Yaroslav Kachmar (b. 1955), Composition 357, 1998

mixed technique, paper, 12 cm × 9 cm;
engraving signed and dated in composition, p.d.: Y.K. ' 98

Yaroslav Kachmar
Born in 1955 in Lviv, Ukraine. An outstanding representative of contemporary art. He deals with painting, artistic printmaking, ceramic sculpture.
In 1974 he graduated from the Ceramics Department of Lviv School of Applied Arts
(now Lviv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Ivan Trush).
Since 1976, he has been permanently involved in art. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in the country and in more than 100 international symposiums and competitions around the world.
Since 1994, he has cooperated with the Office of Art Exhibitions in Lublin under the direction of the well-known art critic Andrzej Mroczek where he had his three solo exhibitions and participated in numerous projects in which he exhibited his works with such well-known artists as Christo, J. Nowosielski, J. Bereś, Nikifor, Koji Kamoji, Stanislaw Fijałkowski and others, among others during the exhibition titled "Signs of Identity".

Curator of international art projects.

In 2013 he was awarded the Medal of Honor of the XXIV International Biennial of Contemporary Exlibris in Malbork. Also in the same year, he was awarded the Second Triennial of Ukrainian Abstract Art in the field of printmaking in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.In 2014, he was awarded the Medal of Honor of the XV International Triennial "Small Graphic Forms" in Lodz.
In 2015, he was awarded the Medal of Honor of the XXV International Biennial of Contemporary Exilibrius in Malbork.

Jaroslaw Kaczmar's works can be found in state, private and museum collections in Europe, America and Asia, such as:

Adogi Taller Gallery, Barcelona / Spain
Central Libary of Hong Kong, Hong Kong / China
International Exlibris Art Exhibition,Beijing / China
Museum of Modern Art, Hunfeld / Germany
Public Libary, Warsaw / Poland
State Gallery of Art, Lodz / Poland
Copperplate Center,Lublin/Poland
Castle Museum,Malbork/Poland
Library of the Academy of Sciences,Gdansk/Poland
City Museum,Ostrów Wielkopolski/Poland
City Public Library,Gliwice/Poland
Gamblebyen Galery,Fredrikstad/Norway
Collection of Contemporary Art Chelm Museum,Chelm/Poland
Private Collection Gallery Blue-s Pawel Korzeniewski/Poland
Private Collection Klaus Rodl/Denmark
Private Collection Petro Nesterenko/Ukraine
Private Collection W.Batler/UK
Fritidgarden Susekuiien,Olofstrom/Sweden
Circle of Exlibris in Belgrade/Serbia
S.S.P.E.,Prague/Czech Republic
Collection of Exlibris St.Petersburg Club/Russia
Hacettape University,Ankara Exlibris Society/Turkey
Ankara Exlibris Society,Ankara/Turkey
A.D.A.F.A.,Kremona/Italy
Municipal Museum,Bruniko/Italy
Rotary Club,Acqui Terme-Ovada/Italy
Tama Art University Museum,Tokyo/Japan
International Exilibris Center,Museum of Small Forms,Saint-Niklaas/Belgium
Lviv National Art Gallery named after Boris Voznitsky , Lviv, Ukraine
Museum of Modernism, Lviv, Ukraine