About the Artist - Grigory Bosenko | Biography and Creative Journey

Biography

1947

November 13 - born in the city of Kiliia, Odesa Region, Ukraine

1954

Moved with his parents to Chisinau, Moldova

1963–1967

Student of the Architecture Department of the Chisinau Construction Technical School

1967–1972

Student of the Department of Architecture at the Chișinău Polytechnic Institute

1975

Joined the Union of Architects of the USSR

1977–1989

Chair of the Small Graphic Arts and Bookplate Section of the Moldavian Bibliophiles’ Society

1978–1987

Instructor of the courses “Composition” and “Architectural Design”

1980

Joined the Union of Artists of the USSR

1987

Joined the USSR Union of Designers. The Ex Libris Museum was established in Chișinău—the first in the Soviet Union

1988

Founded the Ex Libris Museum in Chisinau /based on his personal collection, the first in the Soviet Union/. 1990 – elected Chairman of the Board of the Union of Designers of Moldova

1990

Founder and Director of the design studio /hereinafter the company/ "GREGORY"

1990 -2009

President of the Union of Designers of the Republic of Moldova

1994

International training course “Public Relations,” USA.

1996 - 1999

Founder and President of the Guild of Advertising Producers of the Republic of Moldova

2000 - 2005

Founder and member of the Fashion Federation of the Republic of Moldova

2000

Elected a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society, Department of Artistic and Industrial Design /International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society, departament of Design/

2000

Elected to the Coordinating Council of the International Association “Society of Designers” /International association “Society of designers”

2003 - 2011

Board member of the Union of Architects of the Republic of Moldova

2007 - 2010

Member of the Council of the Russian Association of Ex Libris

2009

Elected to the Editorial Board of the Russian Bookplate Journal

2009

Elected Honorary President of the Union of Designers of the Republic of Moldova

2011

Joined the Russian Society of Ex Libris and Graphic Art Enthusiasts

2013

Passed away as a great creator who made an immense contribution to the cultural development of Moldova. Laureate and diploma recipient of republican, all-Union, and international exhibitions and competitions in the field of architecture and graphic art since 1971 /Belarus, Germany, Denmark, China, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Romania, Ukraine/. Graphic works were exhibited in Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, France, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, and Yugoslavia, and are held in numerous galleries and private collections in Europe and America.

Diplomas and Awards

44 diplomas and awards (1968–2014)

1968

Diploma, review competition of technical school graduation projects (“Indoor Athletics Arena in Chișinău”)

1973

Second-Class Diploma of the USSR Union of Architects (degree project “Funeral Complex in Chisinau”), Moscow

1976

Certificate of Honor from the Bureau of the Chișinău City Committee of the Communist Party of Moldavia

1977

Honorary Certificate of the Union of Architects of the Moldavian SSR. Second Degree Diploma of the Union of Architects of the USSR (Review of Young Architects’ Work - 60 Years of October), Moscow

1983

Diploma of the 4th Vilnius Ex Libris Biennial, Vilnius, Lithuania

1986

Diploma of the 3rd Republican Ex Libris Exhibition. Second Prize Diploma of the State Committee for Publishing of the Moldavian SSR

1987

Second Prize Diploma of the State Committee for Publishing of the Moldavian SSR. Honorary Diploma of the All-Union Ex Libris Exhibition “50 Years of the Great October Socialist Revolution,” Kyiv

1988

Letter of Appreciation from the Soviet Culture Foundation (D.S. Likhachov), Moscow

1990

Medal of the 13th International Biennale of Contemporary Ex Libris, Malbork, Poland

1991

Prizewinner of the ex libris exhibition “Europa in Bookplate Art”, Frederikshavn, Denmark

1992

Medal of the 14th International Biennale of Contemporary Ex Libris, Malbork, Poland

1994

Grand Prix at the International Ex Libris Exhibition “Woman in Ex Libris,” Kyiv, Ukraine

2000–2002

Diplomas of the Union of Architects of Moldova (4 awards). Honorary Medal of the 11th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Łódź, Poland

2003

Honorary Diploma of the International Mini-Print Biennale, Cluj, Romania

2005

Diploma of the Union of Artists of Moldova. Diploma of the 14th International Vilnius Ex Libris Biennale

2007

Diploma of the Russian Academy of Arts and the International Union of Designers. Laureate’s diploma of the Second All-Russian Ex Libris Congress, Vologda

2008

Diploma and Ivan Fyodorov Medal of the International Union of Book Lovers. Commendation from the Russian Academy of Arts

