Igor Tokaruk

Ihor Tokaruk - Honored Artist of Ukraine (2009) Laureate of the Yaroslav Lukavetsky regional prize in the field of fine arts (2005) Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1990) Chairman of the Board of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (2003 - 2013) Participant of regional, all-Ukrainian and international exhibitions. Works are kept in museums and private collections of Ukraine, USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, England, France, Italy, Australia, etc. "...All the works of the artist are filled with philosophical undertones, they force the viewer to actively engage in the process of contemplation and analysis, enchanting and taking everything deeper. And there is an explanation for this - smooth lines, a repeating rhythm, a special aesthetic brevity, where every element is thought out , in its place and self-sufficient in its completeness. You can consider small details for a long time, tracing the logical chain of their development in the context of the picture. The color scheme in each work is quite conventional, it is two or three colors with their many gradations and shades. The artist emphasizes the texture of objects, on their visual materiality. The balance on the edge of conventionality and the real world can be traced in all of Ihor Tokaruk's paintings: "Bridge" without continuation, connecting two peaks; conditional "Gate" leading to the world of mirage in the middle of the desert; "Mirror" connects two realities and other images. The author introduces us to a parallel mysterious world where there is no logic and rationalism, but there is a depth of calm and peace and the glow of color..." -- Art connoisseur.

Exhibitions: • 1981 – personal exhibition, Ivano-Frankivsk Regional History Museum; • 1989 – the first international biennial "Impreza-89", Ivano-Frankivsk; • 1989 – international exhibition, Canada, Palermo; • 1992 - 1994 - personal exhibitions. Germany, Frankfurt am Main; • 1995 – international exhibition "Dachau-1995", Germany; • 1997 – international biennial "Impreza", Ivano-Frankivsk; • 1997 - 1999 - group exhibitions "Path in Time". M. Varenya, I. Tokaruk; • 2003 – international exhibition, Poland, the city of Ostriv Velikopolskyi; • 2004 – personal exhibition, Ivano-Frankivsk; • 2006 – personal exhibitions, Poland, Opole, Lublin; • 2009 – personal exhibition, Ivano-Frankivsk; • 2011 – Exhibition of the Western region, Ternopil. • 2003-2023. permanent participant of regional, All-Ukrainian and international exhibitions Publications of Ihor Tokaruk's works: 1. Catalog of a personal exhibition. Ivano-Frankivsk Local History Museum, 1981. 2. VV Hrabovetskyi Hutsul region of the 13th - 19th centuries. - Lviv: "Higher School", 1982. 3. Catalogue. The First International Biennale "Impreza-89". - Ivano-Frankivsk. 4. Almanac. Finally. – Ivano-Frankivsk: "Lilya-NV", 1999. 5. Karas G. Ivano-Frankivsk: cultural and artistic chronicle of Independence. - Ivano-Frankivsk: "Nova Zorya", 2001. 6. National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Artists of Ivano-Frankivsk region. Art. - K., 2002. 7. Galicia. Scientific and cultural and educational local history magazine No. 8. - Ivano-Frankivsk, 2002. 8. Galicia. Scientific and cultural and educational local history magazine No. 9. - Ivano-Frankivsk, 2003. 9. International Biennale. Velikopolsky Island. Poland. - 2003. 10. Who is who in Ivano-Frankivsk region. - K., 2003. 11. Galicia. Scientific and cultural and educational local history magazine No. 10. - Ivano-Frankivsk, 2004. 12. VV Hrabovetskyi got into the woods The thousand-year chronicle of the village of Markiyan Shashkevych. - Ivano-Frankivsk: "Nova Zorya", 2006. 13. Prykarpattia is a legacy of the ages. - Lviv: Manuscript, 2006. 14. Ihor Tokaruk. Painting. Graphics. - Ivano-Frankivsk: "City-NV", 2004. 15. Manyavsky Hermitage. – Ivano-Frankivsk: "Lilya-NV", 2008. 16. Congregationalism. Joint project of creative circles of the South, East and West of Ukraine. - Kharkiv, 2008. 17. 70 years old. National Union of Artists of Ukraine. - K.: "Fine Art", 2009. 18. Fine art #2. - K., 2008. 19. Lukan V. Selected articles about art. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2009. 20. Institute of History and Political Science: 70 years. - Ivano-Frankivsk, 2010. 21. Hanna Karas, Dida Roman, Mykhailo Golovaty, Gavryliv Bohdan Encyclopedic Dictionary "Ivano-Frankivsk" 2010 "Nova Zorya" 22. Exhibition of the Western region. Painting. – Ternopil, 2011. 23. Show mercy. Ukrainian Catholic University. – Lviv, 2014. 24. Dida R. They were born in Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislaviv, Stanislaviv). – Ivano-Frankivsk: "Lilya-NV", 2014. 25. Halyna Stelmashchuk. "Traditional pattern of ethnographic groups of Ukrainian Carpathians" on the cover, a fragment of Ihor Tokaruk's work "Fun", 2013. Lviv "Apriori" 2021

Ivano-Frankivsk State Pedagogical School Institute named after Vasyl Stefanyk.