BORN: February, 8 1956, Lviv, Ukraine
EDUCATION: UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF PRINTING, SPECIALITY "GRAPHICS"
ACTIVITY: PRINTMAKING, WATERCOLOUR, ILLUSTRATION FOR BOOKS
MEMBERS OF THE UNION OF ARTISTS OF UKRAINE
MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRIAN SOCIETY OF EX-LIBRIS (1998–2007)
ADDRESS: Sergey Hrapov, P.O.Box 10529, 79049 – Lviv, U K R A I N E
O N E - M A N E X H I B I T I O N S :
GALLERY "OERAL" / 15 JANUARY - 15 MAY 1998 / ASSEN, HOLLAND .
GALLERY "OERAL" / 20 JANUARY - 20 MARCH 1999 / ASSEN, HOLLAND .
EXLIBRIS - AUSSTELLUNG / 20 OCTOBER 2001 - 31 MARCH 2002 / PETTENBACH, AUSTRIA .
GALLERY ' t Lageland /18 APRIL - 8 JUNE 2003 / LAGELAND, HOLLAND .
GALLERY "KARSI" / 1-26 MARCH, 2005 / ISTANBUL, TURKEY .
“NEMOART” GALLERY / OCTOBER 6 - NOVEMBER 25, 2006 / ANCHORAGE, U S A .
“PAMATNIK PETRA BEZRUCE” / SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 / OPAVA, CZECH REPUBLIK .
I N T E R N A T I O N A L E X H I B I T I O N S :
1991
INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION "MINIART - 91", OLOFSTROM, SWEDEN .
INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION "MINIATURE - 6", FREDRIKSTAD, NORWAY .
INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE "IMPREZA - 91", IVANO - FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE .
1992
14 - INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY EXLIBRIS, MALBORK, POLAND .
2 - BIENNALE OF GRAPHIC ART, KALININGRAD, RUSSIA .
PREMIO 10 - NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL PRINT TRIENNALE, FREDRIKSTAD, NORWAY .
INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS EXHIBITION, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA .
1993
INTERNATIONALE BIELLA PER L`INCISIONE, BIELLA, ITALIA .
V - BIENNALE OF SMALL FORMS AND EXLIBRIS, OSTROW WIELKOPOLSKI, POLAND .
1994
A TREASURY OF WORLD EXLIBRIS, HONG-KONG .
INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION "MINIATURE - 7", FREDRIKSTAD, NORWAY .
"A FOCUS ON FISH" WORCESTER CITY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, ENGLAND .
THE 2ND BRITISH INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION, TOURING 94 - 96, ENGLAND .
1995
VI- BIENNALE OF SMALL FORMS AND EXLIBRIS, OSTROW WIELKOPOLSKI, POLAND.
MINIPRINT INTERNATIONAL CADAQUES, BARSELONA, SPAIN .
"MINIBIENNAL - 95", OLOFSTROM, SWEDEN .
"L`AIGLE DE NICE 1995", FRANCE (CE DIPLOME D`HONNEUR) .
"A FOCUS ON FISH", BEDFORD LIBRARY GALLERY, ENGLAND .
"BANKSIDE GALLERY", LONDON, ENGLAND .
1996
"TEN PRINTMAKERS FROM UKRAINE", SUSEKULLEN, OLOFSTROM, SWEDEN .
16 - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN EXLIBRIS, MALBORK, POLAND .
SMALL GRAPHIC FORMS, LODZ, POLAND .
MINIPRINT INTERNATIONAL DE CADAQUES, BARSELONA, SPAIN .
"A FOCUS ON FISH" THE CRYPT GALLERY, BRISTOL, ENGLAND .
MAKING LINKS - CONTEMPORARY PRINT FROM EASTERN EUROPE, IDANO, USA .
"THE BOOK GARDEN", TOURING, ENGLAND .
RUSSIAN SPRING - A SECTION OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN PRINTS,
AT THE BRUNEL GALLERY, BRUNEL UNIVERSITY, UXBRIDGE, MIDLESEX, ENGLAND .
"ALL GREATURES SMALL…" OFF - CENTRE GALLERY, BRISTOL, ENGLAND .
THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION (BIENNAL), SEOUL, KOREA .
INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION "MINIATURE - 8", FREDRIKSTAD, NORWAY .
1997
THE 3RD BRITISH INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION, TOIRING 1997-1998,
LEICESTER, DEVIZES, RYE, ABERYSTWYTH, UXBRIDGE, ENGLAND .
INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS COMPETITION 1997 - FAIRY TALES, SINT -NIKLAAS, BELGUM .
