Bohdan Kuziv

Bohdan Kuziv was born on 4 December 1965 in Ozeriany, now the Burshtyn Hromada of Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.^[1]

In 1994, he graduated from the Faculty of Art and Graphic Arts of the Precarpathian National University (Ivano-Frankivsk, teachers M. Kanius, M. Figol). He worked in Poland (1995–1999), as well as studied and worked as an artist in Rome (2001).^[1]

From 2004, he has been a participant in regional, national, and international exhibitions. These include personal exhibitions: Ivano-Frankivsk (2010,^[2] 2013, 2015,^[3] 2025^[4]), Chernivtsi (2011),^[2] Halych (2011),^[2] Athens (Greece, 2012), and Lviv (2018).^[5] Several works are kept in the Museum of Arts of Prykarpattia (Ivano-Frankivsk).^[1]

Kuziv is married to Oksana Kuziv, and is the father of Orest-Vasyl Kuziv.^[6][7]

• Merited Painter of Ukraine [uk] (23 August 2025)^[8]
• International Art Prize named after Ilya Repin (2021) for his picturesque glorification of the beauty of his native land and Ukraine^[9]
• Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Yaroslav Lukavetskyi Prize (2015)^[10]
• Diploma of the winner of the International Art Plein Air Contest "The Best artist – 2019"^[11]
• Medal for the Revival of Ukraine^[11]