Тіберій Сільваші

Tiberius Silvashi:”I don’t paint, I grow a painting.”

Born in 1947 in Mukachevo, Transcarpathia. Lives and works in Kiev. In 1966 he graduated from Republican art school. T. G. Shevchenko, in 1972 – Kiev state art Institute. In 1968 he became a member of the Union of artists of Ukraine. In 1991, Silvashi has organized art group “Scenic reserve”, where rose and rethinking the basic concepts of painting. In 1995 the artist was awarded “artist of the year” in Ukraine and a scholarship from the municipality of Munich. Artist curatorial projects have been presented at International art festival in Kiev in 1996 and 1998. 2013 Silvashi became an academician of the National Academy of arts of Ukraine. His works are in public and private collections of Ukraine, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, USA and other countries.

Galina Sklyarenko / art historian: “In an interview to the question why he deals with painting, Silvashi replied: “For me it is a way to establish harmony with the world, where man is doomed to existential loneliness.” In this phrase — the experience of the person and the artist for whom painting is a way to think, feel and “perform” herself as a person, to talk about peace that is beyond words.”

Tiberius Silvashi legend of Ukrainian art, the founder of scenic areas generativa. The main form of work of an artist is painting, and installation. The most important for him as a painter is the phenomenon of colour that reveals itself as a colour body: freely, without the dictates of the artist, who is only a tool for the manifestation of color, the transition from the ontological status of the existential.
Paintings on paper are moving away from the plane, approaching the object. Ordinary paper impregnated with enamel and attached to the Mat becomes a field of experimentation with color and texture and hints at the ideological component of works. Art painterly strokes obscures the viewer from the chaotic world of information, what struck gleams with newsprint.

Painting / 2007 / paper, mixed technique / 40х55

Painting / 2007 / paper, mixed technique / 40х55

Still Life / 2000 / oil on canvas, pencil / 60×50 / Published The first catalog of authors I gallery / publishing Artbuk / 2008 / p. 33