Anatoliy Kryvolap

Anatoly Dmytrovych Kryvolap (, born 11 September 1946) is a Ukrainian artist, master of non-figurative painting, and full member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.

Kryvolap is considered the most "expensive" modern artist in Ukraine. In 2011, at an auction in New York, the painting Steppe was sold for a record price for a Ukrainian painting.

Biography Kryvolap was born on 11 September 1946 in the village of Yahotyn, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. In 1976, he graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute within the Faculty of Painting. He had originally enrolled in the academy in 1969 within the pedagogical faculty, but later changed his mind and switched to painting. He later also incorporated abstraction with Fauvism. During this time, he was working on a series of paintings entitled "Ukrainian Motive".

Since December 2016 – Member of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Committee of Ukraine.

Between 2014 and 2019, alongside Ihor Stupachenko, he was one of the chief painters for the newly built Church of the Intercession in the village of Lypivka within Kyiv Oblast. He helped with the use of modern materials and the use of bold colours, and the work was first exhibited at the municipal art gallery "Lavra" before being installed on the church walls.

On 20 August 2025, he was awarded the National Legend of Ukraine for his significant contributions to Ukrainian culture by presidential decree of Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Personal life Since 2001 he has lived in the village of Zasupoivka, which is near his hometown, Yahotyn, where he has worked ever since. 1993 – D’art Gallery, Toulouse, France. 1996 – Kaspari Gallery, Fürth, Germany. 2005 – Karas Gallery, Kyiv. 2006 – Sovі art Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv. 2011 – "Landscape of the XXI Century". OntoArtGallery, Kyiv. 2012 – "Ukrainian Motive". Mironova Gallery, Kyiv. 2012–2013 – permanent exhibition in OntoArtGallery, Kyiv