{{Short description|Ukrainian artist (1943–2020)}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|Biographies|date=February 2016}} {{COI|date=February 2016}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Nikolay Shmatko | native_name = {{nobold|Микола Шматько}} | native_name_lang = uk | image = Timoshenko_Shmatko.jpg | image_size = 240px | caption = Nikolay Shmatko & "Ukrainian Aurora" | birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|8|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Krasnohorivka, Reichskommissariat Ukraine | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|9|15|1943|8|17}} | death_place = Pereiaslav, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine | occupation = Sculptor, painter | website = [http://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/ Marble sculpture of King of marble of Nicolai Shmatko] }}
'''Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko''' ({{langx|uk|Микола Гаврилович Шматько}}; 17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.<ref>{{citation | last= | first= | title=Biennale Iinternazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea 2007, citta di Firenze | publisher=Spaini & Partners | page=678 | place=Via R. Francardi 28 56128 Marina di Pisa (PI | year=2007 | url = }}</ref>
==Biography== Shmatko became a sculptor at the age of 33, having previously been a firefighter.<ref>Smirnova, Helen (September 10, 2003), "I lived 13 years in a vault", Facts and comments (Ukraine, Donetsk)</ref> During all his creative development Nikolai Shmatko created more than 750 various monuments and about 500 pictures.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Nikolai Shmatko :: Biography :: Personal exhibitions|url=https://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/engver/Bioexe2.html|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com}}</ref>
He worked in marble, inspired by European culture and art. His studio and gallery contain 100 sculptures (more than 70 of which are made of Ural and Italian marble); 30 plaster casts; and about 300 pictures (including paintings, graphics, and architectural designs). In total, there are approximately 750 pieces, ranging from simple decorations to bas-relief and high relief busts and sculptures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://day.kyiv.ua/uk/article/osobistist/skulptor-iz-pidzemellya-mikola-shmatko|title=Скульптор із підземелля Микола Шматько }}</ref> Some of these pieces are sexually explicit and even pornographic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pda.segodnya.ua/regions/donetsk/avtor-ckultrury-holoj-timoshenko-pokazal-chto-takoe-cekc.html|title=Автор скультруры голой Тимошенко показал, что такое секс (фото)|publisher=Pda.segodnya.ua|access-date=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126101000/http://pda.segodnya.ua/regions/donetsk/avtor-ckultrury-holoj-timoshenko-pokazal-chto-takoe-cekc.html|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citynews.net.ua/news/11473-novye-skulptury-shmatko-virtuozy-seksa-i-luganskiy-sudya-s-indyukom.html|title=Новые скульптуры Шматько: виртуозы секса и луганский судья с индюком|website=Citynews.net.au|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127223113/http://www.citynews.net.ua/news/11473-novye-skulptury-shmatko-virtuozy-seksa-i-luganskiy-sudya-s-indyukom.html|archive-date=27 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Shmatko also worked in architecture, and had a design for a penis-shaped high-rise building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ostro.org/general/society/news/39686/|title=Автор 140-метрового фаллоса изобразил, как Тимошенко всем на голову села (Фото)|website=ОстроВ|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053231/http://www.ostro.org/general/society/news/39686/|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2004, for his work "Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin" - a statue of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos "Hegumenia") for Sviato-Uspenskyi Sviatohorskyi Monastery - Shmatko was awarded the order of Nestor Letopisets by Volodymyr Sabodan, the Kyiv Metropolitan, and all of Ukraine.<ref>{{Citation|last=Aseeva |first=Anna |title=The person from a marble |newspaper=Zerkalo Nedeli |location=Ukraine, Kyiv |volume=26 |date=July 18, 2008 |url=https://zn.ua/ART/chelovek_iz_mramora.html }}</ref>
In the autumn of 2005 the Transfiguration church was opened in the village of Keleberda, Poltava region. Exclusively for this church, the sculptor created a marble sculpture "The Crucifixion".<ref name=":0" />
In autumn 2012, at the invitation of oligarch Viktor Baloha,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastkorr.net/kultura/pokinuvshego-lugansk-skulptora-shmatko-vzyal-pod-opeku-baloga|title=Покинувшего Луганск скульптора Шматько взял под опеку Балога|publisher=Eastkorr.net|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201153803/http://www.eastkorr.net/kultura/pokinuvshego-lugansk-skulptora-shmatko-vzyal-pod-opeku-baloga|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shmatko moved with his family to the city of Mukachevo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tisk.org.ua/?p=18517|title=Культурный герой Шматько покинул Луганск|website=Давление света - новости культуры, авторские статьи, рецензии, стихи, фото, живопись|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201210205/http://tisk.org.ua/?p=18517|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top.lg.ua/news/Nikolayu-SHmatko-predlozhil-pereehat-v-Mukachevo-ministr-MCHS-Ukrainy-Viktor-Baloga-29056|title=Николаю Шматько предложил переехать в Мукачево министр МЧС Украины Виктор Балога|publisher=Top.lg.ua|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125225741/http://www.top.lg.ua/news/Nikolayu-SHmatko-predlozhil-pereehat-v-Mukachevo-ministr-MCHS-Ukrainy-Viktor-Baloga-29056|archive-date=25 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Exhibitions == * 2007: Biennale di Firenze 2007, Italy; received 4th place award in sculpture and installation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.florencebiennale.org:80/ing_premiati07.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924041551/http://www.florencebiennale.org/ing_premiati07.html|url-status=dead|title=Biennale | Awards 2007|archivedate=September 24, 2008|website=www.florencebiennale.org}}</ref> * 2009: Biennale di Firenze 2009, Italy; Participating Artists 2009<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.florencebiennale.org/en/artists-2009/ | title=Participating Artists 2009 | access-date=2016-02-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209190407/http://www.florencebiennale.org/en/artists-2009/ | archive-date=2016-02-09 | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2012: ArtMonaco 2012, Monaco; Exposants - Exhibitors, Art Monaco 2012 (page 160)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://issuu.com/artmonacomagazine/docs | title=Art Monaco | access-date=2016-02-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216051349/https://issuu.com/artmonacomagazine/docs | archive-date=2016-02-16 | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Works in public collections== * Shmatko's bust of Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko is stored in the museum of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/engver/w153z.html|title=The Ukrainian artist Soshenko I.M. 1807-1876 (Carrara marble 0,35x0,35x0,60)|publisher=Kingofmarble-shmatko.com|accessdate=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125657/http://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/engver/w153z.html|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|QpvkATyFjaU|Bust of Soshenko (Video)}}</ref>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="300px"> Svyatogorskaya Blessed Virgin by Nicolai Shmatko.jpg|''Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin''<br>Sviato-Uspenska<br>Sviatohirsk Lavra<br>Sviatohirsk, Ukraine Shmatko-statue.jpg|''Foreplay''<br>Ural marble, 66 x 125 x 67 Soshenko.jpg|''Ivan Soshenko'' Shevchenko Taras.jpg|''Taras Shevchenko''<br>Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.kingofmarble-shmatko.com/engver/index_en.html Official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130323190808/http://basmahbintsaud.com/blog/a-sculpture-has-been-made-in-honour-of-hrh-princess-basmah/ Official website of HRH Princess Basmah Bint Saud] * [https://www.whatson-kyiv-archive.com/index.php?go=News&in=view&id=5065 Sculpture Gives Yulia Nude Treatment] * [https://www.rferl.org/a/Ukrainian_Sculptor_Unveils_Yanukovych_Bust/2118665.html Radio Liberty interview]
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