Painting as an Act of Inner Revelation
In a world where noise and speed have become the norm, Ruslan Tremba’s art invites us to pause. His works embody a delicate balance between the intuitive and the conceptual, between the raw forces of nature and intellectual experience. These are not merely paintings – they are reflections of the soul’s state, where every texture, every shade of color is deliberate and deeply lived.
Born in the heart of Zakarpattia, the artist has absorbed the profound intuition of nature, tradition, and space. In a world overwhelmed by noise and haste, Tremba’s art calls for stillness. His work is not about landscapes or form. It speaks to what remains after words: to the silence that resonates in the heart when you are alone with yourself. His compositions are like emotional landscapes – at once fragile and monumental, stripped of the unnecessary, yet filled with an elusive power.
Education
1999–2005 – Lviv National Academy of Arts
1995–1999 – A. Erdeli College of Arts, Uzhhorod
Solo Exhibitions
2024 – My Room With and Without Me, YA Gallery, Kyiv
2024 – They Were Here, Group “Vony”, Residency “Sorry, No Rooms”
2023 – A Museum Object (I’m Home), Residency “Sorry, No Rooms”
2022 – The Feeder – Moss of Life, Korsak Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lutsk
2021 – Silent Clock, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv
2020 – Sit Down, Think, Detenpula Gallery, Lviv
2019 – Intro, Korsak Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lutsk
2018 – Farewell, Word, Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod
2017 – My Realism, Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod
2017 – The Autumn That Changed Me, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv
2016 – Evenings in the Hamlet, VOTO, Uzhhorod
2016 – He is Where We Are, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv
2015 – Saplings, Public space installation, Friedensplatz, Stuttgart, Germany
2014 – The Feeling of Reality, Bottega Gallery, Kyiv
2012 – Vaccination, Detenpula Gallery, Lviv
2011 – Waiting for the Last Supper, Dzyga, Lviv
2010 – Ascension, YA Gallery, Kyiv
2010 – I Am a Donor, Contemporary Art Week, Lviv
Group Exhibitions
2020 – Evenings in Montenegro, Museum of Art, Cetinje, Montenegro
2020 – Immunity, Korsak Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lutsk
2019 – Kyiv Non Objective – The World of Icons, Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod
2019 – Picnic on the Roadside, Bunker Mus Gallery, Uzhhorod
2018 – Life on Mars?, Transcarpathia. Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany
2016 – Process 3. Abstract Reality, Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod
2016 – Phantommakers, Dukley Art Center, Montenegro
2015 – Plakhta, Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod
2015 – Ascension, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv
2014 – In Our Paradise, YA Gallery, Kyiv
2013 – Insomnia, Ilko Gallery, Uzhhorod
2013 – The Gold of the Carpathians, YA Gallery, Kyiv
2013 – Ukrainian Cross-Section, Triennial of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lublin, Poland
2013 – Miniatures and Nocturnes, Corridor Gallery, Uzhhorod
2012 – Dr. Esmarch’s Recipes, Dzyga, Lviv
2010 – Abstract Vision Test, YA Gallery, Kyiv
2010 – Third International Drawing Triennial, Minsk, Belarus
2009 – Don’t Be Afraid of Your Body, Gogolfest, Kyiv
2008 – Trophies of Depression, Tsekh Gallery, Kyiv
Collections
– National Museum, Kyiv
– Symbolum Sacrum Collection, Lviv
– Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv
– Korsak Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lutsk
– Browdy Art Collection, Kyiv
– Collection 11.11, Risan–Munich
– Dukley Art Center, Montenegro
Residencies
2020 – 11.11 Art Residency, Risan, Montenegro
2018 – Art Residency Velykyi Pereviz, Poltava
2016 – Dukley Art Centre Residency, Montenegro
2015 – Art Residency Velykyi Pereviz, Poltava
2008 – Symbolum Sacrum Stipendiate
2006 – Biryuchiy Contemporary Art Symposium
