Halyna Sevruk

Halyna Sylvestrivna Sevruk (, ; 18 May 1929 – 13 February 2022) was a Ukrainian artist who was particularly notable for her ceramics and mosaics. Her art often incorporated themes related to Ukrainian history and culture. She was a member of the Ukrainian Sixtiers, a dissident movement of intellectuals within the Soviet Union in the 1960s.

Early years Sevruk was born on 18 May 1929 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. As a result of forced emigration, her parents had been in Samarkand starting in 1920.

Career Sevruk began her artistic training by studying painting with the artist Hryhorii Svitlytskyi. She later recalled these years fondly, and noted that the experience shaped her commitment to being a "true artist". In 1963, she completed "The Forest Song", the first of several mosaic pieces she would make. Another mosaic, entitled "Lily", was exhibited in 1964. In the same year, she also took up ceramics, a pursuit that would produce some of her better-known works. She created monumental ceramic artwork for installation in institutions, such as the Chorne More Hotel in Odesa, and the Khmilnyk Sanatorium.

Awards and recognition The Streetcode for Halyna Sevruk on the street named after her in Kyiv. Project: "Streetcode: History at Every Turn" by NGO "History Platform" She was awarded the Andrey Sheptytsky Art Prize in 1994. The award is named in honor of a former Metropolitan of the Greek Catholic Church who was an art aficionado.

Her art is on display at the Sixtier Museum in Kyiv.

On March 23, 2023, Marshalska Street in the Holosiivskyi District of Kyiv was renamed Halyna Sevruk Street. Subsequently, a Streetcode commemorative plaque was installed there by the NGO "History Platform" as part of the "Streetcode: History at Every Turn" project.