Ballerina (Homage to Saint-Saens), 2014

Yevgeniy Prokopov  

Yevgeniy Prokopov was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1950. He studied sculpture at the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture (State University of Art Culture and Art History) in Ukraine. In 1980 Yevgeniy received a PhD in visual arts from the Academy of Arts in Moscow. After arriving in the USA in 1998 Yevgeniy Prokopov lived and worked in Chicago; he now resides in Florida.
Yevgeniy’s sculptures has been shown around 30 museums and galleries internationally such as:
National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kyiv and Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago and Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, Texas and
Ukrainian Institute of America, New York City, USA
Over the last few decades, Yevgeniy Prokopov has had over twenty solo exhibitions. His artworks are in private collections in Ukraine, United States, Israel, Germany, Denmark, and Switzerland. In 2005 his artwork was sold at Sotheby’s Auction.
Yevgeniy Prokopov is widely known for his monumental sculptures:
"Heavenly Brigade", in Bloomingdale, IL in memory of the “Nebesna Sotnia” (Maidan victims) and all those who gave their lives for the freedom of Ukraine (2015),
Patriarch Josyf Cardinal Slipyj at St. Volodymyr and Olha Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois (2009),
Prometheus at State Museum of Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998);
Student and Professor Heroes of the Kyiv State University, Kyiv, Ukraine (1989);
Sculptural composition Memory at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv, Ukraine (1988);
Bronze group of Two Cyclists at Lite-on Corporation, Neihu, Taiwan (2008).
Yevgeniy Prokopov has been awarded numerous national and professional prizes and honors in recognition of his artistic achievements:
National Ukrainian Government Award Merited Artist of Ukraine (1998),
Edouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation Award (1997), also
numerous prizes for participation in International Sculptural Symposiums.
Articles and reproductions in print of his sculptures are found in specialized art publications, art history journals and books for art lovers throughout the world.
Yevgeniy Prokopov has been a member of the Artists’ Union of Ukraine since 1978. He is a member of International Sculpture Center from May 2022.