TESTAMENT • ZAPOVIT. Ihor Rodion Dmytruk
Promoted by
Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch
Event Description
TESTAMENT • ZAPOVIT
IHOR RODION DMYTRUK
June 21 – October 17, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday June 21, 2:30pm
$20 • Youth 18 & under FREE
Testament – Zapovit is the first retrospective of Ihor Rodion Dmytruk (1938–2021), a Ukrainian Canadian artist whose life was shaped by war, displacement, and rebuilding. Born near Lviv, Ukraine and forced to flee Soviet persecution as a child, he later settled in Alberta, where he established a long career as both an artist and influential teacher.
This exhibition displays his work alongside many of the objects that inspired him, drawn from the permanent collection of the Ukrainian Museum of Canada – Ontario Branch. Together, these pieces explore post-WW2 Ukrainian immigration to Canada and aspects of Ukrainian culture that have endured despite russian efforts to erase them.
Organized by the Ukrainian Museum of Canada (National), Testament – Zapovit premiered in 2024 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and is presented in Toronto by the Ukrainian Museum of Canada – Ontario Branch.
Sponsors: Dmytruk Family Fund, Toronto Ukrainian Foundation, Ukrainian Credit Union Limited, BCU Foundation, St.Volodymyr Institute
Event Location
Ukrainian Museum of Canada - Ontario Branch
620 Spadina Ave
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2H4
