Ivan Turetskyy

The artist was born on August 17, 1956 in Krasnoyarsk (Russian Federation). He graduated from the Lviv Art College which was named after I.Trush. In 1982, he graduated from the Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (nowadays known as Lviv National Art Academy). He is a member of the Union of Artists in Ukraine, and is also one of the founders and members of the "Ukrainian Heraldry Society." He is the co-author of the Coat of Arms of Ukraine, with awards and emblems from state and city agencies. He worked for the Union of Ukrainian Philatelists in Austria and created more than 60 projects. He participated in the development of the draft cards to play in the category Vienna Melahge de Luxe for the firm Piatnik. He was a member of the international open art fair. His works are in private collections in Europe and America.  

Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Co-founder of the Ukrainian Heraldry Society. In addition to painting and graphics, he works creatively in various genres of applied art. The author of many territorial and private coats of arms, in particular, co-author of the small state emblem of Ukraine and the modern emblem of Lviv. Among the creative products are: postal stamps of Ukraine, collector envelopes and stamps for the Ukrainian Philatelists Association in Austria, projects of the series of collector coins of the Bank of Belarus. Designer of various honors and awards. The author of the idea and projects of a deck of playing cards for the Austrian company Piatnik. The artist is a participant of numerous exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad as well as international art pleiners. The works of the author are in collections of Ukrainian museums and private collections in Europe, Asia and America.

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His major exhibitions are as follows: A personal exhibition in gallery "Artes" in Lviv, Ukraine, 1989. Solo exhibition at the Museum of Ethnography. Lviv, Ukraine, 1993. Artists of the city. Freiburg, Germany,