Alexander Diachenko
Ukrainian artist Alexander Diachenko was born in 1956 in Kyiv.
In 1967-1974 Diachenko studied at Kyiv Republican Art School.
In 1979 he graduated from the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts.
Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Lives and works in Kyiv.
Monumental works:
Memorial monument to academician Nikolai Amosov (joint project with Petro Antyp) Baikove cemetery, Kyiv, 2003
Fountain at the National Bank of Ukraine, Kyiv, 1995
Return of the Prodigal Son sculpture, Lviv, 1992
Monument to Holocaust victims, Kryve Ozero, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine (1992)
The Wall sculptural composition, Kharkiv, 1990
Awards:
First prize for design of the Monument to the Victims of Holodomor in Washington, DC, USA, 2009
Award for the best exposition, Great Sculpture Salon 2009, Kyiv
First prize at sculpture plein air for Return of the Prodigal Son, Lviv, 1992
First prize in sculpture at Renaissance International Festival, Lviv, 1991
Third prize at Youth of the Country All-Union Exhibition, Moscow, 1988
Third prize at sculpture plein air for Holidays at Seaside, Odesa, 1988
Selected exhibitions
2010
Great Sculpture Salon 2010, Ukrainian House, Kyiv
2009
De Profundis, Arsenal, Kyiv
Great Sculpture Salon 2009, Ukrainian House, Kyiv
2008
Alexander Dyachenko, Petro Antyp, a special project of ART-UKRAINE magazine, Akko International exhibition hall, Kyiv
Alexander Dyachenko, Triptych gallery, Kyiv
2007
Great Sculpture Salon 2007, Ukrainian House, Kyiv
2005
Sculpture Triennale, National Union of Artists of Ukraine exhibition hall, Kyiv
2000
Alexander Dyachenko, exhibition at the Youth Theatre, Chernihiv
1988
Alexander Dyachenko, exhibition hall at Kyiv Museum, Kyiv
Park sculptures:
2008
Mother and Child (limestone), Vyshhorod, Ukraine
The Woman on the Throne (limestone), Sedniv, Ukraine
2007
Plastic of Steppe (sandstone), Sviatohirsk, Ukraine
2006
Untitled (limestone), Donetsk, Ukraine
2005
Seated (limestone), Gurzuf, Ukraine
Torso (limestone), Brac island, Croatia
2004
Breeze (limestone), Brac island, Croatia
1996
Geometric Composition (sandstone), Olesko Castle, Lviv region, Ukraine
1994
Plastic Study on Ukrainian Archaic (marble), Kyiv
1992
Throne (sandstone), Horlivka, Ukraine
Female Figure (granite), Mykolaiv, Ukraine
1988
Holidays at Seaside (sandstone), Odesa, Ukraine
Cocoon (sandstone), Kyiv
1987
Girl (sandstone), Yampil, Ukraine
1986
Girl with a Turtle (wood), Trostyanets, Ukraine
