Zoya Lucevich
Biography
Zoya Lucevich, one of the top contemporary artists in Belarus, was born in Minsk, Belarus in a family of well-known Belarusian artists. She began her formal art education at the Minsk Art College and later continued her studies at the Belarusian Academy of Fine Arts in Minsk and the Düsseldorf State Art Academy in Germany. Throughout her career, Zoya has mounted numerous solo exhibitions and installations and participated in many group exhibitions in Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria, Germany, Italy, and Belgium. In 2006, she became an art director of the ZOYA Gallery in Warsaw, Poland, a contemporary art gallery which promotes a diverse group of emerging and established artists.
Selected Exhibitions
2008
• ZOYA / “Made in the District” project and exhibition at the United Nations, New York, US (solo)
• “Summer Holidays” Exhibit, National Palace of Art, Minsk, Belarus (solo)
• Exhibit at the private Gallery of Arts, Minsk, Belarus
2007
• “Toten Kopf und Apfelstrudel” Exhibit, ZOYA Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Exhibit at the Izum Lounge and Restaurant, Minsk, Belarus (solo)
• “Transparent Stories” auto glass exhibit at the National Museum of History and Culture of Belarus, sponsored by Volkswagen, Minsk, Belarus (solo)
2006
• ZOYA Gallery opens in Warsaw, Poland
• First auto glass exhibit, ZOYA Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (solo)
• “Belarus” exhibit at Grafik Museum Stiftung Schreiner, Bad Steben, Germany
• Participated in international art festival “Interwinter” in Poland
• “Matriarchy” Exhibit, Belarusian National Museum of Art, Minsk, Belarus (solo)
• “Love Confession” Exhibit at National Palace of Art, Minsk, Belarus
2005
• Participated in international art festival / exhibition in Varna, Bulgaria
• “Art of Belarus - Bridge Between East and West” Exhibit, Flensburg, Germany
• Participated in the “Formation” Exhibit at the National Library of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
• Exhibit at the Contemporary Art Gallery “P.S.”, Minsk, Belarus (solo)
2004
• Participated in the “Water Variations” exhibit at the National Palace of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
2003
• “The Other Side of Advertisement” exhibit at the M’ARS Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2002
• Kunsthale Taheles, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2001
• Exhibit at the Alexander Gallery, Vienna, Austria (solo)
• “Snatch of Happiness” exhibit at the Mogilev Museum of Art, Mogilev, Belarus
2000
• Exhibit at the Mersi Art Gallery, Tyrol, Austria (solo)
• “ZOYA 2000” catalogue of selected art works published
1999
• “Living Colors” exhibit at the German Embassy, Minsk, Belarus (solo)
• Best Young Artist award at the National Festival of Young Artists ”Time – Space - Personality”, Minsk, Belarus
1996
• “Zoya Lucevich” catalogue published
• Becomes a member of the Belarusian Artists Association
1995
• Exhibit at the Belarusian Museum of Art (solo)
• Joint exhibition of Belarusian and Lithuanian artists, National Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Best Belarusian Artist award, National Art Festival, Minsk, Belarus
1990
• Joint exhibition with Zoya Litvinova and Svetlana Katkova, the Art Museum of the City of Polotsk, Belarus
1989
• Best Young Artist award at the National Young Artists Exhibition ”New Names”, Minsk, Belarus