A Unique Contemporary Sculpture Park, PARK3020, Opens in Ukraine

On September 15, 2020, the first public contemporary sculpture park in Ukraine — PARK3020 — opened just outside of Lviv.

The exhibition features 23 works by Ukrainian sculptors, including Nazar Bilyk, Anna Zvyagintseva, Oleksii Zolotariev, Anton Logov, Anna Naduda, Bohdan Tomashevskyi, Volodymyr Kochmar, and others.

“PARK3020 is an open-air sculpture park that serves as a message to future generations for millennia to come. Through contemporary sculpture, we encode our values and aim to tell future generations what we dreamed of and what inspired us. It’s a transmission of knowledge through sculpture.

The park should become a platform for Ukrainian sculptors and a reflection of their dreams and creative ambitions. I hope the Ukrainian soul is revealed here — and that the whole world comes to know it,” said PARK3020 visionary Ihor Kryvetskyi during the opening ceremony.

The main ambition of PARK3020 is to launch a comprehensive educational program and international exchange, as well as to annually update the park’s exhibition. This will be achieved, in part, through cooperation with the British institution for public art — Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

“I’m delighted by our collaboration with PARK3020. We’ve just resumed operations at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and were amazed by the growing public demand for sculpture and nature — which seem to have become even more meaningful during the pandemic.

We look forward to working with Ukraine’s first permanent sculpture park, supporting artists, and bringing people inspiration and joy,” said Helen Pheby, curator at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and a member of PARK3020’s expert council, in a video address at the opening.

PARK3020 is a unique location situated 25 km from Lviv, in the village of Strelky, at Edem Resort Medical & SPA.
Entry is free, but requires prior registration on the website park3020.com in the “Visit” section.