Mariia Tymchuk (

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Shevchuk; ; born 18 February 1989) is a Ukrainian master of decorative and applied arts. Daughter of .Tymchuk Mariia Mykolaivna
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Biography

Maria Tymchuk was born on 18 February 1989 in

Terebovlia Terebovlia (, ; ; ) is a small city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. Terebovlia hosts the administration of Terebovlia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 13,661 (2001). History Terebovlia is one of ...

, now Terebovlia Hromada,

Ternopil Raion Ternopil Raion () is a raion in Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced ...

Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast (), also referred to as Ternopilshchyna () or Ternopillia (), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its Capital (political), administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret (river), Seret, a tribu ...

, Ukraine. In 2008, she graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Restoration at the , and in 2012, she graduated from the

Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University The Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University () is a Public university, state-sponsored university in Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine). History The university was founded as Kamianets-Podilsky State Ukrainian University on October ...

(teachers and ). Currently, she is a teacher in the Department of Decorative and Applied Arts at the Terebovlia College of Culture and Arts.

Creativity

She paints in the genres of decorative painting, landscape, and iconography. He also paints artillery shell casings. She is the founder of the author's style of "rounded craquelures". From 2010, Tymchuk has participated in plein air workshops, exhibitions, international festivals, and charity events. Solo exhibitions have been held in

Ternopil Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The populatio ...

(2010),

Zbarazh Zbarazh (, ; ; ) is a small city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the historic region of Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia. Zbarazh hosts the administration of Zbarazh urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukr ...

(2021), and

Berezhany Berezhany ( ; ; ; , ''Bzhezhani''/''Bzhizhani'') is a small List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It lies about from the administrative center of the oblast, Ternopil. Berezhany hosts the administr ...

(2024). Some of her works are kept in the collections of the

Ternopil Regional Art Museum Ternopil Regional Art Museum is a museum in the north-central part of Ternopil, Ukraine. It was founded on 1 May 1991 on the base of the former art gallery — a department of museum of regional ethnography. The museum aims to research the stock, ...

Zbarazh Castle Zbarazh Castle (; ) is a fortified defense stronghold in Zbarazh, built during the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It dominates the crests of the Zamkova Hills of Ternopil Oblast in Western Ukraine next to the city's central plaza ...

, the in Berezhany, and others. The artist's copy of the is in the private collection of Cardinal

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in the

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. Important works include: * "Harbuzovyi natiurmort" (2015), "Soniakhy" (2018), "Pivonii" (2019), "Hrushi", "Pivnyky" (both 2020), «Pora irysiv», "Simeistvo tiulpaniv" (both 2021), "Zhorzhyny" (2022), "Vesnianyi podykh" (2023), "Sonechko", "Zarvanytska ikona Materi Bozhoi", "Icon of the Mother of God “Admiration”" (all 2024).

Awards

* Olena Kulchytska Prize (2019); * (2022).Молода художниця Марічка Тимчук - президентська стипендіатка // Воля. — 2022. — № 7 (17 лют.). — С. 4

Gallery

File:Картина Марії Тимчук «Весняний подих», 2023.jpg, Vesniainyi Podykh, 2023 File:Картина Марії Тимчук «Жоржини», 2021.jpg, Zhorzhyny, 2021 File:Марія Тимчук. Ікона Теребовлянської Матері Божої.jpg, Copy of the Terebovlia Icon of the Mother of God, 2016 File:Марія Тимчук. Ікона Матері Божої Замилування, 2024.jpg,

Eleusa icon The Eleusa (or ''Eleousa''; – ''tenderness'' or ''showing mercy'') is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the Christ Child is nestled against her cheek. In the Western Church the type is often known as the Virgin of Tende ...

, 2024 File:Картина Марії Тимчук «Піонова пора», 2019.jpg, Pionova Pora, 2019 File:Картина Марії Тимчук «Сімейство тюльпанів», 2021.jpg, Simeistvo Tiulpanova, 2021 File:Картина Марії Тимчук «Символ Україна» (імітація текстової вишивки), 2023.jpg, Symvol Ukrainy (imitation of text embroidery), 2023

References

Bibliography

* * * ''Брездень Р''. Намальовані квіти ніколи не в'януть // Вільне життя плюс. — 2022. — № 14 (23 лют.). — С. 9. — (Знай наших!). * ''Бойчук Н''. Квітковий дивограй Марічки Тимчук // Воля. — 2019, 8 листоп. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tymchuk, Mariia 1989 births Living people People from Ternopil Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian women painters 21st-century Ukrainian painters Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University alumni