VII - BIENNALE OF SMALL FORMS AND EXLIBRIS, OSTROW WIELKOPOLSKI, POLAND .
"MINIBIENNAL - 97", OLOFSTROM, SWEDEN .
INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS COMPETITION "TILL ULENSPIEGEL", DAMMA, BELGIUM (Nomination) .
"THE OF THE BEST IN EUROPEAN CONTEMPORARY EXLIBRIS - ART", BRUSSEL, BELGIUM .
2 - INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS GRAPHICAL COMPETITION, GLIWICE - 97, POLAND .
"ALL CREATURES SMALL", WEISDALE SHETLAND (AN ISLAND NORTH OF SCOTLAND),
PETBROKE DOCK LIBRARY, PETBROKE (WALES) /P.Ford/.
1998
"GLI EXLIBRIS UCRAINI CONTEMPORANEI", PROVINCIA DI CHIETI, ITALIA .
17 - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN EXLIBRIS, MALBORK, POLAND (Nomination) .
"IN MEMORIAM ALBIN BRUNOUSKY", ANTWERPEN, BELGIUM .
M.C.ESCHER FOUNDATION, DE BAARN, HOLLAND .
MINI PRINT INTERNATIONAL DE CADAQUES, BARSELONA, SPAIN .
XXVII INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS CONGRESS, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA .
2 - EXLIBRIS TRIENNIAL, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA .
AGART WORLD PRINT FESTIVAL 1998, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA .
INTERNATIONAL MINIPRINT EXHIBITION, LAHTI, FINLAND .
THE 3RD BRITISH INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION, TOIRING 1997-1998, ENGLAND .
LONDON, BATHGATE, DUMFRIES, SHETLAND, SWANSEA, BLEDDFA, RAMSGATE, BRISTOL.
"ALL CREATURES SMALL". WOODHORN COLLIERY MUSEUM, ASHINGTON (N.E.England) /P.Ford/.
EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO A 60-ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNION OF ARTISTS OF UKRAINE, LVIV, UKRAINE .
1999
INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS COMPETITION 1999 LITERATURE, SINT-NIKLAAS, BELGIUM .
8- BIENNALE OF SMALL FORMS AND EXLIBRIS, OSTROW WIELKOPOLSKI, POLAND (Nomination)
AIE "THE BEST 1997-1998 EXLIBRIS", MILANO, ITALY .
3 - INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS GRAPHICAL COMPETITION, GLIWICE-99, POLAND (Nomination) .
WORLD-WIDE EXLIBRIS COMPETITION "MAN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM", MILANO, ITALY .
10 - SMALL GRAPHIC FORMS, LODZ, POLAND .
THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS, CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA .
THE 3RD BRITISH INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION, TOIRING 1997-1998, ENGLAND. SEATTLE, USA .
"ALL CREATURES SMALL". LORDSWOOD LEISURE CENTRE, ROCHESTER, KENT /P.Ford/.
3RD EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONAL PRINT TRIENNALE, GIZA, EGYPT .
BOOKPLATE INTERNATIONAL (VOL.6 1999. NO. 1), LONDON, ENGLAND .
4- INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS GRAPHICAL COMPETITION, GLIWICE-2001, POLAND .
2000
18 - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN EXLIBRIS, MALBORK, POLAND .
JOHAN SCHWENCKE, PRIJS / AWARD 2000, "EXLIBRISWERELD", GEMERT, NEDERLAND .
GUADALUPE CITY COUNCIL, ANNOUNCES, A TRIBULE THE TREE, ZACATECAS, MEXICO .
THE 1ST CHEJU INTERNATIONAL PRINT ART FESTIVAL, SEUL, KOREA (Letter of Appreciation).
3RD INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL, RACIBORZ, POLAND, (Diploma).
XXVIII CONGRESS, WORLD EXLIBRIS 1998-2000, BOSTON, USA .
HOMMAGE A ALBIN BRUNOVSKY (1935-1997), BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA .
CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE EXLIBRISTICO ”GIUBILEO 2000”, ITALY .
2001
9TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE EXHIBITION OF SMALL FORMS AND EXLIBRIS,
OSTROW - WIELKOPOLSKI, POLAND .
"LETTERS TO THE WORLD" (THE UNION OF ARTISTS OF UKRAINE), LVIV, UKRAINE .
"GRAFICA ED EXLIBRIS", CASALE MONFERRATO (AL), ITALY .
THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL MINI PRINT BIENNIAL CLUJ - 2001, CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA .
"ZELWA 2001", MIENDZYNARODOWE PLENER MALARSKI, POLAND .
