Taras Mychalewych

Taras Mychalewych was a Ukrainian-American sculptor, mosaicist, photographer, and writer. Most recently he lived in New Mexico, United States.

Life and art

Taras Mychalewych was born in a DP camp in Munich, Germany, at the end of World War II. His family emigrated to the United States in 1949, and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mychalewych attended the School of Applied Arts in St. Paul, and graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
A documentary of his stone carving sculptural work titled METAMORPHOSIS was produced by OKO FOTO in 1996.
He is known for his sculpture garden, Frontera Sculpture Oasis near Columbus, New Mexico.

Exhibitions

Mychalewych had at least two known exhibitions:

Group shows at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Solo exhibit at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, Philadelphia 1994