1 9 7 9
born in Kyiv UA
lives and works in Munich DE
1 9 9 0 – 1 9 9 7
Study at National Art School of T.G.Shevtchenko in Kyiv UA
1 9 9 7 – 1 9 9 9
Study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kyiv UA
1 9 9 9 – 2 0 0 5
Study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich DE
Master student
2 0 0 6 – 2 0 0 7
Lectures on the subject painting at philosophy seminars, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich DE
2 0 1 0
Foundation of the artist group RHYTHM SECTION
2 0 1 1
Foundation of the artist group THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE
2 0 1 2
Lectureship and workshop, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv UA
Lectureship and workshop, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore SI
2 0 1 3
Lectureship and workshop, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan CN
Lectureship, School of Visual Communication, Kyiv UA
Workshop, Remise, Zurich CH
Lectureship and workshop, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran IR
2 0 1 4
Lectureship and workshop, Dzyga Art Center, Lviv UA
Lectureship and workshop, Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi GE
2 0 1 5
Lectureship and workshop, Chamber of Architects, Izmit TR
2 0 1 6
Lectureship and workshop, Fine Art School of Creative Arts University of Hertfordshire UK
2 0 1 7
Artwork as an Event, Symposium, University of Hertfordshire UK
Lectureship, European House of Art Upper Bavaria, Freising DE
Lectureship and workshop, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan CN
2 0 1 9
The Past and the Future of Abstract Art, international symposium, Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou CN
Lectureship and workshop, United Art Museum, Wuhan CN
2 0 2 0
Lectureship and workshop, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul TR
Artist Talk, Digital Art Space, Munich DE
2 0 2 1
RHYTHM SECTION SALON BINÄR, In Conversation, Digital Art Space, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION TALKS, Platforms Project NET, Athens GR
2 0 2 2
Schiesslhaus AIR, Art Residency Kollnburg DE
Artist Talk, Ep.contemporary, Berlin DE
GRANTS AND SPONSORS (selected):
2 0 2 3
Grant Kunstförderung 2023, ArsVersa Kunststiftung, Freiburg DE
2 0 2 2
Grant, Van de Loo Foundation, Munich DE
Grant, Richard Stury Foundation, Munich DE
Grant, Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung, Munich DE
Projektförderung, District of Upper Bavaria Cultural Funding, Munich DE
2 0 2 1
Grant, Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse München, Munich DE
Funding of cultural exchanges with foreign countries by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts DE
Funding of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich DE
2 0 2 0
Project Grant for Contemporary Art in Public Space by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts DE
Funding of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich DE
2 0 1 9
Funding of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich DE
Funding of the project, Boxes Art Museum, Shunde CN
Funding of the project, United Art Museum, Wuhan CN
Sponsoring, Lufthansa Cargo DE
2 0 1 8
Grant, Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung, Munich DE
Grant Kunstförderung 2018, ArsVersa Kunststiftung, Freiburg DE
Funding of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich DE
2 0 1 7 – 2 0 1 8
Catalog Grant, LfA Förderbank Bayern DE
2 0 1 6
Support of the project by the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts DE
Funding of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich DE
2 0 1 5
Support of the project by the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts DE
Funding of the project by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Munich DE
2 0 1 2 – 2 0 1 3
Catalog Grant, LfA Förderbank Bayern DE
2 0 1 2
Funding of the project by the Swiss culture foundation ProHelvetia CH
Funding of the project by The Institute Of Contemporary Arts Singapore SI
Sponsoring, Lufthansa Cargo DE
2 0 1 1 – 2 0 1 2
Studio Grant of the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts DE
2 0 1 0
Funding of the project by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart DE
Support of the project by Goethe Institute Kyiv UA
EXHIBITIONS (selected):
2 0 2 2
COMMON SPACE, Altes Spital, Viechtach DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE – DUO WITH STEVE COLEMAN AND KOKAYI + SPECIAL GUEST: ALINA SOKULSKA, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION, Platforms Project, Athens GR