"SPOKES AND RIMS", CONNECTICUT GRAPHIC ARTS CENTER, NORWALK, USA .
"INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION 2001", CONNECTICUT GRAPHIC ARTS CENTER, NORWALK, USA .
THE UKRAINIAN ART EXHIBITION "CITIES AND CULTURE OF UKRAINE IN EX-LIBRIS AND IN SMALL THE
GRAPHICS", KYIV, UKRAINE /9-18 OCTOBER/ (Diploma and watch) .
"GRAPHICA - GOOD THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGES" UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART,
CHIKAGO, USA (JULY 22 - AUGUST 26. 2001) .
4- INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS GRAPHICAL COMPETITION, GLIWICE-2001, POLAND .
EX-LIBRIS ET PETITES GRAVURES SUR LE THEME DES CARTES A JOUER ET DES JEUX DE CARTES,
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, FRANCE .
3RD EXLIBRIS TRIENNIAL BRATISLAVA 2001, SLOVAKIA .
THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS, CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA .
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ECOLOGY " MAN, NATURE FAUNA IN THE 3RD MILLENIUM", LITHUANIA .
INTERNATIONAL SMALL ENGRAVING SALON CARBUNARI 2001, MUZEUL FLOREAN, ROMANIA .
2002
19 - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN EXLIBRIS, MALBORK, POLAND .
11 - SMALL GRAPHIC FORMS, LODZ, POLAND .
INTERNATIONAL EX LIBRIS COMPETITION, “BIBLIOPHILISM OR THE BOOK LOVE”,(G.Mirabella) ITALY .
ARTLANTIS, 1- international AlteRnaTive festival, ITALY .
"ALL GREATURES SMALL…" OFF - CENTRE GALLERY, BRISTOL, ENGLAND .
MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT BIENNIAL, MONTRÉAL(QUÉBEC), CANADA .
GUADALUPE, ZACATECAS, MEXICO .
“EUROPEAN CITIES”, CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA .
III. TRIENALE HAVÍŘOV 2002, CZECHIA .
EXHIBITION " MODERN LVOV BOOK ILLUSTRATION ", CZECHIA .
2003
14 - INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS COMPETITION SINT-NIKLAAS 2003 - Mythology, BELGIUM .
"4th BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT COMPETITION 2003", CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY
PRINTMAKING, NORWALK, USA .
"GRAFICA ED EXLIBRIS", CASALE MONFERRATO, ITALY .
L'incisione contemporanea a Chieri, ITALY .
FIRST INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRISS BIENNIAL SOFIA 2003, BULGARIA .
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS COMPETITION – ANKARA 2003, TURKEY .
5- INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS GRAPHICAL COMPETITION, GLIWICE-2003, POLAND .
THE 5TH BRITISH INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION, TOIRING 2004-2005, ENGLAND .
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries / Meffan museum + Gallery, Forfar / Swanson Gallery, Thurso, Caithness /
Braintree District Museum, Braintree / MERCER ART GALLERY, NORTH YORKSHIRE /…
THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS, CLUJ-NAPOCA - 2003, ROMANIA .
2004
II- INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL GRAPHICS / WHITE-IHTER-NIGHTS /, Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA .
BIENNALE INTERNATIONAL MODERN ART «DIALOGUE: COLOR AND THE LINE»,
OCTOBER 2004, VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA .
2005
20 - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN EXLIBRIS, MALBORK, POLAND .
11TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE EXHIBITION OF SMALL FORMS AND EXLIBRIS, OSTROW - WIELKOPOLSKI, POLAND.
INTERNATIONAL SMALL ENGRAVING SALON CARBUNARI 2005, MUZEUL FLOREAN, ROMANIA .
INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS COMPETITION SINT-NIKLAAS 2005, BELGIUM .
12 - SMALL GRAPHIC FORMS, LODZ, POLAND .
HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE, GABROVO, BULGARIA .
THE BIRD 2005 INTERNATIONAL ART AWARD, BEIJING, P.R.CHINA .
6- INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS GRAPHICAL COMPETITION, GLIWICE-2005, POLAND .
1st INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE EX-LIBRIS AND SMALL GRAPHIC FORMS, GNIEZNO 2005, POLAND .
IV. TRIENALE HAVÍŘOV 2005, CZECHIA .
5th INTERNATIONAL MINI-PRINT BIENNAL CLUJ-2005, ROMANIA .
1st INERNATIONAL EX LIBRIS TRIENALE LEFKAS, GREECE .
"NEMOART" GALLERY, ANCHORAGE, USA .
