Robert Dmytruk currently living in British Columbia, Canada
Dmytruk has reinvented himself in consecutive bodies of work which have been exhibited extensively over the course of his long career. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta where he studied art and worked as a visual arts educator.
Dmytruk’s most recent work invites words like instinctive, fantastical, playful, whimsical and at times naively objective. Much of his new work merges painting with sculpture. Combinations of oil, acrylic and spray paint and charcoal are layered in order to achieve desired results. Patterns, textures, shapes and audacious colors are integrated to complement a kaleidoscopic of harmonious compositions. Emerging from his studio, in 2024 are three dimensional paintings which reflect his present day exploration of new materials used to create sculptural forms.
Exhibitions
Solo
- Nov 2023 – Jan 2024 Inherent Boundlessness,Headbones Gallery,
Vernon, BC, Canada - Sep 2023 – Nov 2023 Enigma: Unabstracted Prologue,Penticton Art Gallery,Penticton, BC, Canada
- Sep 2023 – Nov 2023 Enigma: Unabstracted Prologue,Penticton Art Gallery,Penticton, BC, Canada
- Sep 2023 – Nov 2023 Enigma: Ukraine,Penticton Art Gallery,
Penticton, BC, Canada - Aug 2019 – Sep 2019 COLOR+,Headbones Gallery,Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Two person exhibition with David Cantine.
- 2019 Animated Colour, Bugara Matheson Gallery, Edmonton AB. (two person exhibit)
- 2018 Spatial Harmony, Bugara Matheson Gallery, Edmonton AB
- 2018 Ambiguities of a Spatial Order, Edge Gallery, Calgary AB
- 2016 Working Space, Edge Gallery, Calgary AB
- 2014 Charting the Journey, Front Gallery, Edmonton AB
- 2013 Urban Journeys, Summerland Art Gallery, Summerland British Columbia
- 2013 Landmarks on the Studio Wall, Gallery @501, Strathcona County Alberta (three person show)
- 2013 Urban Mapping, Harris-Warke Gallery, Red Deer Alberta
- 2013 Transitions, Headbones Gallery, Vernon British Columbia
- 2011 Appropriated Perceptions, Visual Arts Association of Alberta
- 2010 Imagemaker, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert Alberta
- 2008 Water, The Works Visual Art and Design Festival, Edmonton Alberta
- 2006 Land Visions, Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary Alberta
- 2004 Interrupted Landmarks, Front Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2003 Places and Perceptions, Front Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 1998 Whyte Avenue, Misericordia Art Centre, Edmonton Alberta
- 1997 Water and Land, Offenhauser Art Museum, Stony Plain Alberta
Group Exhibitions
- 2020 okanAWEgan. Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
- 2020 The Last Picture Show. Edge Gallery, Calgary AB.
- 2020 We Are Not Alone, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton BC
- 2019 CORre, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC.
- 2018 eRacism, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton BC
- 2018 New Artists . Bugera Matheson Gallery, Edmonton AB
- 2018 ‘Color Your World‘. Edge Gallery, Calgary AB.
- 2017 HAND-PICKED OK. Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC.
