monotype, paper, 10 cm x 8 cm (composition); 19.5 cm x 15.5 cm (sheet)
signed in pencil below the composition;
lower left: technique and edition number - Monotype | 1/1;
bottom right: artist’s signature and year - Y. Kachmar - 05
Yaroslav Kachmar.
Born in 1955 in Lviv, Ukraine. A prominent figure in contemporary art. He works in painting, graphic art, and ceramic sculpture.
In 1974, he graduated from the ceramics department of the Lviv School of Applied Arts
(now the Ivan Trush Lviv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts).
Since 1976, he has been actively involved in the arts. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in Poland and in over 100 international symposia and competitions around the world.
Since 1994, he has collaborated with the Art Exhibitions Office in Lublin under the direction of the renowned art critic Andrzej Mroczek, where he has held three solo exhibitions and participated in numerous projects in which he exhibited his works alongside such renowned artists as: Christo, J. Nowosielski, J. Bereś, Nikifor, Koji Kamoji, Stanisław Fijałkowski, and others, including during the exhibition titled “Signs of Identity.”
Curator of international art projects.
In 2013, he was awarded the Medal of Honor at the 24th International Biennial of Contemporary Exlibris in Malbork. Also in the same year, he was a laureate of the 2nd Triennial of Ukrainian Abstract Art in the field of graphic art in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. In 2014, he was awarded the Medal of Honor at the 15th International Triennial "Small Forms of Graphic Art" in Łódź.
In 2015, he was awarded the Medal of Honor at the 25th International Biennial of Contemporary Exlibris in Malbork.
Jarosław Kaczmar’s works are held in public, private, and museum collections across Europe, America, and Asia, including:
Adogi Taller Gallery, Barcelona / Spain
Central Library of Hong Kong, Hong Kong / China
International Exlibris Art Salon, Beijing / China
Museum of Modern Art, Hunfeld / Germany
Public Library, Warsaw / Poland
State Gallery of Art, Łódź / Poland
Center for Copperplate Engraving, Lublin / Poland
Castle Museum, Malbork, Poland
Library of the Academy of Sciences, Gdańsk / Poland
City Museum, Ostrów Wielkopolski / Poland
Municipal Public Library, Gliwice / Poland
Gamblebyen Gallery, Fredrikstad, Norway
Contemporary Art Collection, Chełm Museum, Chełm/Poland
Private Collection, Blue-s Gallery, Paweł Korzeniewski/Poland
Private Collection of Klaus Rodl/Denmark
Private Collection of Petro Nesterenko/Ukraine
Private Collection of W. Batler/United Kingdom
Fritidgarden Susekuiien, Olofström/Sweden
Exlibris Circle in Belgrade/Serbia
S.S.P.E., Prague/Czech Republic
St. Petersburg Club Exlibris Collection/Russia
Hacettepe University, Ankara Exlibris Society/Turkey
Ankara Exlibris Society, Ankara, Turkey
A.D.A.F.A., Cremona/Italy
Municipal Museum, Brunico/Italy
Rotary Club, Acqui Terme-Ovada/Italy
Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo/Japan
International Exlibris Center, Museum of Small Forms, Saint-Niklaas/Belgium
Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
Museum of Modernism, Lviv, Ukraine
