About Igor

Igor Lipskykh was born in Mykolaiv, Ukraine in 1991.
He graduated from the Mykolaiv College of Culture and Arts and later continued his studies at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, where he completed his master’s degree in easel painting in 2017.

From 2017 to 2018, he taught drawing at the academy before choosing to focus fully on his own artistic practice.

He currently lives and works in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Solo shows
2024-2025: Solo exhibition “Strangers,” Ryan Graff Contemporary, San Francisco, USA
2016: Solo Exhibition “Female Portrait,” Lesya Ukrainka Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine

Group shows

2026: Group exhibition “Winter Pre|Re View,” Ryan Graff Contemporary, San Francisco, USA 

2025: “Under One Roof,” Kharkiv Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine 
2023: Group exhibition “Future present,” Ryan Graff Contemporary, San Francisco, USA
2023: Charity Exhibition “Freedom,” Porokhova Tower, Lviv, Ukraine 
2021: “International Graphics Exhibition,” Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine 
2021: “Magical and Eternal,” Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine 
2020: Nationwide “Christmas Art Exhibition,” Union of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine 
2020: “Artist’s Day Exhibition”  Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine 
2020: “Nationwide Graphics Exhibition,” Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine 
2020: “Magical and Eternal. Nudes,” Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine 
2019-2020: “Christmas Exhibition,” Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine 
2019: “Artist’s Day Exhibition,” Union of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2019: Exhibition for consideration of membership in the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2017: “Art Twins 2” Lesya Ukrainka Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016: “ART-VEESNA,” National Museum of Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016: “Art Twins,” National Museum of Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015: “National Exhibition,”Union of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine
2014: “Exhibition of Monumental Painting Students,” KSADA, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2011: “Exhibition of Young Artists,” Union of Artist, Mykolaiv, Ukraine 

ARTIST STATEMENT

Working between expressionism and surrealism, Igor moves away from strict realism toward a more intuitive and experimental visual language. This approach allows him to go beyond just representation and explore bold expressive possibilities.