Viktar Kopach

Viktar Kopach (Belarusian pronouciation: Viktar Kopach) is a Belarusian contemporary sculptor who lives and works in Minsk.

Viktar Kopach
Born Viktar Casimiravich Kopach
(1970-08-24)24 August 1970
Masty district, Grodno Region, Belarus
Nationality Belarus
Known for Sculpture
Awards

2013 - Third Prize, 2014 Qingdao International Horticultural Expo International Sculpture Competition China

2011 - Second Prize, The 1st International Public Art Festival of Mudanjiang Jingpo Lake, China
"Mother @ Child" (2013) in Creation sculpture park in Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel

Biography

He was born on 24 August 1970 in Kopachi, a village in the Masty district, Grodno Region of western Belarus. He moved to Minsk in 1986. From 1986 until 1990 he studied at the art college; in 1990 he started a study at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts, which he finished in 1996. His first exhibition was in 1993 at the Marc Chagall Art Center in Vitebsk, Belarus. Since 1993, he has held over 38 exhibitions, in Belarus, Russia, Poland, Turkey, Syria, China, South Korea, Vietnam, Brasil, Spain and Germany. Since 1999 he became a member of Belarusian Artists' Union. In 2005—2012 he works as a restorer in Memorial Museum of Zair Azgur, Minsk, Belarus.

A number of public space sculptures in Belarus, Russia, South Korea, China, Turkey, Brazil, Spain, Syria, Kazakhstan, Israel and Poland. The author's works are in galleries, museums and private collections in Belarus, Poland, Germany, Malta, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, China and USA.

Public works

"Circulation in Nature" Sculpture in granite and cast iron by Viktar Kopach

Awards

Exhibitions

References

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