Taras Mychalewych
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mosaicist
photographer
writer
Taras Mychalewych | |
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| Born | 12 December 1945 |
| Died | 9 February 2025 (aged 79) Columbus, New Mexico |
| Education | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Sculptor mosaicist photographer writer |
| Website | heartsoftheworldunited |
Taras Mychalewych (12 December 1945 - 9 February 2025) was a Ukrainian-American sculptor, mosaicist, photographer, and writer. Most recently he lived in New Mexico, United States.[1][2][3][4][5]
Taras Mychalewych was born in a DP camp in Munich, Germany, at the end of World War II. His family emigrated to the United States in 1949, and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota.[citation needed] Mychalewych attended the School of Applied Arts in St. Paul, and graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.[6]
A documentary of his stone carving sculptural work titled METAMORPHOSIS [7] was produced by OKO FOTO in 1996.
He is known for his sculpture garden, Frontera Sculpture Oasis [8] near Columbus, New Mexico.[9]
