According to Art investment magazine, Mikhailo Deyak has become listed in the top-20 of young contemporary artists of the CIS, and ranks seventh in the list of the most prestigious artists of Ukraine, as Forbes puts it.
Mikhailo Deyak - Михаил Деяк Ukraine, b. 1984 is an Ukrainian artist who works at the intersection of neo-expressionism and minimalism, who experiments with painting and materials (glass and metal), and masterfully applies all of these techniques together.
1999 - 2003 he studied at Uzhhorod Arts College named after A. Erdeli
2003 entered the Kyiv National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.
The artist is intensively engaged in exhibition activities, and his works are sold at auctions. In 2013, Mikhailo enjoyed his first international success, when one of his paintings was in the top ten of the most valuable paintings of Ukrainian artists, wich have been sold for over a year in public sale, according to Forbes. At the end of 2014, the painting from his series Klitschko Brothers Emotion was sold at a Phillips auction for $11 800. In 2015, a painting made on a glass piece, one of his Stools series, was purchased at the mentioned auction for $16 000. This sale passed the top estimate and became the highest one Mikhailo has ever experienced at Phillips auction.
According to Art investment magazine, Mikhailo Deyak has become listed in the top-20 of young contemporary artists of the CIS, and ranks seventh in the list of the most prestigious artists of Ukraine, as Forbes puts it.
Seven artist’s paintings were purchased by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and his works are also stored in the archives of the National Arts Museum of Ukraine. The artist’s works are a part of private collections in Ukraine, Italy, Canada, USA, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Hungary and China. Mikhailo Deyak lives and works in Kyiv.