Mikhail Reva

Drawing inspiration from ancient folklores and philosophies, Mikhail Reva processes unfathomable symbolism by reconstructing it into physical sculptural form.^[2] The tension between viewer and these imposing, anthropomorphized artworks sparks the imagination towards transcendent realms. The works of Michael Reva have a diverse nature and are presented in many places.

• 2025 Exhibition DIARIES OF TIME at Union Cultural Centre Odesa, Ukraine ^[3]
• 2024 Exhibition SCRUTINY of EVIL at the U.S. Embassy's storied Hotel de Talleyrand,^[4] city halls of Paris’ 3rd and 15th districts, Paris (France)^[5]
• 2023 Exhibition SCRUTINY OF EVIL at Odesa Fine Arts Museum,^[6] Ukraine
• 2019 Exhibition REVELATION at Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Ukraine
• 2015 Established Charity Foundation Reva (Ukraine)
• 2014 Participation in the exhibition "Ukrainian Breakthrough" at the Center for Contemporary Art, Odesa.
• 2010 First prize in the international competition for the creation of the memorial and museum complex "Babi Yar" Kyiv, Ukraine
• 2005 Personal exhibition "7305". Museum of Western & Oriental Arts, Odesa (Ukraine)
• 2003 Exhibition "Decorative and Applied Art of Ukraine of the ХХ century, 200 names". Ukrainian House, Kyiv
• 2001 Participation in the exhibition "Ten Years of Independence of Ukraine" at Ukrainian Institute of America in New York, USA
• 2000 Participation in the exhibition "20 Artists of Ukraine at the end of the 20th century". National Museum of Art, Kyiv
• 2000 Personal exhibition ATAR OF CHILDREN'S DREAMS . Children's Rehabilitation Center, Odesa, Ukraine
• 1998 The 3-rd Prize of the 110th International Biennial LIBR' ART" Libramont, Belgium
• 1997 Grand Prix of the International Festival of Arts GOLDEN PERETIN, Kyiv, Ukraine
• 1996 DREAMS OF MONTEZUMA - personal exhibition within a framework of international project "Communication" in Caracas, Venezuela
• 1995 "Gateway to ..." - personal exhibition within the framework of the International Conference dedicated to V.V. Kandinsky at Museum of Western and Eastern Arts, Odesa
• 1994 International exhibition of miniature sculptures, dedicated to Divine Comedy Dante in Ravenna, Italy
• 1992 Personal exhibition in the House of the Artist, Moscow
• 1991-1992 Internship at the Roman Academy of Arts, Italy

• 2024 Sculpture EPIPHANY NOW, Odesa^[7]
• 2022-2024 Sculptures and paintings for movable exhibition SCRUTINY OF EVIL^[8]
• 2021 Sculptures EDEM and BIRTH OF THE SOUL, the Greek Park, Odesa^[9]
• 2019 Sculpture MORE BOOKS, LESS FEAR, next to Odesa National Scientific Library^[10]
• 2018 VIOLIN SOUL for The International Pedagogy Award of Honor, Foundation Sion Violin Music, Switzerland
• 2018 Fountain ORIGIN OF INCEPTION Greek Park, Odesa^[11]
• 2018 Sculptural composition PARTICLES OF LIFE in Odrex Medical House, Odesa
• 2017 Sculpture DOMUS SOLIS, beachside Odesa ^[12]
• 2016 The tomb of Bogdan Stupka, Kiev (Ukraine)
• 2015 Park sculpture ODESSA'S TIME, Odesa Central Park^[13]
• 2012 Sculptural composition CITY CENTER Odesa
• 2012 The project TRILOGY OF GRAPE VINE at Shabo Wine Culture Center, Odesa Region
• 2011 Architectural project of the monument of Issac Babel with sculptor Georgy Frangulyan, Odesa
• 2009 Fountain (bronze, golden leaf) in the atrium of Intercontinental Hotel, Kyiv
• 2009 Concept of architectural project for the memorial and museum complex "Babi Yar", Kyiv
• 2007-2008 Sculpture THE GRAIN OF LIFE with Angelo Farion, Moscow
• 2007 Interior design of Intercontinental Hotel, Kyiv
• 2006 Sculptural composition HEART OF THE WORLD Children's Rehabilitation Center, Odesa
• 2006 Sculptural composition TREE OF LOVE Odesa
• 2005 Monument MEMORY OF WORLDWIDE TERRORISM VICTIMS Kyiv
• 2003 Sculptures in business center LEONARDO, Kyiv
• 2001 Competition project of the monumental sculpture CRYSTAL DREAM for the public project "3 Acres on the Lake", Chicago (US)
• 1999 Sculpture THE 12th CHAIR, Odesa Central Park^[14]
• 1999 Competition project of monumental sculpture ADAM'S APPLE commissioned by Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1998 Peter Berg Prize OVERCOMING THE IMPOSSIBLE, ordered by the National Geographic Society of Great Britain
• 1997 The project THE SLAVIC SHRINES for the National Treasury of Ukraine.
• 1997 A complex of fountains on a biblical theme for the residence of the US ambassador in Kyiv, Ukraine
• 1996 Monumental sculpture ANGEL OF GRACE installed over the entrance to the rehabilitation center for disabled children, Odesa
• 1994-1995 Bas-reliefs FOUR SIDES OF THE WORLD to the monumental sculpture of Ernst Neizvestny THE GOLDEN CHILD, Odesa
• 1993 The fountain SOURCE OF LIFE dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Odesa
• 1988, 1990, 1994 Design of "Grand Award" for the International Film Festival "Golden Duke". Odesa

