Egor Zigura
Born in Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) in 1984, Egor Zigura currently lives and works in Kyiv.
The artist creates sculptures, installations, and art objects. He graduated from Taras Shevchenko Art School in 2003, from the Department of Sculpture of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in 2009, and from the graduate program of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in 2012. He taught sculpture and graphic art at the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University. A member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.
As a sculptor, Egor Zigura seeks to explore the legacy of the classical antiquity. His sculptures combine canonical forms with contemporary notions, highlighting the issue of identity in the multicultural world, consumerism, ecological challenges, and other problems of the global society. Egor works both with traditional and with contemporary materials. His arsenal includes bronze, metal and polyester. His works have won acclaim on the international level: they have been represented at international auctions (Phillips, Sotheby’s) and participated in art fairs (Spectrum Miami, Kölner Liste, Tokyo International Art Fair, Volta Basel, and more).
Egor Zigura’s sculptures were acquired by numerous private and public collections, including Zenko Foundation (Ukraine), Abramovych Foundation (Ukraine), Brovdi Foundation (Ukraine), and Stedley Art Foundation (Ukraine). His sculptures can be found in private collections in Denmark, France, Portugal, the UK, Singapore, the USA, Japan, China and Italy. His sculptures have been exhibited in many public spaces, including the Abramovych Sculpture Park (Kyiv), Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, A2 clinic (Dnipro).
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2020
AfterToday, Premier Vip Lounge Boryspil International Airport, Kyiv
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Genezis, Dancing House Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Modern Ukrainian Symbolism and Mikhail Vrubel, National Museum of Kyiv Art Gallery, Kyiv
Kyiv Investment Forum 2019, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
Undisturbed silence, Portal 11, Kyiv
BIFRONTE, Gallery Spazio GIOELE CHI, Castell'Arquato, Italy.
2018
Small, Wintry, Sculptural Triptych Art, Kyiv
More than sculpture, Art Ukraine Gallery, Kyiv
2017
Private Collection. Contemporary Ukrainian Artists, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv (catalog)
2016
2015
Festival of contemporary art by young artists, FELDMAN ART PARK 2015, Kharkiv, Ukraine
RATIO OF INDEPENDENCE, America House Kyiv, Kyiv
The practice of change, Institute of Contemporary Art, Kyiv
# INSTAART, Gallery Art Collection, Kyiv
Be a place, Intercontinental Hotel, Kyiv
Art Twins, Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv
2014
Spring wind. New Land, Land Art Festival, Kyiv
Civil mysticism, Institute of Contemporary Art, Kyiv (catalog)
Fire of love. Dedication of the Maidan, Center for Contemporary Art M17, Kyiv
All-Ukrainian Triennial of Sculpture - 2014, Central House of Artists, Kyiv (catalog)
2013
Sculpture exhibition, with R. Saenko graphics, Mytets Gallery, Kyiv
Industrial Eden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Kyiv (catalog)
2012
Aftertoday, Solo exhibition, Central House of Artists, Kyiv
GOGOLFEST, Festival of Contemporary Art, metal factory, Kyiv
2011
Dvovymir, Solo exhibition, with Nikita Zigura, Hetman Museum, Kyiv
M17- LAB is painting dead?, Contemporary art center M17, Kyiv
All-Ukrainian Triennial of Sculpture, Central House of Artists, Kyiv (catalog)
2008
All-Ukrainian Triennial of Sculpture, Central House of Artists, Kyiv (catalog)
2007
Spring wind, Land art festival, Kyiv
GOGOLFEST, Festival of Contemporary Art, Art Arsenal, Kyiv