Dragon fruitCanvas, oil, 160x240 cm, 202014 000€
UntitledCanvas, oil, 180х140 cm10 000€
Cut melonCanvas, oil, 95x105 cm, 20218000€
Still lifeCanvas, oil, 95x145 cm, 20008000€
ShellsCanvas, oil, 65x100 cm, 20007000€
Three GracesCanvas, oil, 60x80 cm8000€
About the artist
Roman Zhuk (b. 1955, Tlumach, Ivano-Frankivsk region) is a Ukrainian painter based in Amsterdam.
He graduated from the Lviv Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts in 1978, where he later taught painting until 1982.
Zhuk has exhibited widely across Europe, the United States, and Asia. He became a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine in 1987. An important figure in the emergence of contemporary Ukrainian art in the late 1980s, he was associated with the founding circle of the Ukrainian transavantgarde, including artists like Savadov and Senchenko.
Over the 1990s, he developed a distinctive visual language rooted in precise surface treatment and the reinterpretation of classical genres — particularly still life and portraiture — into enigmatic narratives. His works often incorporate surreal elements reminiscent of René Magritte and Max Ernst.
Selected exhibitions
Selected solo and group exhibitions:
2022 – “Independent” Art Charity Exhibition & Auction, BTG Gallery, Miami
2021 – Museum of Modernism, Lviv
2020 – Solo Exhibition, Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv
2020 – “I still love you”, solo exhibition, Lviv National Art Gallery, Lviv
2019 – “Spring Vibes”, solo exhibition, Auction House “Golden Section”, Kyiv
2019 – ZomerExpo 2019 “Europa”, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle
2018 – ARTIFACT Gallery, New York
2016 – “Modern Ukrainian Surrealism”, Central Artist’s House, Kyiv
2016 – ARTEXPO – 2016, New York
2013 – ZomerExpo 2013 “Aarde”, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
2013 – “Racing With Time: The Art of 1960s – The Beginning of 2000s”, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
2010 – Scope Art Show Basel, Switzerland
2010 – Art Chicago, USA
2010 – Art Palm Beach, USA
2009 – “New Wave”, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
2009 – Miami International Art Fair, USA
2009 – “Robbers”, solo exhibition, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
2008 – Europ’ART, Geneva
2006 – Solo exhibition, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
Collections
Lviv National Art Gallery
Sumy Art Museum
National Art Museum of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Museum of Contemporary Visual Art of Ukraine (Kyiv)