Nikolay Shmatko
{{Short description|Ukrainian artist (1943–2020)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nikolay Shmatko
| native_name = {{nobold|Микола Шматько}}
| native_name_lang = uk
| image = Timoshenko_Shmatko.jpg
| imagesize = 240px
| caption = Nikolay Shmatko & "Ukrainian Aurora"
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|8|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Krasnohorivka, Reichskommissariat Ukraine
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|9|15|1943|8|17}}
| death_place = Pereiaslav, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
| occupation = Sculptor, painter
| nationality = Ukrainian
| website = [http://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/ Marble sculpture of King of marble of Nicolai Shmatko]
}}
Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko ({{langx|uk|Микола Гаврилович Шматько}}; 17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.{{citation
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Biography
Shmatko became a sculptor at the age of 33, having previously been a firefighter.Smirnova, Helen (September 10, 2003), "I lived 13 years in a vault", Facts and comments (Ukraine, Donetsk) During all his creative development Nikolai Shmatko created more than 750 various monuments and about 500 pictures.{{Cite web|title=Nikolai Shmatko :: Biography :: Personal exhibitions|url=https://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/engver/Bioexe2.html|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com}}
He worked in marble, inspired by European culture and art. His studio and gallery contain 100 sculptures (more than 70 of which are made of Ural and Italian marble); 30 plaster casts; and about 300 pictures (including paintings, graphics, and architectural designs). In total, there are approximately 750 pieces, ranging from simple decorations to bas-relief and high relief busts and sculptures.{{cite web|url=https://day.kyiv.ua/uk/article/osobistist/skulptor-iz-pidzemellya-mikola-shmatko|title=Скульптор із підземелля Микола Шматько }} Some of these pieces are sexually explicit and even pornographic.{{cite web|url=http://pda.segodnya.ua/regions/donetsk/avtor-ckultrury-holoj-timoshenko-pokazal-chto-takoe-cekc.html|title=Автор скультруры голой Тимошенко показал, что такое секс (фото)|publisher=Pda.segodnya.ua|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126101000/http://pda.segodnya.ua/regions/donetsk/avtor-ckultrury-holoj-timoshenko-pokazal-chto-takoe-cekc.html|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.citynews.net.ua/news/11473-novye-skulptury-shmatko-virtuozy-seksa-i-luganskiy-sudya-s-indyukom.html|title=Новые скульптуры Шматько: виртуозы секса и луганский судья с индюком|website=Citynews.net.au|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127223113/http://www.citynews.net.ua/news/11473-novye-skulptury-shmatko-virtuozy-seksa-i-luganskiy-sudya-s-indyukom.html|archive-date=27 November 2014|url-status=live}} Shmatko also worked in architecture, and had a design for a penis-shaped high-rise building.{{cite web|url=http://www.ostro.org/general/society/news/39686/|title=Автор 140-метрового фаллоса изобразил, как Тимошенко всем на голову села (Фото)|website=ОстроВ|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053231/http://www.ostro.org/general/society/news/39686/|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=live}}
In 2004, for his work "Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin" - a statue of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos "Hegumenia") for Sviato-Uspenskyi Sviatohorskyi Monastery - Shmatko was awarded the order of Nestor Letopisets by Volodymyr Sabodan, the Kyiv Metropolitan, and all of Ukraine.{{Citation|last=Aseeva |first=Anna |title=The person from a marble |newspaper=Zerkalo Nedeli |location=Ukraine, Kyiv |volume=26 |date=July 18, 2008 |url=https://zn.ua/ART/chelovek_iz_mramora.html }}
In the autumn of 2005 the Transfiguration church was opened in the village of Keleberda, Poltava region. Exclusively for this church, the sculptor created a marble sculpture "The Crucifixion".
In autumn 2012, at the invitation of oligarch Viktor Baloha,{{cite web|url=http://www.eastkorr.net/kultura/pokinuvshego-lugansk-skulptora-shmatko-vzyal-pod-opeku-baloga|title=Покинувшего Луганск скульптора Шматько взял под опеку Балога|publisher=Eastkorr.net|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201153803/http://www.eastkorr.net/kultura/pokinuvshego-lugansk-skulptora-shmatko-vzyal-pod-opeku-baloga|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}} Shmatko moved with his family to the city of Mukachevo.{{cite web|url=http://tisk.org.ua/?p=18517|title=Культурный герой Шматько покинул Луганск|website=Давление света - новости культуры, авторские статьи, рецензии, стихи, фото, живопись|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201210205/http://tisk.org.ua/?p=18517|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.top.lg.ua/news/Nikolayu-SHmatko-predlozhil-pereehat-v-Mukachevo-ministr-MCHS-Ukrainy-Viktor-Baloga-29056|title=Николаю Шматько предложил переехать в Мукачево министр МЧС Украины Виктор Балога|publisher=Top.lg.ua|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125225741/http://www.top.lg.ua/news/Nikolayu-SHmatko-predlozhil-pereehat-v-Mukachevo-ministr-MCHS-Ukrainy-Viktor-Baloga-29056|archive-date=25 November 2014|url-status=live}}
Exhibitions
- 2007: Biennale di Firenze 2007, Italy; received 4th place award in sculpture and installation[http://www.florencebiennale.org/ing_premiati07.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924041551/http://www.florencebiennale.org/ing_premiati07.html|date=September 24, 2008}}
- 2009: Biennale di Firenze 2009, Italy; Participating Artists 2009{{Cite web | url=http://www.florencebiennale.org/en/artists-2009/ | title=Participating Artists 2009 | access-date=2016-02-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209190407/http://www.florencebiennale.org/en/artists-2009/ | archive-date=2016-02-09 | url-status=live }}
- 2012: ArtMonaco 2012, Monaco; Exposants - Exhibitors, Art Monaco 2012 (page 160){{Cite web | url=https://issuu.com/artmonacomagazine/docs | title=Art Monaco | access-date=2016-02-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216051349/https://issuu.com/artmonacomagazine/docs | archive-date=2016-02-16 | url-status=live }}
Works in public collections
- Shmatko's bust of Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko is stored in the museum of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.{{cite web|url=http://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/engver/w153z.html|title=The Ukrainian artist Soshenko I.M. 1807-1876 (Carrara marble 0,35x0,35x0,60)|publisher=Kingofmarble-shmatko.com|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125657/http://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/engver/w153z.html|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=live}}{{YouTube|QpvkATyFjaU|Bust of Soshenko (Video)}}
Svyatogorsk.jpg|Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin
Sviato-Uspenska
Sviatohirsk Lavra
Sviatohirsk, Ukraine
Shmatko-statue.jpg|Foreplay
Ural marble, 66 x 125 x 67
Soshenko.jpg|Ivan Soshenko
Shevchenko Taras.jpg|Taras Shevchenko
Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
References
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External links
- [http://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/engver/index_en.html Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130323190808/http://basmahbintsaud.com/blog/a-sculpture-has-been-made-in-honour-of-hrh-princess-basmah/ Official website of HRH Princess Basmah Bint Saud]
- [https://www.whatson-kyiv-archive.com/index.php?go=News&in=view&id=5065 Sculpture Gives Yulia Nude Treatment]
- [http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukrainian_Sculptor_Unveils_Yanukovych_Bust/2118665.html Radio Liberty interview]
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