go on display in Paris by Theo Farrant @ EuroNews (Belgium)Ukraine’s most famous sculptor turns war debris into art, expressing the inexpressible by Thomas Adamson @ Associated Press (US)Ukraine’s secret weapon: Art by Anna Husarska @ The Washington Post (US)After an artist’s studio was damaged in a Russian missile strike, he found a new medium: war debris by Laura King @ Los Angeles Times (US)‘My vendetta against Putin’: the Ukrainian sculptor whose haunting work is shaped by war by Luke Harding @ The Guardian (UK)Moloch on an Odesa Beach by Blair A. Ruble @ Wilson CenterLe sculture di Odessa, l'orrore e la memoria che invade il presente by Adriano Sofri @ IL FOGLIO (Italy)Mikhail Reva, el escultor ucraniano que hace obras con lo que la guerra le deja by Omar Genovese @ PERFIL (Argentina)Ukrajinski umjetnik izradio je sat Putinu za rođendan, a danas je izbjeglica: 'Ne zaslužuje ga' by Dijana Marić Odobašić @ 24SATA (Croatia)Poznati ukrajinski umjetnik, o kojem opširno piše i Wikipedia, bježeći od rata našao utočište u Rapcu by Branko Biočić @ Glas Istre (Croatia)New sculptures by Reva installed in the Odessa Greek park by Ugo Poletti @ The Odessa Journal (Ukraine)Odessa artist: Mikhail Reva by Ugo Poletti @ The Odessa Journal (Ukraine)
References
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Male sculptors
Living people
Ukrainian architects
Ukrainian male sculptors
1960 births