Main characteristics of life and art
Anatoliy Kushch was born on 30th November 1945 in Kyiv.
1972 – graduated from Kyiv State Institute of Art (at present – National Academy for Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine)
1972-1973 – was teaching at Kiev State Institute of Art (at present - National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine).
Since 1976 – member of USSR Artist’s Union (at present – NAUU – National Artist’s Union of Ukraine)
1976 – the 1st prize and diploma of the 1st degree of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.
1976 – Medal of USSR Union of Artists "Korchagintsi of the 70-ties".
1973-1977 – graduated from post graduate courses supervised by Professor V.Z.Borodai at USSR Academy of Arts
1978 – certified with Republican prize of LKSMU named after Ostrovskyi and awarded with the 1st Degree Diploma and the 1st Prize from USSR Ministry of Culture.
1978 – the 1st prize and diploma of the 1st degree of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR
1978 – awarded with the premium of M.Ostrovskyi.
1979 – awarded with honorary title: Honored Artist of Ukraine
1980 – awarded with the Silver medal of USSR Academy of Arts and in 1981 – awarded with the Bronze medal of USSR ENEA (Exhibition of National Economy Achievements) for mastery in portrait performance
1982 – awarded with the diploma of the Supreme Soviet of the USSA.
1983 – awarded with the Bronze medal of ENEA USSR for achievements in portraiture.
1985 – awarded with “The Honorable Order” for creativity and public service activities
1978-1993 – was elected and worked in managing bodies of Ukrainian Artist’s Union
1998 – was awarded with the medal of "International Association of Sculptors- Portraitists» for outstanding achievements in the art of portrait, London, UK.
1998 – elected Corresponding Member of Ukrainian Academy of Arts
2001 – the Laureate of the national program "Person of the Year" "Artist of the Year".
2004 – elected as a full member of Ukrainian Academy of Arts
2005 – awarded with “Gold medal” of Academy of Arts of Ukraine for the outstanding achievements in the art.
2005 – awarded with the Medal of Ukrainian Federation of Scientists for significant contribution to Ukrainian art.
2005 – awarded with “ Honorable Sign” of Committee of assistance to law enforcing bodies.
2005 – awarded with the highest honors in Kyiv "Badge of Honor" for his outstanding artistic contribution to the urban environment.
Main monuments constructed by Anatoliy Kushch
1970 – the monument to pioneer-hero Casimir Gaponenko, Kyiv city, school #110
1973 – monument to the fallen in World War II villagers, s.Zhadove, Semenov district, Chernihiv region
1974 – monument to the burnt village Zagrebelna Sloboda, Chernihiv region
1976 – park sculpture “The First Love”, Bila Cherkva town.
1976 – monumental and decorative relief "Mechanization and automation of agriculture" agricultural plant named by 1st May, Bila Cherkva town.
1978 – complex of five sculptures for the railroad resort, Khmilnyk town.
1978 – monumental and decorative sculptures "A Boy and a Dolphin", "The Princess Swan”, "The Family," "The World of Childhood" and "The Source" for the park of railroad rheumatological hospital, Khmilnyk town.
1978 – allegorical personage "The Sculpture" on the facade of the House of Artists, Kyiv city.
1979 – monument to Zoya Kosmodemianska, Kyiv city
1979 – monumental and decorative relief "Signs of Zodiak" for the Central Observatory of the Academy of Sciences USSR, Kyiv city.
1979 – monument to the fallen in World War II villagers of farm "Iskra", Poltava region.
1979 – monumental and decorative sculpture “The First Love”, Bila Cherkva town.
1979 – grave monument to Ukrainian writer P.Panch "There are three hundred of us, fallen like glass of society ", Kyiv city.
1980 – participated in the creation of sculptures "The First battles", "Burnt towns and villages," "Guerrilla raid" in The Memorial complex Ukrainian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, Kyiv city.