2009

Medal and diploma of laureate of the 16th International Vilnius Ex Libris Biennial “1000 Years of Lithuania.” Laureate’s diploma of the exhibition of the International Ex Libris Congress “1000 Years of Yaroslavl”

2010

Grand Prix of the international design competition “Design for Production 2010.” First Prize Laureate Diploma, Naberezhnye Chelny

2011

Prizewinner of the ex libris exhibition-competition, Klaipėda. Diploma of the 17th Vilnius Biennial. Winner’s diploma of “ArhIdea 2011,” Kazan

2012

Grand Prix at the International Design and Art Competition, Naberezhnye Chelny

2013

Laureate’s diploma of the Fourth All-Russian Ex Libris Congress, Vologda. Laureate of the 2nd International Exhibition “Games of Kings,” Brest, Belarus

2014

Diploma of the “First International Printmaking Exhibition” - “In Search of Paradise Lost,” Spain. Diploma of the 18th International Vilnius Ex Libris Biennial

Solo Exhibitions

31 solo exhibitions (1974–2014)

1974

1. Exhibition of graphic art by G. Bosenko and O. Zemtsov /Chisinau, Moldova./

1975

2. Solo exhibition “Graphics. Grigory Bosenko” /Chișinău, Moldova/

1981

3. Solo exhibition “Ex libris Bosenko” /Chisinau, Moldova./

1982

4. “Moldovan Ex Libris – G. Bosenko, P. Vlakh, V. Sheiko” /Tallinn, Estonia/

1983

5. “Moldovan Bookplate Art – G. Bosenko, P. Vlakh, V. Sheiko” /Riga, Latvia/ 6. Grigory BOSENKO “Typographic Bookplate” /Vilnius, Lithuania/

1987

7. Solo exhibition “Bookplate in Etching” /Chisinau, Moldova/

1991

8. Exhibition of graphic art by G. Bosenko, V. Kuzmenko, and I. Pychev /Uddevalla, Sweden/

1992

9. Solo exhibition “G. Bosenko. Graphics” /Chisinau, Moldova/

1993

10. Vernissage of Grigory Bosenko “Under the Sign of TRIGON” /Chisinau, Moldova./

1996

11. Graphic Design (Ambros Y., Bosenko G., Popescu G.) /Chisinau, Moldova/ 12. Solo exhibition “25 Years of Creativity” /Chisinau, Moldova/ 13. Solo exhibition “Typeface” /Chisinau, Moldova/

1997

14. Solo exhibition “Sub semnul Trigonului” (Under the Sign of the Trigon) / Chisinau, Moldova / 15. Solo exhibition “Drawing as an Event” / Chisinau, Moldova / 16. Solo exhibition “Graphic Design by G. Bosenko” / Chisinau, Moldova /

2000

17. Solo exhibition “Caleidoscop de evenimete” (Kaleidoscope of Events) /Chișinău, Moldova/

2001

18. Solo exhibition “The World of Drawing and Calligraphy” /Chișinău, Moldova/

2002

19. Solo exhibition “EVENT” /Chișinău, Moldova./

2003

20. Solo exhibition “Faptul evenimentelor” (The Fact of Events) /Chișinău, Moldova/

2004

21. Solo exhibition “Sub lemnul Trlgonului +1” (Under the Sign of Trigon +1) /Chișinău, Moldova/

2005

22. Solo exhibition “Grafika” /Vilnius, Lithuania/ 23. Solo exhibition “Paroda grafika G. Bosenko” /Vilnius, Lithuania/

2006

24. Solo exhibition “Calligraphy by G. Bosenko” /Novosibirsk, Russia/

2007

25. Solo exhibition “Calligraphy and Typographic Bookplate” /Moscow, Russia/

2008

26. Solo exhibition “Calligraphy by G. Bosenko” /Nizhny Novgorod, Russia/

2009

27. Solo exhibition “Font and Grapheme” /Chișinău, Moldova/ 28. Solo exhibition “Grapheme and Calligraphy” /Chișinău, Moldova/

2010

29. Solo exhibition “Calligraphy by G. Bosenko” /Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine/

2011

30. Solo exhibition “Typographic Bookplate by G. Bosenko” /Vologda, Russia/

2014

31. Solo exhibition “Pages of Memory of G. Bosenko” /Vilnius, Lithuania/

A total of 152 exhibitions (including 31 solo exhibitions, among them 3 group exhibitions) Graphic works have been exhibited in Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, France, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia, and China. They are also held in many galleries and private collections in Europe and America.

