I was born in Kalinov [Presov region], Slovak Republic on March 20, 1945. I studied at the University of Fine Arts Bratislava from 1966-1968. In 1969 I emigrated to Canada and settled in Toronto. I obtained a Commercial Arts Diploma from George Brown College [1972] and a Fine Arts Diploma from the Ontario College of Art [1986]. From 1991 to 1998 I was curator and executive director of the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation [KUMF Gallery]. During this period, I organized over 70 exhibits of many different artists from Canada, USA and Ukraine.
In my artistic endeavours I have mastered the use of pencil, egg tempera, acrylics and oils. Many themes are visible in my works, such as, portraits, wooden churches, icons, linear expressionism and surrealistic symbolism. I am also a prolific author of over 450 articles related to the arts, culture and history, published in periodicals, journals and newspapers.
To date, over 1,000 of my artistic works can be found in private and museum collections in Canada, USA, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Ukraine. I have held 33 solo exhibits and participated in over 90 group shows. I presently live and work in my private studio gallery in Kingsville, Ontario, the southernmost municipality in Canada.
