Vasyl Iosypovych Pilka was born on May, 4, 1959 in the Polyana village (theTranscarpathian region, Ukraine) in a family of workers. The family moved to the city of Kryvyi Rih in the 60-s. Vasyl received the complete secondary education already in Kryvyi Rih. Vasyl often visited his parental village in the period of these years. The young man spent much time among the unique landscapes of the Motherland. The communication with the masters of furniture-making, among whom there were many relatives, affected Vasyl’s acquiring of the sense of beauty, the ability to understand the material, you are working with. Vasyl has worked for some time at the Kryvyi Rih Locomotive Repairing Plant after the training’s end and the service in the Armed Forces of the USSR (1978-1980). The work with the gigantic diesel engines required a great responsibility. The ability to wake up a great, strong and obedient mechanical beast in the piece of metal - is a real miracle in itself! Thus, the future master gained the invaluable experience in mechanics. Vasyl Pilka linked his fate with the profession of a metallurgist in the period of 1984-2004.
Vasyl Pilka and Nikas Safronov at the Exhibition in Kiev, 2013
Gift of Cardinal of the Vatican ( Representative of the Rome Pope in Krakow, Poland) for the Creation of the Collection “Faith”
The Exhibition in the Apartments of Rome Pope in Krakow, 2017
The Exhibition in the Apartments of Rome Pope in Krakow, 2017
Diplomas "St. Petersburg Week of Arts", in 2013
Gold Medal and Breast Badge of the Ukraine’s Academy of Sciences
Breast Badge "For Merits before the City” of the III Degree
Breast Badge "For Development of Central-Municipal Region "
The Exhibition in the Supreme Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2016
The Exhibition at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2015
The Exhibition in the City of Baden-Baden, Germany, 2019
The work at the very metallurgical combine permitted completely to be a part of something great – the great affair, the great collective, the great result. Vasyl mastered the profession of the steel-maker’s assistant and later on he became the steel-maker himself. He was actively engaged in practical physics and chemistry of metal at that time. He studied to "breathe and listen to the metal", as the steel-makers say. The professional age of the metallurgist is bright, but not long. The aggressive environment of the steel-smelting shop, the high traumatism, the lost health – it’s not the full price, paid for the right to master the mysteries of metal. Vasyl Iosypovych paid this price with surplus. After the hard and long rehabilitation, the new period of searching himself has begun. At that time Vasyl communicated with the people of different professions and social status. As if all the Motherland appeared in the persons of these people of labour! Their opinions of life, the thoughts of the past and future, the present-day’s estimation and the place of an individual in it - all of this had the great influence on the formation of Vasyl’s new world outlook. His was troubled by the problems of philosophy and the self-identification, being projected at the fate of their own country, at their place in the history of the mother-Ukraine’s formation. The soul of Vasyl had no peace, was not ready to rest. How to satisfy the creativeness thurst of the glorious son of the Ukrainian masters and steel-makers? The response came from the same unexpected side. Glass. This is the new element, which engrossed him completely.
The Constantly Acting Exhibition at the Museum “ A. Durer’s House”, Nuremberg, Germany, 2019
The Exhibition in the City of Baden-Baden, Germany, 2019
The Exhibition in the City of Baden-Baden, Germany, 2019
Exhibition in the Gallery "Victory Gardens" Odesa, 2016
Presentation of Works in the General Consulate of Ukraine in Germany (Munich), 2018
Master at Work, 2018
The Exhibition of Orthodox Paintings on Glass. Hovburh (Austria, Vienna), the Kaiser Summer Residence of the Habbsburgs, November, 2015. The opening took place during the OSCE Vienna Ball.
The Exhibition of Orthodox Paintings on Glass. Hovburh (Austria, Vienna), the Kaiser Summer Residence of the Habbsburgs, November, 2015. The opening took place during the OSCE Vienna Ball.