ANATOLY TARTAKOVSKY
31.05.1954Born in Kyiv into the family of People's Artist of Ukraine Isaak Tartakovsky and “Righteous Among the Nations” Lidiya Savchuk
1965–1972Studied at the National Art School, Kyiv
1972–1978Studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Faculty of Painting (Prof. V. Shatalin, Prof. V. Zabashta)
Since 1981Participant in many creative groups in Sedniv, Gurzuf, Senezh, Palanga; participant in all-Union, republican, and Kyiv exhibitions.
1993–2024Numerous creative trips to New York, Rome, Singapore, Munich, Stockholm, Paris, Venice, Frankfurt am Main, Dubrovnik, Amsterdam
2009Awarded the title “Honoured Artist of Ukraine”
2024Award from the Presidium of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
Paintings by A. Tartakovsky in Kyiv museums:
  • National Art Museum of Ukraine
  • National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery”
  • National Museum of the History of Ukraine
  • Museum of the History of Kyiv
  • Museum of the Avant-Garde (Kyiv)
  • Museum-Archive of Literature and Arts of Ukraine
In museums of Europe:
  • Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik (MOMAD)
  • Kaliningrad Museum of Fine Arts
  • Vatican Collection (gift to Pope John Paul II)
Major solo exhibitions
1990Lenin Museum (now – Ukrainian House), Kyiv
1991Exhibition Hall “Na Kashirke”, Moscow
1992Central House of Artists, Moscow (Sponsor: Renk Xerox)
1993Museum of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv (Sponsor: Dresdner Bank)
1994Haddington, Scotland (art gallery, together with Isaak Tartakovsky)
1995Exhibition organized by GERMED in Berlin
1996BASF Gallery, Schwarzheide, Germany (Sponsor: BASF)
1997Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art
1998Exhibitions in Dubrovnik and Korčula, Croatia
1999Museum of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv
2001Vatican Nunciature in Kyiv (on the occasion of Pope John Paul II’s visit)
2002Museum of St. Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv
2002Mercedes-Benz “Lambda Star” – Kifisia, Athens, Greece
2004Foundation for the Promotion of the Arts, Kyiv
2006Sredets Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006Embassy of Ukraine to the USA, Washington
2006Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA
2007Ukrainian Cultural Center in Paris, France
2007Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art
2008–2015Anatolii Tartakovsky Metro Museum, Kyiv
2009House of Scientists, Kyiv
2015Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Kyiv
2024“White World” Gallery, Kyiv
2024Museum of the History of Kyiv
2024National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery”
2025NSHU “Khudozhnyk” Exhibition Hall
2025Museum of the Avant-Garde, Kyiv
since 1981Participant in many exhibitions of the Union of Artists of Ukraine
Main thematic areas
1976–1985Paintings of critical realism
1986–1989Developed the foundations of Ukrainian SocArt (“Once, on a quiet early morning…”, “The Trial”, “Destruction of the Idea”, “The Lamentation”)
1989–1992concept and series of paintings “Visions” (“Prevention of the Second Crucifixion”)
1990Concept “Egocentric Painting” (“Triple Self-Portrait in Red Underpants”, “I Decided to Have a Little Rest”, “I Am Reading My Favourite Book”)
1997–2006Concept “Idea of the Mediterranean Spirit” – series of landscapes from nature of the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean, and Black Sea coasts
1993–2010“Neo-Impressionism. A New View”
Since 2003Concept “Art-Energy”
2004Series of works “Orange Revolution”
2008–2014Art project “Anatolii Tartakovsky Metro Museum”: for seven consecutive years, hundreds of lightboxes on Kyiv Metro escalators displayed prints of Tartakovsky’s paintings. In 2013, the “Metro Museum” was registered in the Book of Records of Ukraine as an institution that, at the time of registration, had been visited by 1.2 billion people
2015–2018Series of landscapes of Paris from nature
2020–2025Bronze sculptures
2021–2025Development of the concept “Destructive Design”
Top