Ihor Podolchak

Ihor Podolchak (Ukrainian: Ігор Подольчак) (born April 9, 1962) is a Ukrainian filmmaker and visual artist. He is a co-founder of the creative association Masoch Fund. Podolchak was born in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine). He graduated from Lviv Academy of Fine Arts (then Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts) with distinction in 1984.

Artist, creator of numerous projects in the field of visual art, winner of 25 international art exhibitions in Canada, USA, South Korea, Latvia, Poland, Norway, Spain, Ukraine. The artist’s book Jacob Bohme was awarded as World’s Best Book (Bronze Medal) by Stiftung Buchkunst Frankfurt am Main at Frankfurt Book Fair. One of his 24 personal exhibitions was the first art exhibition ever to be held in space, at space station Mir in 1993. Artworks of Podolchak can be found in 26 museums and public collections worldwide.