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Ep.contemporary, Berlin DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE – DUO WITH STEVE COLEMAN AND KOKAYI, First Lindau Biennale DE
ERDE.SUCHT., GISELA – Freier Kunstraum Lichtenberg, Berlin DE
RHYTHM SECTION, super+ CENTERCOURT, Munich DE
ART WITH UKRAINE, Erika-Fuchs-Haus, Schwarzenbach DE
SENKRON VIDEO ART, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul TR
2 0 2 1
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION SALON BINÄR, Digital Art Space, Munich DE
IMMUNITY, Galerie der Künstler*innen, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION AMBIGUOUS UNAMBIGUOUS, Platforms Project, Athens DE
ZOMERSALON, What is Happening Here Gallery, Amsterdam NL
BINARY, Digital Art Space, Munich DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Platforms Project NET, Athens DE
OLEKSIY KOVAL QUATTUOR NOVISSIMA, super+ CENTERCOURT, Munich DE
SENKRON VIDEO ART, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul TR
RHYTHM SECTION DIYARBAKIR PASAJ, Diyarbakır TR
2 0 2 0
RHYTHM SECTION PAINTING VS IMAGE, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul TR
OLEKSIY KOVAL THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA, Digital Art Space, Munich DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul TR
RHYTHM SECTION AMBIGUOUS UNAMBIGUOUS, Platforms Project NET, Athens GR
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Platforms Project NET, Athens GR
SO NEAR YET SO FAR, Villa Waldberta, Feldafing DE
2 0 1 9
RHYTHM SECTION BINÄR, Meural Open Loft Event, Munich DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Amsterdam Art Weekend NL
EAGLE DRAGON RHYTHM SECTION, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam NL
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Digital Art Space, Munich DE
SHATTERED REALITY, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam NL
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Boxes Art Museum, Shunde CN
DE STIJL AND THE FUTURE, Boxes Art Museum, Shunde CN
DE STIJL AND THE FUTURE, United Art Museum, Wuhan CN
2 0 1 8
KÜNSTLER DER GALERIE, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich DE
CONCEPTS IN ABSTRACT ART, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam NL
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Istanbul Art Fair Tüyap TR
RHYTHM SECTION EXPERIENCE, Istanbul Art Fair Tüyap TR
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich DE
OLEKSIY KOVAL BINÄR, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich DE
FROM NARRATIVE TO ABSTRACTION, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam NL
BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM SECTION, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam NL
2 0 1 7
BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM SECTION, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam NL
RHYTHM SECTION IM SCHAFHOF, European House of Art Upper Bavaria, Freising DE
ARTMUC Kunstmesse, Munich DE
%, TILGallery, London UK
EUROPA, Reductive Non Objective Private Gallery, Cologne DE
OLEKSIY KOVAL 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 5, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION UTOPIA, Art Fair Tüyap, Istanbul TR
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE,Art Fair Tüyap, Istanbul TR
BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM SECTION, Gallery Karin Wimmer, Munich DE
2 0 1 6
RHYTHM SECTION OFFBEATS, Karşi Sanat Gallery, Istanbul TR
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, European House of Art Upper Bavaria, Freising DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam NL
BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM SECTION, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam NL
ESSENTIALS, Haus der Kunst, Munich DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE – STEVE COLEMAN AND FIVE ELEMENTS, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich DE
HYDROGRAPHY III – ABSTRACTS IN WATERCOLOR, LaKaserna, Bad Nieuweschans NL
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, University of Hertfordshire UK
2 0 1 5
IF CHAOS HAD A NAME, TIL Gallery, London UK
RHYTHM & METHOD, Galerie der Künstler, Munich DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA SYNDICATE, chamber of architects, Izmit TR
CONCRETE POST 3, raum2810, Bonn DE
RHYTHM SECTION, Odessa Biennale of Contemporary Art, Odessa UA
KUROS NEKOUIAN & OLEKSIY KOVAL, lw 44, Munich DE
2 0 1 4
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA SYNDICATE, Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi GE
RHYTHM SECTION, Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi GE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Days of Performance Art in Lviv UA