Participation in Exhibitions

84+ international and national exhibitions (1972–2014)

1972

1. All-Union Ex Libris Exhibition dedicated to the International Year of the Book, Lviv /Ukraine/

1975

2. International Exhibition “Book-75,” Moscow, Russia

1976

3. First Republican Ex Libris Exhibition, Chisinau /Moldova/

1978

4. 1st Republican Exhibition of Book Illustration, Chisinau /Moldova/ 5. International Ex Libris Exhibition. 17th FISAE Congress, Lugano /Switzerland/

1981

6. 1st solo exhibition “Ex Libris by Bosenko,” Chișinău /Moldova/ 7. 2nd Republican Ex Libris Exhibition, Chișinău /Moldova/

1982

8. "Moldavian Ex Libris" (group exhibition), G. Bosenko, P. Vlakh, V. Sheiko, Tallinn /Estonia/ 9. Inter-Republic Ex Libris Exhibition "Signs of Friendship", Vilnius /Lithuania/

1983

10. “Moldavian Ex Libris” /group exhibition/ G. Bosenko, P. Vlakh, V. Sheiko, Riga /Latvia/ 11. Inter-Republic Ex Libris Exhibition “The Book Is My Friend” (400th anniversary of the death of I. Fedorov), Vilnius /Lithuania/ 12. International Ex Libris Exhibition “The Tree in All Aspects”, Épinal /France/ 13. Second Solo Exhibition “Typographic Ex Libris”, Vilnius /Lithuania/ 14. 4th Vilnius Ex Libris Biennale (guest of the biennale), Vilnius /Lithuania/

1984

15. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Minerals and Fossils,” Trzic /Yugoslavia/ 16. International Ex Libris Exhibition “J.-F. Schiller,” 20th FISAE Congress, Weimar /GDR/ 17. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Music and Musicians,” Kronach /FRG/

1985

18. All-Union Ex Libris Exhibition “40 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War”, Moscow /Russia/ 19. Exhibition “Contemporary Soviet Ex Libris”, Weimar /GDR/ 20. All-Union Exhibition “Masters of Miniature Graphic Art”, Moscow /Russia/

1986

21. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Music,” Nancy /France/ 22. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Artists and Art,” Kronach /FRG/ 23. International Ex Libris Exhibition “1986 – International Year of Peace,” Sofia /Bulgaria/ 24. 3rd Republican Ex Libris Exhibition, Kishinev /Moldova/ 25. International Ex Libris Exhibition “The Book in All Its Aspects,” Brussels /Belgium/ 26. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Albrecht Dürer,” Nuremberg /FRG/ 27. 2nd Solo Exhibition “Ex Libris in Etching,” Kishinev /Moldova/

1987

28. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Theatre and the City”, Wiesbaden /Germany/ 29. Inter-Republic Ex Libris Exhibition dedicated to the “70th Anniversary of the October Revolution”, Kyiv /Ukraine/

1988

30. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Inter-exlibris '87+'88”, Frederikshavn /Denmark/ 31. Ex Libris Exhibition from the G.B. Collection, Chisinau /Moldova/ 32. International Exhibition “Inter-exlibris '88”, 12th FISAE Congress, Frederikshavn /Denmark/ 33. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Gabriele D’Annunzio”, Pescara /Italy/ 34. International Ex Libris Exhibition “The Hand and the Tool”, Nancy /France/

1989

35. The exhibition “Soviet Ex Libris,” Geneva /Switzerland/ 36. The inter-republic ex libris exhibition “A Wreath for the Kobzar” (175th anniversary of T. G. Shevchenko), Kyiv /Ukraine/ 37. The ex libris exhibition “A Wreath for the Kobzar” (175th anniversary of T. G. Shevchenko), Bratislava /Slovakia/ 38. The international ex libris exhibition “Vilnius — Capital of Lithuania,” Vilnius /Lithuania/ 39. The exhibition “Moldavian Bookplate,” Vilnius /Lithuania/

1990

40. 13th International Ex Libris Biennale, Malbork /Poland/ 41. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Pardubice-650”, Pardubice /Czech Republic/ 42. International Exhibition “Orphcon-'90”, Burgas /Bulgaria/ 43. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Europa and the Bull”, Nuremberg /Germany/

1992

44. 14th International Ex Libris Biennale, Malbork /Poland/

1993

45. International Ex Libris Exhibition “Christopher Columbus”, Genoa /Italy/ 46. First International Exhibition “Woman in Ex Libris”, Kyiv /Ukraine/

