… What kind of materials do you use?
Everything, absolutely everything which catches my eye. It can be polyester fabric, a nice printed textile, a piece of carton, materials from home improvement stores, or canvas, oil, acrylic, ink, watercolor, spray, tape, foil – everything. …
1 9 7 9
born in Kyiv
lives and works in Munich
1 9 9 0 – 1 9 9 7
Study at National Art School of T.G.Shevtchenko in Kyiv
1 9 9 7 – 1 9 9 9
Study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kyiv
1 9 9 9 – 2 0 0 5
Study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Master student
2 0 0 6 – 2 0 0 7
Lectures on the subject painting at philosophy seminars, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
2 0 1 0
Foundation of the artist group RHYTHM SECTION
2 0 1 1
Foundation of the artist group THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE
2 0 1 2
Lectureship and workshop, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv
Lectureship and workshop, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2 0 1 3
Lectureship and workshop, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan
Lectureship, School of Visual Communication, Kyiv
Workshop, Remise, Zurich
Lectureship and workshop, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
2 0 1 4
Lectureship and workshop, Dzyga Art Center, Lviv
Lectureship and workshop, Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi
2 0 1 5
Lectureship and workshop, Chamber of Architects, Izmit
2 0 1 6
Lectureship and workshop, Fine Art School of Creative Arts University of Hertfordshire
2 0 1 7
Artwork as an Event, Symposium, University of Hertfordshire
Lectureship, European House of Art Upper Bavaria, Freising
Lectureship and workshop, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan
2 0 1 9
The Past and the Future of Abstract Art, international symposium, Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou
Lectureship and workshop, United Art Museum, Wuhan
2 0 2 0
Lectureship and workshop, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul
Artist Talk, Digital Art Space, Munich
2 0 2 1
RHYTHM SECTION SALON BINÄR, In Conversation, Digital Art Space, Munich
RHYTHM SECTION TALKS, Platforms Project NET, Athens
GRANTS AND SPONSORS (selected):
2 0 2 2
Grant, Richard Stury Foundation, Munich
2 0 2 1
Grant, Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse München, Munich
Funding of cultural exchanges with foreign countries by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts
Support of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich
2 0 2 0
Project Grant for Contemporary Art in Public Space by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts
Support of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich
2 0 1 9
Support of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich; Boxes Art Museum, Shunde; United Art Museum, Wuhan; Lufthansa Cargo
2 0 1 8
Grant, Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung, Munich
Grant Kunstförderung 2018, ArsVersa Kunststiftung, Freiburg
Support of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich
2 0 1 7 – 2 0 1 8
Catalog Grant, LfA Förderbank Bayern
2 0 1 6
Support of the project by the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts; the Department Of Arts And Culture City Of Munich
2 0 1 5
Support of the project by the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts; the Department Of Arts And Culture City Of Munich
2 0 1 2 – 2 0 1 3
Catalog Grant, LfA Förderbank Bayern
2 0 1 2
Support of the project by the Swiss culture foundation ProHelvetia; The Institute Of Contemporary Arts Singapore; Lufthansa Cargo
2 0 1 1 – 2 0 1 2
Studio Grant of the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts
2 0 1 0
Support of the project by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart; Goethe Institute Kyiv
EXHIBITIONS (selected):
2 0 2 1
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich
RHYTHM SECTION SALON BINÄR, Digital Art Space, Munich
IMMUNITY, Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich
RHYTHM SECTION AMBIGUOUS UNAMBIGUOUS, Platforms Project, Athens
ZOMERSALON, What is Happening Here Gallery, Amsterdam
BINARY, Digital Art Space, Munich
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Platforms Project NET, Athens
OLEKSIY KOVAL QUATTUOR NOVISSIMA, super+ CENTERCOURT, Munich
SENKRON, The Video Art Exhibition, Istanbul
RHYTHM SECTION DIYARBAKIR PASAJ, Diyarbakır
2 0 2 0
RHYTHM SECTION PAINTING VS IMAGE, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul
OLEKSIY KOVAL THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA, Digital Art Space, Munich
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul
RHYTHM SECTION AMBIGUOUS UNAMBIGUOUS, Platforms Project NET, Athens
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Platforms Project NET, Athens
SO NEAR YET SO FAR, Villa Waldberta, Feldafing
2 0 1 9
RHYTHM SECTION BINÄR, Meural Open Loft Event, Munich
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Amsterdam Art Weekend
EAGLE DRAGON RHYTHM SECTION, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Digital Art Space, Munich
SHATTERED REALITY, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Boxes Art Museum, Shunde
DE STIJL AND THE FUTURE, Boxes Art Museum, Shunde
DE STIJL AND THE FUTURE, United Art Museum, Wuhan
2 0 1 8
KÜNSTLER DER GALERIE, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich
CONCEPTS IN ABSTRACT ART, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Istanbul Art Fair Tüyap
RHYTHM SECTION EXPERIENCE, Istanbul Art Fair Tüyap
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich
OLEKSIY KOVAL BINÄR, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich
FROM NARRATIVE TO ABSTRACTION, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM SECTION, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2 0 1 7
BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM SECTION, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
