Sofiia Burak
Sofiia Burak | |
|---|---|
| Софія Ярославівна Бурак | |
| Born | 17 December 1961 |
| Died | 20 October 2016 (aged 54) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Artist of artistic textiles, graphic artist |
Sofiia Burak (Ukrainian: Софія Ярославівна Бурак; 17 December 1961 – 20 October 2016) was a Ukrainian artist of artistic textiles, graphic artist. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1995). Daughter of Yaroslav Burak.[1]
Biography
[edit]Sofiia Burak was born on 17 December 1961 in Lviv.
In 1984, she graduated from the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (teachers: Oleksandra Krypiakevych, Nataliia Pauk, Ihor Bodnar). From 1984 to 1986, she worked at the Lviv Jewelry Factory; from 1986 to 1989, as a design artist at the Lviv Forestry Institute; from 1990 to 1995, she worked as the head of the production department of the META Theater of the House of scientists; at the same time, in 1993, she began working as an artist, art editor, and from 1998, as the chief artist of the publishing department of the Monastery of Monks of the Studio Charter "Svichado" in Lviv.
From 2005 she received a scholarship from the state program of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland "Gaude Polonia" (Łódź, Poland).[1]
She passed away on 20 October 2016 in Lviv. Rests in the family tomb on the 68th field of Lychakiv Cemetery.
Creativity
[edit]From 1985, she presented her works at regional and international exhibitions. In 1995 and 2025 (posthumously)[1][2] she held personal vernissages in Lviv.
In her works, Burak delves deeply into sacred, ethnographic, and lyrical-philosophical themes and images, offering her unique vision of them. Her tapestries impress with their refined graphic composition and masterful color scheme. Her experimental works hold a special place. These volumetric-plastic and volumetric-spatial pieces are distinguished by their originality and high artistic and aesthetic level. For their creation, Burak uses untraditional techniques such as assemblage or wrapping, as well as unusual materials: cellophane, metal shavings, paper, photographs, polyethylene and photographic film, etc. Among these works, one can find both figurative and abstract compositions.
Separate works are preserved in the collections of the Museum of Ethnography and Crafts, Lviv and the Western Scientific Center in Lviv, the Saint Volodymyr Foundation, and the Ukrainian Museum in Stamford (USA). She also created in the field of book graphics, for which she designed "Letters of Nicodemus" by Jan Dobraczyński (1997) and "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas à Kempis (1998).
Among important works:
- Tapestries — "Vidlyha" (1988), "Anhele, okhorontsi Mii..." (1992), "Yaka Tvoia Dolia?...", "Svitlo" (both 1993), "Kompozytsiia-5" (1997), "Pohliad u Vikno Vchorashnioho Lita" (1998), "Koly v Ukraiini Pivnich, u Kanadi Svitaie" (1999), "Doroha" (2000);
- Textiles — "Piznannia" (2002), "Mezhi" (2003).
Awards
[edit]- Diploma of the International Symposium on Artistic Textiles "Riga–89" and the "Lviv Autumn Salon 'Vysokyi Zamok'" exhibition (Lviv, 1997).
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Краплини скарбів Софії Бурак". Збруч. 2025-06-17.
- ^ "Виставка «Краплини скарбів Софії Бурак»". Національний музей у Львові.
Bibliography
[edit]- Burak Sofiia Yaroslavivna / H. D. Kusko // Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine [Online] / Eds. : I. М. Dziuba, A. I. Zhukovsky, M. H. Zhelezniak [et al.] ; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Shevchenko Scientific Society. – Kyiv : The NASU institute of Encyclopedic Research, 2004, upd. 2016.
- Чегусова З. Декоративне мистецтво України кінця ХХ століття. 200 імен: Альбом-каталог. К., 2002.