1994

47. International Exhibition “Goethe and Schiller in Ex Libris,” Kronach /Germany/ 48. 15th International Ex Libris Biennale, Malbork /Poland/

1996

49. 16th International Ex Libris Biennale, Malbork /Poland/ 50. Solo Exhibition “25 Years of Creativity,” Chișinău /Moldova/

1998

51st International Ex Libris Biennale, Malbork /Poland/

1999

52. 2nd International Ex Libris Exhibition-Competition, Gliwice /Poland/ 53. International Exhibition “Cranach and Dürer in Ex Libris”, Kronach /Germany/

2000

54th International Ex Libris Biennale, Malbork, Poland

2001

55. 4th International Ex Libris Exhibition-Competition, Gliwice /Poland/

2002

56. 19th International Ex Libris Biennale, Malbork /Poland/ 57. 10th International Biennale of Small Graphic Forms and Ex Libris, Ostrów Wielkopolski /Poland/

2005

58. 14th International Vilnius Ex Libris Biennial, Vilnius /Lithuania/ 59. Solo exhibition “G. Bosenko /parodagrafika/”, Vilnius /Lithuania/

2007

60. Solo exhibition “Calligraphy and Typographic Bookplate”, Moscow /Russia/ 61. 2nd All-Russian Ex Libris Exhibition, Vologda /Russia/ 62. 15th International Vilnius Ex Libris Biennial, Vilnius /Lithuania/

2009

63. Exhibition of the International Ex Libris Congress “1000 Years of Yaroslavl”, Yaroslavl, Russia 64. 16th International Vilnius Ex Libris Biennial “1000 Years of Lithuania”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2010

65. International Ex Libris Exhibition. 33rd FISAE Congress, Istanbul /Turkey/ 66. International Ex Libris Exhibition “ZALGIRIS - 600”, Vilnius /Lithuania/

2011

67. International Ex Libris Exhibition-Competition “I. Simonaitytė Library-60”, Klaipėda /Lithuania/ 68. 3rd All-Russian Ex Libris Exhibition, Vologda /Russia/ 69. Solo Exhibition “G. Bosenko’s Typographic Ex Libris” /Vologda, Russia/ 70. 14th International Biennale of Small Graphic Forms and Ex Libris, Ostrów Wielkopolski /Poland/ 71. 5th Shanghai International Ex Libris Exhibition-Competition, Shanghai /China/ 72. 17th International Vilnius Ex Libris Biennial, Vilnius /Lithuania/

2012

73. International Biennial “Exlibris and Mini-prints,” Guangzhou /China/ 74. International Ex Libris Exhibition. 34th FISAE Congress, Naantali /Finland/ 75. 9th International Ex Libris Exhibition-Competition, Gliwice /Poland/ 76. International Student Exhibition-Competition “Design and Fine Arts 2012,” Naberezhnye Chelny /Russia/

2013

77. International Biennale “” Gu / China / 78. International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms and Ex Libris “Games of Kings” Brest / Belarus / 79. International Graphic Art Exhibition “In Search of Paradise Lost” Granada / Spain / 80. 24th International Biennale of Contemporary Ex Libris Malbork / Poland / 81. International Exhibition “Prints & Exlibris” Shanghai / China / 82. International Exhibition “1863 m. sukilimas” (The 1864 Uprising) Vilnius / Lithuania / 83. 4th All-Russian Ex Libris Exhibition Vologda / Russia /

2014

84. "First International Printmaking Exhibition" — "In Search of the Lost Paradise". Organized by ICSCO. Spain

Book Design, Layout, and Illustration for (Moldavian) Books

43 editions (1977–2009)

1977

1. Exhibition catalogue “The Country’s Youth” / design, Chișinău. Timpul Publishing House

1978

2. Exhibition catalogue “N. Epelbaum” / design, Chisinau. Shtiintsa Publishing House 3. Exhibition catalogue “B.P. Epelbaum-Marchenko” / design, Chisinau. Shtiintsa Publishing House 4. Exhibition catalogue “V. Obukh” / design, Chisinau. Timpul Publishing House

1979

5. the “Moldavian Ex Libris” series /design, 9 booklets, Chisinau. Timpul Publishing House /completed in 1984/

1981

6. “Contemporary Moldavian Bookplate” /design, Chişinău. Timpul Publishing House 7. series “The Art of the Moldavian Book” /design, 10 booklets, Chişinău. Timpul Publishing House /completed in 1984/

1983

8. “Masters of Moldovan Ex Libris” / design, limited edition, vol. I, Chișinău. Timpul Publishing House 9. “300 Bookplates from the Collection of S.G. Ivensky” / design, catalogue, Chișinău. Timpul Publishing House

