Yurii Patsan

Yurii Patsan is a Ukrainian artist. Knight of the "Order of Merit" of the III degree, Honored Artist of Ukraine since.
Honorary member of the People's Academy of Arts for the Disabled of Ukraine. Head of the Kyiv region organization of creativity of the disabled. The liquidator of the accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant of the II category. Participant of all-Ukrainian and international exhibitions and festivals.

Biography

In 1991 he graduated from the Irpin Industrial College.
From 1986 he worked at the Institute of Radiology, until 1999 – a turner at the plant.

He began to draw after a terrible car accident in 1999, which confined him to a wheelchair. Icons became the first serious theme in creativity.
Author of over 800 works. The main direction is landscapes.
Solo exhibitions: Chabany, Kyiv, Athens, Parkhomivka, [Volodarka Raion|Parkhomivka], Boiarka, Volodarka, Malyutyanka, Moscow, Sambir, Novodnistrovsk, Bukovel, Khust, Chernihiv.
Works are kept in private collections in Russia, Germany, Canada, China, United States.
In 2010, Yurii Patsan's Palette exhibition hall was opened in Chabany, Kyiv region

"Order of Merit" of the III degree ;
Honored Artist of Ukraine since ;
honorary citizen of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn district ;
Cultural Diplomacy International Award ;
laureate of the Serhii Vasylkivskyi International Art Prize ;
winner of the Grand Prix of the International project competition "Taras Shevchenko unites peoples";
winner of the Grand Prix of the All-Ukrainian Competition of Inclusive Fine Arts named after Maria Prymachenko ;
laureate of the M. Ostrovskyi Prize ;
laureate of the 2nd degree of the All-Ukrainian festival of creativity of the disabled ;