Oleg Shupliak
Website	http://art.ber.te.ua

Oleg Shupliak (Oleg Shuplyak) (born 23 September 1967 in Bishche) is a Ukrainian artist living in Berezhany.^[1]

Life and works

He creates artistic works in optical illusion, such as imaginative portrait heads named ‘Hidden Images’. He uses painting, photography, graphics, illustration and animation. In 1991, he graduated the Architecture Department of the Lviv Polytechnic National University. Since 2000 he has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. He is the creator of the official logo of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko.^[2]

Exhibitions

• 1991 – Personal exhibition (Berezhany)
• 1993 – Ukrainian autumn art exhibition (Kiev)
• 1994 – Personal exhibition (at Nottingham, Derby City, England)
• 1994 – Personal exhibition (Berezhany)
• 1995 – Ukrainian art exhibition “The Picturesque Ukraine” (Kiev)
• 1996 – Regional exhibition of Sacred Art (Ternopil)
• 1996 – Collective exhibition of Ternopil artists in Ukraine
• 1997 – Ukrainian exhibition of icon writers (Ternopil)
• 1998 – Ukrainian art exhibition “Galich -1100” (Ivano Frankivsk)
• 2000 – Ukrainian exhibition dedicated to the Day of the Artist (Kiev)
• 2001 – International exhibition “High Castle” (Lviv)
• 2011 – Exhibition of exchange Ternopil and Lutsk (Lutsk)
• 2011 – International exhibition “High Castle” (Lviv)
• 2012 – Personal exhibition in the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko (Kiev)
• 2013 – Ukrainian exhibition “Portrait of a Woman in Art” (Kiev)
• 2013 – Exhibition “Unexpected Shevchenko” in the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko (Kiev)
• 2013 – Personal exhibition “Metamorphoses” (gallery “N-prospect” , St.Petersburg, Russia)
• 2013 – Personal exhibition “Metamorphosis” (Vejle, Denmark)
• 2015 – Personal exhibition “IMAGINARIUM” (Poznan, Poland)
• 2015 – Personal exhibition “IMAGINARIUM” (Kluczbork, Poland)

Prizes and awards

• 1996 – Second Prize in the Regional exhibition of Sacred Art (Ternopil)^[3]
• 2013 – Gold medal and a diploma laureate “For excellence in creating a unique style of Art”. International Foundation “Cultural Heritage” (St.Petersburg)
• 2013 – First Prize in the Ukrainian open competition for the best design of a logo to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko

Works in collections

• National Museum of Taras Shevchenko in Kiev
• Ministry of Ukrainian Culture in Kiev
• International Foundation “Cultural Heritage” in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Private collections in countries around the world