Danylo Knyshuk

Danylo Mykhailovych Knyshuk^[1] (Ukrainian: Данило Михайлович Книшук, born 2 December 1978, Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR)^[2] is a Ukrainian sculptor.

Danylo Knyshuk
Данило Книшук
Born	Danylo Mykhailovych Knyshuk (1978-12-02) 2 December 1978 (age 46) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Alma mater	Ivano-Frankivsk University of Oil and Gas, National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture
Occupation	Sculptor

Biography

Knyshuk studied at the Ivano-Frankivsk Art School and Ivano-Frankivsk Physical and Technical Lyceum. He attended both Ivano-Frankivsk University of Oil and Gas^[2] and the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, the latter of which he attained a degree from in 2012.^[1][3][4]

Since 2000, he has been working as an artist.^[3]

Selected works

• The Vidomi postati Ukrainy Project, which includes busts of Panteleimon Kulish,^[1] Lesya Ukrainka,^[5] Ivan Franko,^[6] Andrey Sheptytsky,^[7] Ivan Marchuk,^[8] Yevhen Stankovych,^[9] Valentyn Silvestrov,^[10] Myroslav Skoryk,^[11] Bohdan Kozak, Liubomyr Huzar,^[11] Myroslav Popovych,^[11] Stepan Pushyk,^[12] Lina Kostenko,^[11] Ivan Malkovych,^[11] Dmytro Pavlychko,^{[citation needed]} Bohdan Stupka,^[13] Vasyl Lomachenko, Volodymyr Klychko,^[11] Les Zadniprovskyi,^[6] Valerii Kozlov,^[6] Serhii Zhadan,^[6] Ostap Stupka,^[6] Dmytro Tkachenko,^[6] Oleksandr Pecherytsia,^[6] Svitlana Stoian,^[6] Tetiana Oleksenko-Zhyrko,^[6] Nataliia Yaroshenko,^[6] Pavlo Piskun,^[6] Oleh Vynohradov,^[6] Ihor Rudnyk,^[6] Nina Skochko,^[6] and Vasyl Yakymovych^[6]
• Statue of Taras Shevchenko and the Heavenly Hundred in Obertyn (2016)^{[2][14][15][16]}
• Model of the statue of St. Pope John Paul II in Ivano-Frankivsk (2012)^[3][17][18]
• Sculptures of St. Nicholas in Tyshkivtsi, Horodenka Raion^[1]
• Sculpture of St. Anne in Peremyshliany^[1]
• Statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ^[19]

Personal exhibitions of Knyshuk's work were held in Ivano-Frankivsk (2019,^[11] 2020^[20]), Halych (2021),^[21] Lviv (2021,^[6] 2022,^[22][23] 2023^[24]), and Vynnyky (2022).^[25]