- 2016 Shhh! Good Art Up and Down The Okanagan Valley, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
- 2015 OK BE ST, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC
- 2015 They Tell You Where to Go, Lake Country Gallery, Lake Country BC – three person show
- 2015 INDA 9 Manifest International Drawing Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio
- 2014 Styx ‘n’ Stones, Art Gallery of Penticton, Penticton British Columbia
- 2014 Welcome/Home Documenting the immigrant experience, Art Gallery of Penticton, Penticton BC
- 2014 SALONUS PAPYRUS, Headbones Gallery, Vernon British Columbia
- 2013 theY: confluence & congregation,Island Mountain Arts Gallery, Wells British Columbia
- 2013 OKANICON ICONAGAN, Headbones Gallery, Vernon British Columbia
- 2012-14 Art on the Block, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta
- 2012-14 Brian Webb Dance, Silent Auction, Edmonton Alberta
- 2012 Conversations, Common Sense Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2011 Collections 2011, Strathcona Gallery 501, Sherwood Park Alberta
- 2011 Re-Charged, Harcourt House Artist Centre Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2011 Mapping, Timms Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta
- 2011 Xposition, Visual Arts Association of Alberta Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2011 Ten to the POWER of ten, Jackson Power and Electric Warehouse, Edmonton Alberta
- 2011 Mayors Celebration for the Arts, Gallery 501, Sherwood Park Alberta
- 2010 Earthscapes, ArtsHab Gallery, The Works Festival Edmonton Alberta
- 2009-10 Members Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Association of Alberta
- 2009 Workers Day, Mennonite Centre Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2008-10 Members Exhibition Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2008 Bird in Hand, Profiles Art Gallery, St. Albert Alberta
- 2008 Art at the Hanger, Edmonton Alberta
- 2008 Bird in Hand, Profiles Art Gallery, St. Albert Alberta
- 2008 Water The Works Visual Art and Design Festival, Edmonton Alberta
- 2007 Art at the Hanger, Edmonton, Alberta
- 2007 Workers Art Show, Alberta Avenue Arts Centre, Edmonton Alberta
- 2006 Workers Art Show, Alberta Avenue Arts Centre, Edmonton Alberta
- 2007 Gallery Artists, Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary Alberta
- 2006-11 Art on the Block, Art Gallery of Alberta
- 2006-7 Traveling Art Exhibition-“ Line”, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Edmonton, Alberta
- 2006 Art in the Hanger 06, Hanger 11, Edmonton Alberta
- 2005 Workers Art Show, The Works Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2005 Surfacing, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert Alberta
- 2005 Art in the Hanger 05, Hanger 11, Edmonton Alberta
- 2004 May Day, The Works Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2004 Landscapes Interpreted, The Works Art Festival, Edmonton Alberta
- 2004-7 Gallery Artists, Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary Alberta
- 2003 Five Abstract Artists, Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie Alberta
- 2003-6 Seeing Us, Victoria Art School Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2003-6 Gallery Artists, Front Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
- 2002 Globalization, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
Collections and Awards
- Alberta Art Foundation Permanent Collection
- Pentiction Art Gallery Collection
- Strathcona Permanent Collection
- Victoria School of Art Collection
- Private Collections
- Manifest International Drawing Award, Ohio Arts Council 2015
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts Acquisition 2011
- Strathcona County Permanent Art Collection Acquisition 2011
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts Acquisition 2009
- Prime Ministers Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts 2006
- Emily Carr School of Art and Design Awards for excellence in art education 2006
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts Acquisition 2006
- Victoria School of Arts Foundation Arts Award 2005
Exhibition Catalogues
- CORre, Headbones Gallery BC, 2019
- HAND-PICKED OK, Headbones Gallery BC, 2017. Commentary by Julie Oakes. Rich Fog Publishing. ISBN978-1-988707-06-8. http://www.headbonesgallery.com/Hand-Picked-Okanagan/Hand-Picked-Okanagan-Ecatalogue.pdf
- Shh! Good Art Up and Down The Okanagan Valley, Headbones Gallery Vernon BC, 2016. Commentary by Julie Oakes artist,curator . Published by Rich Fog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-926605-97-5
- OK BE ST., Headbones Gallery Vernon BC,2015.Commentary by Julie Oakes artist,curator. Published by Rich Fog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-926605-84-5.
- INDA 9 Manifest International Drawing Annual, 2015. Preface Jason Franz Executive Dirctor and Curator Manifest Gallery Cincinnati USA. Published by Manifest Gallery. ISBN 978-1-940862-08-8.
- welcome/home, Penticton Art Gallery,2014. Preface Paul Crawford Director Curator Penticton Art Gallery BC. Published by Penticton Art Gallery
- Landmarks on the Studio Wall, Gallery@501, 2013. Forward by Brenda Barry Byrne, curator Strathcona County Art Gallery @501. Published by Strathcona Art Gallery@501
- Robert Dmytruk Transmissions, Headbones Gallery Vernon BC, 2013. Commentary by Julie Oakes artist, curator. Published by Rich Fog Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-926605-59-3
- UNART, Headbones Gallery Vernon BC, 2013. Commentary by Lee Bale, artist. Published by Rich Fog Publishing
- OK Thaumaturgy,Headbones Gallery. Vernon BC,2013.Commentary by Julie Oakes. Published by Rich Fog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-926605-66-1.
- OKANICON ICONAGAN commentaries by Julie Oakes and Stanzie Tooth. Rich Fog Publishing 2013. ISBN978-1-926605-58-6.