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Ihor Kozhan

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Kozhan.

Ihor Volodymyrovych Kozhan (Ukrainian: Ігор Володимирович Кожан; born 17 January 1953) is a Ukrainian archivist, cultural and public figure. He is director general of the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum of Lviv (from 2005) and a member of the Ukrainian National Committee of the International Council of Museums.[1]

Ihor Kozhan
Ігор Кожан
Born
Ihor Volodymyrovych Kozhan

(1953-01-17) 17 January 1953 (age 71)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materUzhhorod University, National Academy of Government Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts
Occupation(s)Archivist, cultural and public figure
AwardsOrder of Merit
Merited Culture Worker of Ukraine
Meritorious Activist of Culture of Poland

Biography edit

Ihor Kozhan was born on 17 January 1953 in Lviv.[2]

He studied at Lviv Specialized Secondary School No. 8.[3] He graduated from Uzhhorod University (1979, majoring in history) and the National Academy of Government Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts (2008).[2][3]

While studying at the History Department of the University of Lviv, he was caught in a wave of repression unleashed by the authorities against nationally conscious figures of science and education (1972–1973); for participating in a dissident student group, he was expelled from the university (1973) with the wording "behavior unworthy of the title of a Soviet student".[3][4][5]

In 1973–1975, he served in the Soviet Army.[3]

He worked as a laboratory assistant at the Department of Museology (1975–1976), a senior laboratory assistant at the Department of Carpathian Studies (1976–1980) at the Museum of Ethnography and Arts and Crafts of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, a junior researcher at the Lviv Branch of the Rylsky Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1980–1984), an educator and teacher of social disciplines at the Lviv Film College (1985–1988).[2][3][5][6]

He is fluent in German and Polish.[3]

National Museum of Lviv edit

He worked at the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum of Lviv: junior researcher (1988), head of the folk art sector (1989–1990), scientific secretary (1990–1991), deputy director for research (1991–1994), head of the department of exhibition and exposition and scientific and educational work (1994–2005), director general (from 2005 to the present).[2][6]

While in the last position:

  • an active participant in the activities to return to the museum three iconographic monuments stolen (1984) from the Armenian Cathedral's storage (2011, 2012)[3][5]
  • on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the museum's establishment, it was granted "national" status and named the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum of Lviv (2005)[5]
  • he worked on the fund collections, was involved in research expeditions in Lviv and Ternopil Oblasts[2]
  • the museum received as a gift the collection of works and archive of H. Horiun-Levytska (Canada),[2][5][7] the art collection of I. Nosyk (USA), the archives of S. Hordynskyi (USA), V. Popovych (France), and A. Lisikevych (USA)[3]
  • author and co-author of 400 exhibitions; a number of catalogs of art exhibitions and scientific publications and albums on museum and art history.[2][5]

He created museums in the Lviv Oblast, which at that time functioned as separate departments of the National Museum of Lviv: the Ustyianovych Museum (Vovkiv, Lviv Raion), Mykhailo Bilas Museum (Truskavets), Les Kurbas Museum, Boikivshchyna Museum (resumed operations), and the Children's Art Gallery (Sambir).[2][5]

In 1991, he joined the initiative group for the liquidation of the Lviv branch of the Central Lenin Museum and the transfer of the building to the Scientific and Artistic Foundation – National Museum of Lviv (the then name of the institution). He co-curated the arrangement of the exhibition space in the newly acquired building (1991–1993).[5]

He contributed to the development of international relations with museums and scientific institutions in Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Romania, Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Canada, and the United States.[2]

Cultural and public activities edit

Head of the Museum Council at the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine (2010–2012),[5] State Examination Commission at the History Department of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (2010–2015).[3]

Co-founder and member of the Artes Charitable Foundation. Member of the Public Council "St. George", Supervisory Board of the Lviv National Academy of Arts.[5]

Member of the organizing committees at the Curia of the Lviv Archeparchy of the UGCC on the occasion of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the restoration of the Galician Metropolis and the formation of the Lviv Archeparchy; on the construction of monuments to Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (2012–2015),[8] Omelian Kovch (2012, Peremyshlyany, Lviv Oblast). Co-curator of the artistic action "200th anniversary of the Galician Metropolis" (2007).[3]

Awards and honors edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Новітня історія України: Галичина 2008. Національний музей у Львові імені Андрея Шептицького. Генеральний директор — Кожан Ігор Володимирович". Український видавничий дім. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Забитівська, А. Кожан Ігор // Енциклопедія Львова / За ред. А. Козицького. — Львів: "Літопис", 2010. — Т. 3. — С. 314—315.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Кожан Ігор Володимирович" (PDF). Міністерство культури, молоді та спорту України. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-26.
  4. ^ Борис Козловський (2012-09-27). "Відмінники навчання, "не гідні звання радянського студента"..." Високий замок.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Державні нагороди України. Кавалери та лауреати (том IX). Кожан Ігор Володимирович". Український видавничий дім.
  6. ^ a b Олена Дуб (2005-07-20). "Нові заяви про старе". Україна молода.
  7. ^ "Електронна бібліотека "Культура України"". elib.nlu.org.ua. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  8. ^ Рішення Львівської міської ради від 12 лютого 2010 року № 113 "Про утворення організаційного комітету зі спорудження пам'ятника митрополиту Андрею Шептицькому у м. Львові".
  9. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 23 серпня 2022 year № 593/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня Незалежності України» (in Ukrainian)
  10. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 23 березня 2006 year № 254/2006 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
  11. ^ Вероніка Рой (2020-03-04). "На посаду директора музею імені Андрея Шептицького претендують двоє людей". Львівський портал.
  12. ^ "Директор музею ім. Шептицького здобув премію Ротонді за збереження мистецької спадщини під час війни". Еспресо. 2023-09-19.
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