I:O KOKTEBEL ART RESIDENCE, Ford Museum, Gölcuk TR
RHYTHM SECTION, Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig DE
RHYTHM SECTION GEGEN DIE WAND, lw 44, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION EDITION, planparallel, Art Karlsruhe DE
2 0 1 3
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Azad Art Gallery, Teheran IR
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Academy of Fine Arts, Teheran IR
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, St. Pauls Kirche, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION EDITION, planparallel, Berliner Liste, Berlin DE
I:O KOKTEBEL ART RESIDENCE, Koktebel, Crimea, Ukraine UA
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Galerie der Künstler, Munich DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE trifft STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Remise, Zurich CH
RHYTHM SECTION, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan CN
HYDROGRAPHY II – ABSTRACTS IN WATERCOLOR, De Vishal, Haarlem NL
RHYTHM SECTION, lw 44, Munich DE
2 0 1 2
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv UA
RHYTHM SECTION, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv UA
RHYTHM SECTION, Zentrifuge, Nuremberg DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore SI
RHYTHM SECTION, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore SI
OLEKSIY KOVAL & PETER WEIGEL Kunstverein Landshut, Landshut DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig DE
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, LW 44, Munich DE
2 0 1 1
RHYTHM SECTION KIEW-MÜNCHEN, LW44, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION SIEBEN, sihlquai55, Zurich DE
RHYTHM SECTION TRIFT TADA UND STEVE COLEMAN, Marstall, Berg DE
DYNAMO, St. Paul’s Kirche, Munich DE
2 0 1 0
MEINE LUST UND MEINE FREUDE, Die Repueblik, Munich DE
WIR ARBEITEN – IHR SPINNT. FOLGE 1: KYJIW, House of Artist, Kyiv UA
AUF AUS MIT PAPIER, lw 44, Munich DE
RHYTHM SECTION IM FRUCHTHOF, Fruchthof, Munich DE
2 0 0 9
WELTRAUM-JAHRESÜBERBLICK, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich DE
VENUS & MARS, Weltraum, Munich DE
…DAS IST IMMER SCHWIERIG BEI SO GRUPPEN…, Option-München, Munich DE
1ST FLOOR, Option-München, Munich DE
2 0 0 8
IN COLOUR, Marstall zu Schloß Berg DE
2 0 0 5
UNIVERSAL PAINTING, The Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou CN
UNIVERSAL PAINTING, Gallery of the Hubei Art Institute, Wuhan CN
UNIVERSAL PAINTING, White Space Gallery, Peking CN
UNIVERSAL PAINTING, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai CN
MUNICH SCHOOL?, Kunstverein Aschaffenburg DE
MUNICH SCHOOL?, Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg DE
2 0 0 4
SPIRIT, Katholische Akademie in Bayern, Munich DE
FRISCHE FARBE!, Galerie Bodenseekreis, Meersburg DE
MUNICH SCHOOL?, Kunstverein Aichach DE
2 0 0 3
SO STELLE ICH MIR DEN SOMMER VOR, Galerie Albrecht, Munich DE
NEUES UND ALTES, Galerie Albrecht, Munich DE
2 0 0 1
GROUND COLOUR, Otto Galerie, Munich DE
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich DE
United Art Museum, Wuhan CN
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou CN
Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan CN
Galerie Bodenseekreis, Meersburg DE
Boxes Art Museum, Shendu CN
Katholische Akademie in Bayern, Munich DE
Ford Museum, Gölcuk TR
St. Paul, Munich DE
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
China, Germany, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA
PUBLICATIONS
THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE 2012 – 2022
(ISBN 978-3-945296-99-8)
2022
DE STIJL AND THE FUTURE
United Art Museum, Wuhan
Boxes Art Museum, Shunde
2019
OLEKSIY KOVAL
DIE SCHÖNE FORMEL / THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA
(ISBN 978-3-945296-63-9)
2018
RHYTHM SECTION
Rhythm Section, Hrsg.
(ISBN 978-3-945296-21-9)
2017
essentials. Coers Albert, Hrsg.
Haus der Kunst, Munich
icon Verlag Hubert Kretschmer
(ISBN 978-3-928804-39-4)
2016
RHYTHM & METHOD VOL. II
Rhythm Section
Galerie der Künstler, Munich
(ISBN 978-3-945296-21-9)
2015
OLEKSIY KOVAL
DIE FLÄCHE BESIEGEN / BEATING THE SURFACE
(ISBN 978-3-941951-74-7)
2013
MÜNCHEN ZEICHNET
(ISBN 978-3-00-042706-0)
2013
RHYTHM SECTION KYIV 2012
Kulturreferat München
Modern Art Research Institue, Kyiv
2013
RHYTHM & METHOD
Hubei Museum of Art
(ISBN 978-7-5394-6223-3)
2013
UNIVERSAL PAINTING
Guangdong Museum of Art
(ISBN 7-5394-1691-2)
2005
MUNICH SCHOOL?
Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
2004
FRISCHE FARBE!
Dr. Andrea Dippel
Verlag Robert Gessler
2004
TV SHOW
ARD – ALPHA, KUNSTRAUM – PORTRAIT
Oleksiy Koval 