2006
INTERNATIONAL EX LIBRIS COMPETITION, IX WINTER PARALIMPYC_GAMES, TURIN 2006, ITALY .
IMPRESSION 2006, Rotterdam, HOLLAND .
III - INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL GRAPHICS / WHITE-IHTER-NIGHTS /, Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA .
THE 5th EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONAL PRINT TRIENNIAL, EGYPT .
UAA, Print Club, ANCHORAGE, USA .
PRINT-VPA-PAO (INKLANDIA), PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, USA .
2006 MEI YUAN CUP SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL EX LIBRIS INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, P.R.CHINA .
PREMIO REMO PALMIRANI 2006 PER L’ARTISTA, ITALY .
PREMIO SANTA CROCE EX LIBRIS PICCOLA GRAFICA-2006, ITALY .
2007
BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT COMPETITION 2007", CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY
PRINTMAKING, NORWALK, USA .
21 - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN EXLIBRIS, MALBORK, POLAND .
2-INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS COMPETITION – ANKARA 2007, TURKEY .
1st INTERNATIONAL CHINA OLYMPIC CARTOON COMPETITION, R.CHINA .
HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE, GABROVO, BULGARIA .
"GRAMARINA 2007" INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL CONETST, ODESSA, UKRAINE .
INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE EXHIBITION MODERN ART, DONETSK-2007, UKRAINE .
2008
KARIKATURUM – 4 INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF VISUAL HUMOUR, SURGUT, RUSSIA .
2nd (2008) INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS INVITATION EXHIBITION, SHANGHAI, P.R.CHINA .
GALERIE AU VIRAGE, SÉPRAIS/MONTAVON, SUISSE.
P U B L I C A T I O N S :
"EXLIBRISWERELD", ZOMER 1996, NUMMER 2 NEDERLAND .
GLI EX LIBRIS UCRAINI CONTEMPORANEI, ITALIA .
"GRAPHIA" 130 / PAGE 171 BELGIE .
"GRAPHIA" 133 / PAGE 259-262 BELGIE .
ENCYCLOPEDIA BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL OF THE ART OF THE CONTEMPORARY EXLIBRIS, ¹20, PORTUGAL .
"GRAPHIA" 135 / PAGE 326-327 BELGIE .
"BOEKMERK"2003/1 (GRAPHIA VZW) PAGE 294-296 BELGIE .
ENCYCLOPEDIA BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL OF THE ART OF THE CONTEMPORARY EXLIBRIS, ¹30, PORTUGAL .
YEAR BOOK 2001 – 2002, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BOOKPLATE COLLECTORS AND DESIGNERS, USA .
EXLIBRIS BULLETIN DELIAISON DU CERCLE PIERRE ROBERTI, ¹43-44, 2005, LUXEMBOURG .
"BOEKMERK"2005/18 (GRAPHIA VZW) PAGE 188 BELGIE .
THE NIPPON EXLIBRIS ASSOCIATION – NEWSLETTER 2005.10.1 – ¹ 133 JAPAN .
A W A R D S :
2 - INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS GRAPHICAL COMPETITION, GLIWICE-97, POLAND. (1997. MEDAL)
THE UNION ARTISTS OF UKRAINE, LVIV, UKRAINE . (1998. Diploma)
18 - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN EXLIBRIS, MALBORK, POLAND . (2000. MEDAL)
"INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION 2001", ARTS CENTER, NORWALK, USA . (CACH PRIZE AND PURCHASE PRIZE)
MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT BIENNIAL, MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC), (Mention Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron) 2002 CANADA .
1st INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL COMPETITION FOR EXLIBRIS - SOFIA'03, BULGARIA . (Prize of the sponsor)
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS COMPETITION – ANKARA 2003, TURKEY. (Special Prize)
THE BIRD 2005 INTERNATIONAL ART AWARD, BEIJING, P.R.CHINA . (Second Place Award)
1st INTERNATIONAL CHINA OLYMPIC CARTOON COMPETITION, P.R.CHINA . (Honourable Prize - December, 2006.)
1st INTERNATIONAL CHINA OLYMPIC CARTOON COMPETITION, P.R.CHINA . (Special Prize - October, 2007.)
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS EXHIBITION, SHANGHAI, P.R.CHINA . (Memorial Prize)
"MASTER CUP INTERNATIONAL CARTOON AND ILLUSTRATION BIENNIAL", BEIJING, P.R.CHINA .
(The best illustrations Prize)
2nd (2008) INTERNATIONAL EXLIBRIS INVITATION EXHIBITION, SHANGHAI, P.R.CHINA . (Master Honor Prize)