Borys Rudyi

Borys Rudyi (; 20 June 1948 – 6 June 2017) was a Ukrainian sculptor. Member of National Union of Artists of Ukraine (from 1989), the art group "Khoruhva".

Biography Borys Rudy was born on 20 June 1948, in Kryvovilka (now Teofipol Hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine).

In 1981, he graduated from the . From 1972, he lived and worked in Ternopil.

He died on 6 June 2017, in Ternopil. He is survived by his wife, Iryna.

Creativity He worked in the fields of easel, monumental, and decorative sculpture. In his works, he used metal, stone, chamotte, and wood. From that same year, he presented his works in Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Ternopil, and Chernivtsi.

In July 2018, a posthumous exhibition of the sculptor's work was held at the Gallery of the .

Among his important works: Sculptures: "Fleistyst" (1985), "Arkhitektor" (1986), "Dvoie" (1988), "Zvilnennia" (1992), "Bez nas" (1993), "Perekhrestia" (1995), "Karpaty" (2005). Memorial complex Molotkiv Tragedy in Molotkiv, Kremenets Raion (1985, co-author). Monuments: to the brothers Mykhailo and Tymofii Boichuk's in Romanivka, Ternopil Raion (1992, bronze); to Danylo Halytskyi in Ternopil (2002, chased copper, architect Oleksandr Mishchuk). Cross of Sorrow on Hill (Ternopil Raion), a stone cross near the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ternopil, and a stone composition "Mezha" (1989). He was the author of the iconostases and frescoes for over 20 churches.

Some of his works are preserved in the collections of Ukrainian museums.

Awards Mykhailo Boichuk Prize (1990).