Taras Levkiv

On ІІІ All-Ukrainian symposium of ceramics in Opshnae (1999) he got I honor for decorative plastic work "Bilomorcanal".

In the 1980s T. Levkiv's range of artistic interests delved into another field. Levkiv began to give his priority to cosmological themes. He presented his works at 17 private exhibitions particularly in Tbilisi, Leningrad, Ternopil and other cities. The artist has taken part in 103 regional, all-Ukrainian and international exhibitions (Tartu, Estonia; Osaka, Japan; Zheshuv, Poland; Moscow, Russia etc).

In 1972 he became the first Representative from the Ukraine on ІІІ International biennale in Valorize (France). He would later go on to receive honors in competitions on artistic ceramics in Faience (Italy; 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980).

In 1971 he graduated from Lviv Institute of applied and decorative arts. At the end of 1970 there was his private student's exhibition in the town. The works he presented opened up new opportunities of an ancient method of potter's wheel, they had expressive ethnographic features.

Taras Bogdanovych Levkiv (Ukrainian: Тарас Богданович Левків; born 25 June 1940) is an honored Ukrainian artist who specializes in ceramic art. Since the 1980s, he has been the head of the Department of Art Ceramics at Ivan Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts.

Taras Levkiv was born on June 25, 1940, in the village of Mala Berezovytsia, now located in Zbarazh Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. He is the son of Bogdan Andriyovych Levkiv (1912-1999) and Olga Ivanivna Levkiv (née Omelian) (1921-2013). In 1964 he graduated from Lviv College of applied arts named in I. Trush (Ceramics Department). There he met his teacher Taras Dragan, with whom he would go on to develop a close relationship and the two would go on to enjoy year's of true friendship.