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Egor Zigura

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About the artist

Egor Zigura is a sculptor and contemporary artist, who works with different mediums. He was born 1984 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. The artist creates sculptures, installations, and art objects. 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.

  • List of the exhibitions

    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) 
    BIFRONTE, (together with Nikita Zigura), Triptych Gallery, Kyiv 
    3D. SCULPTURE VECTOR, Art center Chocolate House, Kyiv (catalog) 
    BIFRONTE, (together with Nikita Zigura) ArtUnity gallery, Granada, Spain 
    All-Ukrainian Triennial of Sculpture 2017, Central House of Artists, Kyiv (catalog) 
    ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 
    Symbols boundless steppe, Ivan Honhсar Muzeum, Kyiv 
    BIFRONTE (together with Nikita Zigura), Palazzo Pallavicino, Parma, Italy 
    2016 
    GOGOLFEST, Festival of Contemporary Art, Art-Works platform, Kyiv 
    Recipe for Utopia, Institute of Contemporary Art, (catalog), Kyiv 
    Art for Life, Art Arsenal, Kyiv (catalog) 
    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