KATERYNA DOVGAN MYCHAJLYSHYN



KATERYNA DOVGAN

McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland 21157

410-857-2469office;

kdovgan@mcdaniel.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

Ukrainian Republican Art School named after Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine.

Diploma of Artist/Teacher of Art.

Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine. Majoring in Painting, Art

Conservation and Art History.

MFA in Art Conservation, Painting and Teaching.

Professional Experience

5/1995 to present

Studio Artist. Painting, sculpture.

Painting Conservator – Private Practice. Conservator for private collectors, art/

antique galleries and institutions in Baltimore – Washington, DC area and throughout the USA.

2008 to present

Senior Lecturer of Art and Art History

McDaniel College, Westminster, MD

• Teaching undergraduate and graduate classes: Life Drawing, Perceptual Drawing , Oil Painting, Sculpture, Watercolor, Portrait Painting, Painting Techniques of the Past (Fresco, Encaustic, Egg Tempera, Classical Oil Painting), Anatomy, various Drawing and Painting Workshops;

• Assisting in teaching Portfolio Preparation;

• Lecturing on Art Conservation and Restoration, Art Preservation and History of Art.

• Conducting Honors Programs in Painting and Art Conservation.

• Supervising MLA final projects;

• Advising selected students;

• Supervising students’ off campus internships.

7/2004 to 2008

Lecturer of Art and Art History

2006

Taught “Perceptual Drawing” for McDaniel January term in Budapest, Hungary.

2003-2005

Created a bronze bust of W.R. McDaniel (McDaniel college, Hoover library).

2003

Painted a portrait of J.D. Coley, the President of the McDaniel College (McDaniel college Board of Trustees Room).

7/2003 to 7/2004

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History.

McDaniel College, Westminster, MD. Responsibilities include full teaching load, advising.

Same subjects as below.

8/2002 to 6/2003

Lecturer of Art and Art History. McDaniel College, Westminster, MD.

1999 to 2005

Art Instructor at the annual American Music and Art Festival Common Ground on the Hill.

Westminster, MD.

6/98 to 8/2002

Adjunct Professor of Art. McDaniel College, Westminster, MD.

11/96 to 5/97

Completing a series of eight icons for St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church at 2019

Gough Street, Baltimore, MD.

6/97 to 9/97

Art Conservator. Conservation and Restoration of a large scale painting “Christ and a

Rich Young Ruler”, 1903, by L. Thompson. Little Baker Chapel, Westminster, MD.

10/93 to 1/94

Artist in Residence at St Petrus and Rosenek Hotel and Spa. Bad-Tölz, Germany.

Working as a painter and art show curator.

9/92 to 1/93

Art Conservator. Restoration Firm “Gille GMBH” Bad-Tölz, Germany.

Conservation of a stucco bas-relief in the 16 century castle in the city of Ingolstadt.

1995 to 1991

Art Teacher. Private Art Studio, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Preparing students for entering National Art School and Art Academy. Teaching

drawing, watercolor, oil painting, applied anatomy.

9/80 to 9/92

Artist /Conservator-in-Charge. Special Scientific Conservation Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.

• Supervising all phases of research and conservation treatment of tempera paintings on wood panels and canvas.

• Research and conservation treatment of oil painting on wood panels and canvas.

• Conservation and restoration of layers of paint, gilding and ground on wooden sculptures and carvings.

• Conservation treatment of fresco and oil murals.

• Responsibilities included hiring of personnel, reporting and coordination of technical analysis.

During my employment at the Ukrainian State Conservation center I worked as an art conservator at such worldwide renown monuments and museums as:

- Kyrylo-Belozersk monastery, 14cent. Vologda region, Russia. Treatment of tempera icons.

- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Monastery, 11-18cent. Treatment of carved and gilded baroque iconostasis, numerous paintings, icons and murals.

- St.Sophia Cathedral, 11-19 cent. Conservation of gilded iconostasis and murals.

- St. Andrew Church, 18 cent. Architect Bartholomew Rastrelli. Restoration of the oversized (42 square meters) oil painting.

- Cathedral of Nativity of Our Lady, 18 cent. Kozelets city Chernihiv region. Restoration of the baroque iconostasis (height 27m) and series of icons.

- National Museum of Fine Art. Treatment of paintings and icons from permanent collection.

- Numerous churches and regional museums all over the country. Participating in summer time salvation expeditions to treat and preserve treasures of cultural and artistic heritage suffering from neglect and deliberate destruction.

Shows:

Europe

• Multiple group shows in Kyiv, Ukraine. Hostynny Dvir Gallery, Art Academy Exhibition Hall.

1987 -1991.

• Solo exhibit at Ukrainian Catholic Center, Munich, Germany. 1992

• Solo exhibit at St.Petrus and Rosenek Art Gallery, Bad Tölz, Germany. Dec. 1993

USA

• Regular participant at Carroll Arts Center group shows 2011, 2012, 2013

• Solo exhibit at the South-West College, Richlands, VA 2006.

• Art faculty group show (paintings, drawings, sculpture) Westminster, MD. 2006

• Solo exhibit (paintings, drawings). Self-Reliance Bank, Baltimore, MD. 2002

• Group show (paintings, drawings, sculpture). Rice Gallery, Westminster, MD. 2001.

• Group show (sculpture). Mill River Gallery, Ellicot City, MD.2001

• Group show (painting). Rockville Art Center, Rockville MD, 2000.

Art Show Judge.

Towson Town Spring Festival;

Fairheaven Biennial Art Show,

Sykesville, MD; Maryland Youth Art Show.

Lecturer.

Guest-Lecturer on Art and Art Conservation:

South-West College, Richlands, VA

Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD;

Carroll County Art Council;

Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD;

Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD;

High schools in the area.

Bibliography

• State TV, Channel 11, story on restoration of the painting Christ and the Rich Young Ruler, 1998.

• Carroll County TV station, two stories on the same subject, 1998.

• MPT – cover story and interview featuring me as an artist/art teacher of the Common Ground on the Hill festival and an art conservator, 2001.

• Articles in Carroll County Times, April 2002 and April 2003.

• Articles in The Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda, newspapers covering the life of the Ukrainians in the US.

• Maryland Public Television – documentary called “Katya” featured in the “Art Works This Week” program, May12, 2004, this short film won First Prize in the national competition.

• Carroll County Times - cover-story in Focus, May 9, 2004.

• Carroll Magazine article “Restoring Artsts’s Voice” , summer 2012

Professional organizations

• Exhibiting member of “Sculptors Inc.”, a professional organization that unites sculptors in Baltimore – Washington metropolitan area.

• Associate member of The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC).

Travel, Foreign Languages

Traveled extensively to study art and culture all over the countries that comprised former Soviet Union – Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia,

also France, Poland, Slovakia, Chech Republic, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands .

Fluent in - Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, English.

Read with dictionary - Slovak, Chech.

Beginner level – German.

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My paintings, sculptures and drawings can be found in private collections in Ukraine, Germany, Austria, France, Hungary and US.

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