Mikhail Reva

Mykhailo Volodymyrovych Reva (; born 13 March 1960) is a Ukrainian artist, sculptor, architect, and founder of the non-profit organization REVA Foundation.

Biography

2024 Exhibition SCRUTINY of EVIL at the U.S. Embassy's storied Hotel de Talleyrand, city halls of Paris’ 3rd and 15th districts, Paris (France) 2023 Exhibition SCRUTINY OF EVIL at Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Ukraine 2019 Exhibition REVELATION at Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Ukraine 2015 Established Charity Foundation Reva (Ukraine) 2014 Participation in the exhibition "Ukrainian Breakthrough" at the Center for Contemporary Art, Odesa. 2010 First prize in the international competition for the creation of the memorial and museum complex "Babi Yar" Kyiv, Ukraine 2005 Personal exhibition "7305". Museum of Western & Oriental Arts, Odesa (Ukraine) 2003 Exhibition "Decorative and Applied Art of Ukraine of the ХХ century, 200 names". Ukrainian House, Kyiv 2000 Participation in the exhibition "20 Artists of Ukraine at the end of the 20th century". National Museum of Art, Kyiv 2000 Personal exhibition ATAR OF CHILDREN'S DREAMS . Children's Rehabilitation Center, Odesa, Ukraine 1997 Grand Prix of the International Festival of Arts GOLDEN PERETIN, Kyiv, Ukraine 1996 DREAMS OF MONTEZUMA - personal exhibition within a framework of international project "Communication" in Caracas, Venezuela 1995 "Gateway to ..." - personal exhibition within the framework of the International Conference dedicated to V.V. Kandinsky at Museum of Western and Eastern Arts, Odesa 1994 International exhibition of miniature sculptures, dedicated to Divine Comedy Dante in Ravenna, Italy 1992 Personal exhibition in the House of the Artist, Moscow 1991-1992 Internship at the Roman Academy of Arts, Italy

Art works 2024 Sculpture EPIPHANY NOW, Odesa 2022-2024 Sculptures and paintings for movable exhibition SCRUTINY OF EVIL 2021 Sculptures EDEM and BIRTH OF THE SOUL, the Greek Park, Odesa 2019 Sculpture MORE BOOKS, LESS FEAR, next to Odesa National Scientific Library 2018 VIOLIN SOUL for The International Pedagogy Award of Honor, Foundation Sion Violin Music, Switzerland 2018 Fountain ORIGIN OF INCEPTION Greek Park, Odesa 2018 Sculptural composition PARTICLES OF LIFE in Odrex Medical House, Odesa 2017 Sculpture DOMUS SOLIS, beachside Odesa 2016 The tomb of Bogdan Stupka, Kiev (Ukraine) 2015 Park sculpture ODESSA'S TIME, Odesa Central Park 2012 Sculptural composition CITY CENTER Odesa 2012 The project TRILOGY OF GRAPE VINE at Shabo Wine Culture Center, Odesa Region 2011 Architectural project of the monument of Issac Babel with sculptor Georgy Frangulyan, Odesa 2009 Fountain (bronze, golden leaf) in the atrium of Intercontinental Hotel, Kyiv 2009 Concept of architectural project for the memorial and museum complex "Babi Yar", Kyiv 2007-2008 Sculpture THE GRAIN OF LIFE with Angelo Farion, Moscow 2007 Interior design of Intercontinental Hotel, Kyiv 2006 Sculptural composition HEART OF THE WORLD Children's Rehabilitation Center, Odesa 2006 Sculptural composition TREE OF LOVE Odesa 2005 Monument MEMORY OF WORLDWIDE TERRORISM VICTIMS Kyiv 2003 Sculptures in business center LEONARDO, Kyiv 2001 Competition project of the monumental sculpture CRYSTAL DREAM for the public project "3 Acres on the Lake", Chicago (US) 1999 Sculpture THE 12th CHAIR, Odesa Central Park 1999 Competition project of monumental sculpture ADAM'S APPLE commissioned by Amsterdam, Netherlands 1998 Peter Berg Prize OVERCOMING THE IMPOSSIBLE, ordered by the National Geographic Society of Great Britain 1997 The project THE SLAVIC SHRINES for the National Treasury of Ukraine. 1997 A complex of fountains on a biblical theme for the residence of the US ambassador in Kyiv, Ukraine 1996 Monumental sculpture ANGEL OF GRACE installed over the entrance to the rehabilitation center for disabled children, Odesa 1994-1995 Bas-reliefs FOUR SIDES OF THE WORLD to the monumental sculpture of Ernst Neizvestny THE GOLDEN CHILD, Odesa 1993 The fountain SOURCE OF LIFE dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Odesa 1988, 1990, 1994 Design of "Grand Award" for the International Film Festival "Golden Duke". Odesa

Gallery

Publications La Divina Commedia rivive in Ucraina nell'opera di Reva @ ANSA (Italy) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Ugo Poletti @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine) Seeing Love and Resurrection During Wartime: Mikhail Reva Unveils His New Sculpture in Odesa by Ugo Poletti @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine) Mikhail Reva: Stirring the Soul – With Shrapnel Transformed Into Art by Stash Luczkiw @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine) L'arma segreta dell'Ucraina: l'arte di Mikhail Reva di Anna Husarska @ IL FOGLIO (Italy) Ukrainian sculptor's haunting artworks made from war debris go on display in Paris by Theo Farrant @ EuroNews (Belgium) Ukraine’s most famous sculptor turns war debris into art, expressing the inexpressible by Thomas Adamson @ Associated Press (US) Ukraine’s secret weapon: Art by Anna Husarska @ The Washington Post (US) After an artist’s studio was damaged in a Russian missile strike, he found a new medium: war debris by Laura King @ Los Angeles Times (US) ‘My vendetta against Putin’: the Ukrainian sculptor whose haunting work is shaped by war by Luke Harding @ The Guardian (UK) Moloch on an Odesa Beach by Blair A. Ruble @ Wilson Center Le sculture di Odessa, l'orrore e la memoria che invade il presente by Adriano Sofri @ IL FOGLIO (Italy) Mikhail Reva, el escultor ucraniano que hace obras con lo que la guerra le deja by Omar Genovese @ PERFIL (Argentina) Ukrajinski umjetnik izradio je sat Putinu za rođendan, a danas je izbjeglica: 'Ne zaslužuje ga' by Dijana Marić Odobašić @ 24SATA (Croatia) Poznati ukrajinski umjetnik, o kojem opširno piše i Wikipedia, bježeći od rata našao utočište u Rapcu by Branko Biočić @ Glas Istre (Croatia) New sculptures by Reva installed in the Odessa Greek park by Ugo Poletti @ The Odessa Journal (Ukraine) Odessa artist: Mikhail Reva by Ugo Poletti @ The Odessa Journal (Ukraine)