1981 – monument to Pavlo Tychyna, village Pisky
1981 – monument "Burned villages", village Zagrebelna sloboda, Schorsivskiy district, Cherkasy region
1981 – memorial to the writer Vadim Sobko, Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street, Kyiv city
1981 – memorial to O.Kuprin, P.Sahaydachnoho Street, Kyiv city
1982 – memorial to M. Bulgakov, Andriivskiy Uzviz, Kyiv city
1982 – memorial to Stepan Oliynyk, Chervonoarmiiska street, Kiev city
1983 – memorial to aircraft designer Igor Sikorskiy, Yaroslaviv Val Street, Kyiv city
1985 – monument to M.Bilyashivskiy near the National Art Museum, M.Hrushevskiy Street, Kyiv city
1986 – memorial to the Polish writer Yaroslaw Ivashkevich, Ya.Ivashkevycha Street, Kyiv city
1986 – monumental complex in honor of the 700th anniversary of Cherkasy
1986 – memorial to Ernest Thelman, Thelman Street, Kiev city
1986 – memorial to Vershigory, Vershigory Street, Kiev city
1986 – monumental complex in honor of the 1000th anniversary of Lubny
1986 – portraits of T.G. Shevchenko, M.Ostrovskiy, O.Kosheviy and A. Gaidar for the Central Children's Library, Cherkasy city
1986 – monument to F.Dzerzhynskiy, Sichnevoho Povstannya Street, Kyiv city
1987 – composition ‘’Cherkashchyna” and number of easel works in Cherkasy Museum of Ethnography
1987 - the relief "Black Sun", "Lenin" Lenin Metro station (Teatralna), Kiev city
1988 - portrait of T.G. Shevchenko "Zorya moya vechirnyaya" museum “Kobzar”, Cherkasy city
1988 – Museum "Kobzar" 8 reliefs on T.G. Shevchenko’s writings, Cherkasy city
1989 – complex of park sculptures "Galatea", fountain "Spring", the relief "Pastoral", Foros, Crimea ( Gorbachev's residence)
1989 – twenty monuments and memorials of the cycle "Taras’ Way", Zvenigorod district , Cherkasy region
1990 – sculptural ensembles "Yaroslavna", "Boyan", "Prince Igor" and "The victims of concentration camps" in honor of the 1000th anniversary of Novgorod-Severskiy
1992 – memorial to P.Sahaydachniy, P.Sahaydachnoho Street, Kyiv city
1992 – monument to "Berestetska battle", devoted to the events of the liberation war of B.Khmelnytskoho, Berestechko, Rivne region
1993 – monument to Herodotus, Illinois University, Memfis, the USA
1993 – monuments to Holodomor victims in Ukraine 1932-1933, Bloomingdale, Chikaho city, Illinois, the USA
1994 – monument to Taras Shevchenko, Burshtyn town
1995 – Museum of Bohdan Khmelnytskiy in Chyhyryn. Portraits: Bohdan Khmelnytskiy, Ivan Bohun, Maxim Krivonis
1996 – monument to the founder of Cossack Republic of Ukraine Bohdan Khmelnytskiy, Rokford, Illinois, the USA
1996 – monument to Taras Shevchenko, Slutsk city, Belarus
1996 – monument to the conductor Ivan Truhlyi at the Church of Vladimir and Olga in Chicago, the USA
2001 – Monument of Independence of Ukraine, Kyiv city
2001 – "Oranta-Ukraine", composition "The founders of Kyiv - Kyi, Schek, Khoriv and Lybid" – the sculptural part of the Monument in honor of proclamation the Independence of Ukraine
2001 – the figure of the Archangel Michael in The Independence Square, Kiev city
2001 – monument to Taras Shevchenko in Demydiv town, Rivne region
2002 – Taras Shevchenko Monument, Warsaw, Poland
2011 – monument to "Getman Philip Orlik", Kiev city
Unrealized projects
2003 – won the competition of the erecting the monument to Metropolitan "Petro Mohyla" in Kyiv city.
2004 – upon the request of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, he developed the project of the monument "Victory Parade" in honor of the heroes of Sacred Defense in Iran-Iraq war. Monument is proposed to establish in The Liberty Square in Teheran city
2007 – won the competition of the erecting the monument to the author of the first constitution in Europe, hetman of Ukraine "Pylyp Orlyk", for the hetman capital Baturin
2008 – fulfilling a contract with the Great Socialist People's Arab Jamahiriya,he developed the project of the monument to the hero of the liberation struggle of the Libyan people, "Omar Mukhtar"
2008 – according to the contract with the Great Socialist People's Arab Jamahiriya, he developed the project of the monument to "Shahids" – fighters for the independence of Libya
2009 – won the competition and developed the project to erect the monument to Hetman of Ukraine "Mazepa", Mazepa Street, Kyiv city
2012-2013 – won the competition and developed the project for the construction of the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Astana city, Kazakhstan