RHYTHM SECTION IM SCHAFHOF, European House of Art Upper Bavaria, Freising
ARTMUC Kunstmesse, Munich
%, TILGallery, London
EUROPA, Reductive Non Objective Private Gallery, Cologne
OLEKSIY KOVAL 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 5, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich
RHYTHM SECTION UTOPIA, Art Fair Tüyap, Istanbul
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE,Art Fair Tüyap, Istanbul
BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM SECTION, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich
2 0 1 6
RHYTHM SECTION OFFBEATS, Karşi Sanat Gallery, Istanbul
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, European House of Art Upper Bavaria, Freising
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam
BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM SECTION, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam
ESSENTIALS, Haus der Kunst, Munich
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE – STEVE COLEMAN AND FIVE ELEMENTS, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich
HYDROGRAPHY III – ABSTRACTS IN WATERCOLOR, LaKaserna, Bad Nieuweschans
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, University of Hertfordshire
2 0 1 5
IF CHAOS HAD A NAME, TIL Gallery, London
RHYTHM & METHOD, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA SYNDICATE, chamber of architects, Izmit
CONCRETE POST 3, raum2810, Bonn
RHYTHM SECTION, Odessa Biennale of Contemporary Art, Odessa
KUROS NEKOUIAN & OLEKSIY KOVAL, lw 44, Munich
2 0 1 4
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA SYNDICATE, Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi
RHYTHM SECTION, Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Days of Performance Art in Lviv
I:O KOKTEBEL ART RESIDENCE, Ford Museum, Gölcuk
RHYTHM SECTION, Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig
RHYTHM SECTION GEGEN DIE WAND, lw 44, Munich
RHYTHM SECTION EDITION, planparallel, Art Karlsruhe
2 0 1 3
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Azad Art Gallery, Teheran
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Academy of Fine Arts, Teheran
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, St. Pauls Kirche, Munich
RHYTHM SECTION EDITION, planparallel, Berliner Liste, Berlin
I:O KOKTEBEL ART RESIDENCE, Koktebel, Crimea, Ukraine
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE trifft STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Remise, Zurich
RHYTHM SECTION, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan
HYDROGRAPHY II – ABSTRACTS IN WATERCOLOR, De Vishal, Haarlem
RHYTHM SECTION, lw 44, Munich
2 0 1 2
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv
RHYTHM SECTION, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv
RHYTHM SECTION, Zentrifuge, Nuremberg
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
RHYTHM SECTION, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
OLEKSIY KOVAL & PETER WEIGEL Kunstverein Landshut, Landshut
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, LW 44, Munich
2 0 1 1
RHYTHM SECTION KIEW-MÜNCHEN, LW44, Munich
RHYTHM SECTION SIEBEN, sihlquai55, Zurich
RHYTHM SECTION TRIFT TADA UND STEVE COLEMAN, Marstall, Berg
DYNAMO, St. Paul’s Kirche, Munich
2 0 1 0
MEINE LUST UND MEINE FREUDE, Die Repueblik, Munich
WIR ARBEITEN – IHR SPINNT. FOLGE 1: KYJIW, House of Artist, Kyiv
AUF AUS MIT PAPIER, lw 44, Munich
RHYTHM SECTION IM FRUCHTHOF, Fruchthof, Munich
2 0 0 9
WELTRAUM-JAHRESÜBERBLICK, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich
VENUS & MARS, Weltraum, Munich
…DAS IST IMMER SCHWIERIG BEI SO GRUPPEN…, Option-München, Munich
1ST FLOOR, Option-München, Munich
2 0 0 8
IN COLOUR, Marstall zu Schloß Berg
2 0 0 5
UNIVERSAL PAINTING, The Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
UNIVERSAL PAINTING, Gallery of the Hubei Art Institute, Wuhan
UNIVERSAL PAINTING, White Space Gallery, Peking
UNIVERSAL PAINTING, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
MUNICH SCHOOL?, Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
MUNICH SCHOOL?, Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg
2 0 0 4
SPIRIT, Katholische Akademie in Bayern, Munich
FRISCHE FARBE!, Galerie Bodenseekreis, Meersburg
MUNICH SCHOOL?, Kunstverein Aichach
2 0 0 3
SO STELLE ICH MIR DEN SOMMER VOR, Galerie Albrecht, Munich
NEUES UND ALTES, Galerie Albrecht, Munich
2 0 0 1
GROUND COLOUR, Otto Galerie, Munich
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
United Art Museum, Wuhan
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan
Galerie Bodenseekreis, Meersburg
Boxes Art Museum, Shendu
Katholische Akademie in Bayern, Munich
Ford Museum, Gölcuk
St. Paul, Munich
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
China, Germany, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA
PUBLICATIONS
DE STIJL AND THE FUTURE
United Art Museum, Wuhan
Boxes Art Museum, Shunde
2019
OLEKSIY KOVAL
DIE SCHÖNE FORMEL / THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA
(ISBN 978-3-945296-63-9)
2018
RHYTHM SECTION
Rhythm Section, Hrsg.
(ISBN 978-3-945296-21-9)
2017
essentials. Coers Albert, Hrsg.
Haus der Kunst, Munich
icon Verlag Hubert Kretschmer
(ISBN 978-3-928804-39-4)
2016
RHYTHM & METHOD VOL. II
Rhythm Section
Galerie der Künstler, Munich
(ISBN 978-3-945296-21-9)
2015
OLEKSIY KOVAL
DIE FLÄCHE BESIEGEN / BEATING THE SURFACE
(ISBN 978-3-941951-74-7)
2013
MÜNCHEN ZEICHNET
(ISBN 978-3-00-042706-0)
2013
RHYTHM SECTION KYIV 2012
Kulturreferat München
Modern Art Research Institue, Kyiv
2013
RHYTHM & METHOD
Hubei Museum of Art
(ISBN 978-7-5394-6223-3)
2013
UNIVERSAL PAINTING
Guangdong Museum of Art
(ISBN 7-5394-1691-2)
2005
MUNICH SCHOOL?
Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
2004
FRISCHE FARBE!
Dr. Andrea Dippel
Verlag Robert Gessler
2004
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