1984

10. “Masters of Book Graphics” /design, mini-edition, vol. II, Chișinău. “Timpul” Publishing House 11. Pamela Travers, “Mary Poppins” /design, Chișinău. “Literatura Artistică” Publishing House 12. Gheorghe Madan, “Botezul” (Baptism) /illustrations, Chișinău. “Literatura Artistică” Publishing House 13. “Chișinău” Encyclopedia /design, Chișinău. “Enciclopedia” Publishing House 14. “Enciclopedie medicală populară” /design, Chișinău. “Enciclopedia” Publishing House

1985

15. Bernard Shaw, “Aphorisms” / ill. Chisinau. “Timpul” Publishing House 16. Ion Gheorghiță, “Mure din pădure” (Wild Strawberry) / ill. Chisinau. “Literatura Artistică” Publishing House 17. G. G. Byron, “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” / ill. Chisinau. “Literatura Artistică” Publishing House

1986

18. T.A. Lupushor, Family Holidays / illus. Chisinau. Timpul Publishing House 19. Gheorghe Georgiu, Livezi în floare (Apple Trees in Blossom) / illus. Chisinau. Literatura Artistică Publishing House 20. Sofia Prokofieva, Ucenicul vrăjitorului (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) / illus. Chisinau. Literatura Artistică Publishing House 21. R. Akulova, Grafica de carte moldovenească (Moldavian Book Graphics) / design. Chisinau. Literatura Artistică Publishing House 22. Exhibition catalogue. T. Barashkova, Ex libris Bosenko / design. Chisinau. Timpul Publishing House

1987

23. V.I. Lenin, “Lessons of the Revolution. The Tasks of the Revolution” / illus. Chișinău. Kartya Moldovenyaskэ Publishers 24. “Contemporary Moldavian Bookplate” / design, Chișinău. Timpul Publishers 25. Exhibition catalogue “The Third Republican Exhibition. Ex libris” / design, Chișinău. Timpul Publishers

1988

26. Stanislav Zigunenko “Salut, mă numesc Robotică” (Hello, I Am a Robot) / ill. Chișinău. Literatura Artistică Publishers

1989

27. O. V. Perovskaya “Pici Voinici și fiare mici” (Little Lads and Little Beasts) / illustrations, Chișinău. Literatura Artistică Publishers 28. Alexei Dorokhov “Despre adevăr și superstiții” (On Truth and Superstitions) / illustrations, Chișinău. Literatura Artistică Publishers 29. Mihail Eminescu “Poezie Populară” (Folk Poetry) / design, Chișinău. Literatura Artistică Publishers 30. Natalya Ponomaryova “Vladislav Obukh” / design, Chișinău. Literatura Artistică Publishers

1990

31. H.-C. Andersen, “Regina fulgilor de nea” (Fairy Tales. The Snow Queen) / illus., Chișinău. Hyperion Publishing House 32. T. Barashkova, “GB—G. Bosenko” / design, album, Chișinău. Timpul Publishing House

1991

33. Paolo Lobato, “Ordinul Ciocănitoarei Aurii” (Order of the Yellow Woodpecker), illustrated edition, Chișinău. Hyperion Publishers.

1992

34. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, “Fairy Tales” / illustrations. Chisinau. Viraj Publishers 35. Exhibition catalogue “GB—G. Bosenko” / design. Chisinau. Bosmel Studio Publishers

1996

36. Jerzy Lec, “Uncombed Thoughts” / ill. Chișinău. Virt Publishers

1999

37 “A Guide to My Memory” / design, album, Chisinau. GREGORY Publishing House

2001

38. Raisa Akulova, “GB Greeting Engraving” / design, Chisinau. Published by GREGORY 39. Catalogue “RESTAURAREA CONSERVAREA shezasia pastrarii patrimoniului nationala” / design, Chisinau. Published by DesiCom Plus

2004

40. G. Bosenko “Grigorii Bosenko EX LIBRIS” / bookplate. Grigorii Bosenko / design, Chișinău. Published by “R&G gallery”

2005

41. “Old Chișinău” / design, Chișinău. Published by GREGORY.

2006

42. G. Bosenko, “Grigorii Bosenko EX LIBRIS” / typographic bookplate. Grigorii Bosenko / design, Chișinău. R&G Gallery Publishing.

2009

43. G. Bosenko, Architect Valentin Wojciechowski / Design, Chișinău. R&G Gallery Publishing House