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  EPIPHANY NOW
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  Exhibition at the U.S. Embassy's storied Hotel de Talleyrand in Paris, 2024
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  Moloch - the Beast of War
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  Exhibition at Odesa Fine Art Museum, 2023
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  Red Dragon
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  Fountain "Origin of Inception", the Greek Park, Odesa
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  Sculpture "DOMUS SOLIS", Odesa
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  "12th Chair" Deribasovskaya St., Odesa
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  Business center "Leonardo", Kyiv, Ukraine
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  Monument "In memory of the victims of terrorism around the world" Kyiv, Ukraine
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  "Masks" for the wine culture center "Shabo" Odesa Oblast
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  Park Sculpture "Odessa Time" City Garden, Odesa
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  Architectural project of the memorial and museum complex "Babi Yar" Kyiv, Ukraine

• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Ugo Poletti @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine)
• Seeing Love and Resurrection During Wartime: Mikhail Reva Unveils His New Sculpture in Odesa by Ugo Poletti @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine)
• Mikhail Reva: Stirring the Soul – With Shrapnel Transformed Into Art by Stash Luczkiw @ Kyiv Post (Ukraine)
• L'arma segreta dell'Ucraina: l'arte di Mikhail Reva di Anna Husarska @ IL FOGLIO (Italy)
• Ukrainian sculptor's haunting artworks made from war debris go on display in Paris by Theo Farrant @ EuroNews (Belgium)
• Ukraine’s most famous sculptor turns war debris into art, expressing the inexpressible by Thomas Adamson @ Associated Press (US)
• Ukraine’s secret weapon: Art by Anna Husarska @ The Washington Post (US)
• After an artist’s studio was damaged in a Russian missile strike, he found a new medium: war debris by Laura King @ Los Angeles Times (US)
• ‘My vendetta against Putin’: the Ukrainian sculptor whose haunting work is shaped by war by Luke Harding @ The Guardian (UK)
• Moloch on an Odesa Beach by Blair A. Ruble @ Wilson Center
• Le sculture di Odessa, l'orrore e la memoria che invade il presente by Adriano Sofri @ IL FOGLIO (Italy)
• Mikhail Reva, el escultor ucraniano que hace obras con lo que la guerra le deja by Omar Genovese @ PERFIL (Argentina)
• Ukrajinski umjetnik izradio je sat Putinu za rođendan, a danas je izbjeglica: 'Ne zaslužuje ga' by Dijana Marić Odobašić @ 24SATA (Croatia)
• Poznati ukrajinski umjetnik, o kojem opširno piše i Wikipedia, bježeći od rata našao utočište u Rapcu by Branko Biočić @ Glas Istre (Croatia)
• New sculptures by Reva installed in the Odessa Greek park by Ugo Poletti @ The Odessa Journal (Ukraine)
• Odessa artist: Mikhail Reva by Ugo Poletti @ The Odessa Journal (Ukraine)