The creative heritage of the teachers and their exhibition activities are significant, which is important for confirming the qualifications of a research and teaching staff of higher education institutions that train specialists in the artistic specialities of the field of knowledge 02 "Culture and Art".
The department's achievements include more than 100 exhibitions and competitions of fine arts and design, in which teachers and/or students under their supervision took part.
The creative activity of the Department of Design is headed by Honoured Artist of Ukraine, Chairman of the Board of the Zaporizhzhia Organisation of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Associate Professor Iryna Hresyk, whose exhibition activity includes numerous collective and personal exhibitions in Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, and Kyiv. Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Lviv, Slavske, Izmail (Poland), and China (Lithuania), and who participated in international plein airs in Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Tunisia, India, Indonesia, and China, as described in her interview with the “MIG” newspaper. Iryna Hresyk's works were exhibited in Latvia as part of the «Culture skūnes» with the assistance of the Kintai Arts Residency at the international exhibition Kintų Pakrantės Atspindžiai, at the international exhibition of Danube artists Blagovist -2022 and at the Kintai Arts Residency in the F. Bayoraitis Library (Kintai, Lithuania). Iryna Hresyk's works were exhibited at the Madame Palmgren Art Gallery (Lviv, Ukraine) during the exhibition "When the guns speak - the muses are not silent!!!". Iryna Hresyk's works and a list of her solo and collective exhibitions are available on the ZONSCHU website.
Oleksandr Briantsev, a senior lecturer at the Department of Design and a member of the Union of Designers of Ukraine, has a number of exhibitions and relevant posts about these events. In December 2021, the Museum of History of Zaporizhzhia National University hosted an exhibition of paper models of Cologne Cathedral and Notre Dame Cathedral in Reims by Oleksandr Briantsev, a senior lecturer and paper engineer. This event was covered in a publication on the web portal of the «Suspilne.Novyny TV channel, in a video by the "Ukraine. Suspilne Television" on YouTube and in the video of "Suspilne. Zaporizhzhia" on Facebook (the post received 257 thousand views, more than 20 thousand likes and 409 comments). An article about the exhibition of Rouen and Cologne cathedrals was published in the "MIG” newspaper. In total, Oleksandr Bryantsev has 10 cathedrals in his oeuvre, which he has shown at various times during exhibitions in different cities of Ukraine: in the Melitopol Museum of Local Lore (video by MTV-plus Melitopol), within the context of the V International Congress "European Vector of Development of Ukrainian Ethnodesign" in the Vasyl Krychevskyi Poltava Museum of Local Lore (video by the "Central. Poltava" TV channel and news of "Poltava Region"), during the Korneichukov Festival of Children's Literature in Odesa (a story by "Kulturometer") and during the exhibition "EAST EXPO-2019" in Kyiv (a review of participation in the event in the "MV" publication).
Among the team's outstanding creative achievements is the development of Senior Lecturer of the Design Department Oleksandr Briantsev and Associate Professor Hanna Chemerys, who created a three-dimensional design and illustrations for the pop-up book "Ivan Bohatyr". The book was presented to the general public in Odesa during the book festival, , as well as at the Vasyl Krychevskyi Poltava Local History Museum (video on the "Central" TV channel) as part of the International Congress on Ethno Design.
In May 2022, Zaporizhzhia National University hosted the grand opening of
the exposition of the Museum of ZNU History, which was distinguished by the original addition of modern paintings of ZNU buildings, its colleges, and the Engineering Institute to each showcase, created in modern digital art techniques by a well-known Zaporizhzhia artist, lecturer at the Design Department Kateryna Tarlinska.
Student creative activity
Our students also demonstrate active creative activity. For example, Anastasiia Dymova, a master's student of design, developed a design project "Ukraine begins with you", in which she demonstrated the originality and relevance of authentic Ukrainian culture in digital ethnopostcards and was invited to join the cohort of illustrators of the book "Ukrainian Bestiary" (Maloviy Publishing House).
Everyone was able to see the works of the talented young people during the exhibition "Territory of DESIGN". The exhibition consisted of computer graphics, logos, packaging design, book projects, social posters, and font posters.
The works of design bachelors were exhibited at the "Session to Session" exhibition. The presented artworks, made in different techniques and using different materials, revealed different issues and told their own special stories.
The art exhibition in the scientific library "Shevchenko - an artist with a poet's soul" impressed visitors with the creativity of the posters presented, as the slogan of the art exhibition was the desire to move away from clichés in the presentation of the Great Kobzar - a classic known to all since childhood.
Traditionally, the applicants also exhibited their works at the regional exhibition and competition for young artists "Steps to Mastery-2021". The exhibition featured about 180 diverse artworks, including graphics, paintings, posters, illustrations, and ceramics.
In November 2022, given the realities of the time, a presentation of art by students of the Design Department was held in a bomb shelter as part of the "Vilna" Charity Contest. The art objects presented by the future designers, together with the works of other Ukrainian art visionaries, helped in the important task of orchestrating meanings where words are still being found.
Applicants of the educational and professional programme "Graphic Design" are actively involved in international activities through participation in international competitions:
- - the works of students Anastasiia Dymova, Anna Mukhortova, Iryna Hedz, Veronika Berezhna, and Yana Honcharenko were selected to participate in the international competition COW 2020 illustration biennale;
- - in the International Open Competition in Web Design and Computer Graphics among students and pupils of higher education institutions , the works were presented by: 1st year student Violetta Terzi, 2nd year student Veronika Berezhna and 3rd year student Anastasiia Mysnyk. According to the results of the evaluation, Violetta Terzi's work took the third place in the nomination "Web Design" in the category "Students of Higher Education", and Anastasiia Mysnyk's work took the third place in the nomination "Best 2D Raster Graphics" in the category "Students of Higher Education";
- - in the International Competition in Computer Graphics and Web Design "CreDiCo-2022" according to the results of the creative competition, Yulia Kulchytska received a Diploma of the II degree in the nomination "Vector Graphics" and a certificate of participation;
- - the work of student Eva Trusova was selected for exhibition at the Bienal de Diseño de Perú;
- - digital works of the applicant Mariia Tiurina were presented at the international art event "VOLNANOVA";
- - paintings of the applicant Oleksandra Laskina were presented at the festival "Art on The Waterfront" in Canada in the centre of Chesterville (Ontario) and in Відні на арт-шоу «WeContemporary».
