Art studio · Minsk, Belarus

Hanna Dydyshka
& Yaraslau Filipovich

Monumental, portrait, memorial and animal sculpture in bronze, stone and stucco. Trained in the school of Uladzimir Zhbanau; restorers of Mir and Nesvizh castles.

100+

Works in collections

Countries represented

UNESCO castles restored

Belarus✳︎Mir and Nesvizh · UNESCO✳︎Russia✳︎Germany✳︎Italy✳︎Spain✳︎Malta✳︎UAE✳︎USA✳︎Belarus✳︎Mir and Nesvizh · UNESCO✳︎Russia✳︎Germany✳︎Italy✳︎Spain✳︎Malta✳︎UAE✳︎USA✳︎

01Studio · Who we are

Hanna Dydyshka

Animal sculpture, portraiture, fairy-tale figures, memorial and garden sculpture, stucco, painting.

Born in Minsk in 1983 to an architect’s family. Over a hundred works in galleries and private collections in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, the USA, the UAE, Germany, Italy, Spain and Malta.

Hanna's full CV

Yaraslau Filipovich

Monumental and memorial sculpture, monuments, plaques, street sculpture.

Born in Minsk. Member of the Belarusian Union of Artists. Public works in Minsk, Mahiliou, Lida, Maladzechna, Horki and Smaliavichy.

Yaraslau's full CV

02Signature works

40 more works in the gallery

Monumental, memorial, animals and restoration — searchable by title, place and material.Open the gallery

03Exhibitions & restoration

Selected exhibitions

2016Autumn Salon with Belgazprombank, Palace of Arts — 2nd place (H. Dydyshka)
2016Solo display, Aristocrat Gallery, Minsk
2014Republican exhibitions “Sculpture XXI” and “Arena-Belart”
2009“Garden of Venus”, “Memory of the Heart”; group shows — Uzda, Nesvizh, Slutsk, Pinsk

Restoration

★Mir Castle, UNESCO — sculpture and historical stucco
★Nesvizh Castle, UNESCO — stucco reconstructed from archival sources
2016Diveyevo Monastery; Belarus pavilion at VDNKh, Moscow

Geography

—Belarus — monuments and urban sculpture, restoration of UNESCO castles
—Russia and Ukraine — urban works and restoration
—Germany, Italy, Spain, Malta, UAE, USA — private commissions and chamber bronze

04Services · What we do

We work with private clients, cities and churches

The studio carries the project from the first conversation to the installed monument: sketch and estimate, model in sculpting clay, moulding and casting, chasing and patina, pedestal and installation. For a monument we visit the site and check the scale against the surroundings and light.

Your idea is where the work begins, not where it ends: we aim for a finished sculpture that turns out greater than you imagined.

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Memorial sculpture

Monuments, gravestones, memorial plaques in bronze and stone.

Urban sculpture

From a competition sketch to installation on a pedestal.

Decor restoration

Stucco and sculpture based on archival sources.

Animal and portrait sculpture

Chamber sculpture for interior and garden.

Conversation

For a portrait — the biography and the family’s memories; for a monument — the site, budget and timing.

Plasticine sketch

A small model photographed from three angles. Revisions here are free.

Material

Bronze casting, stone or stucco. Patina and texture chosen from physical samples.

Installation

Plinth, fixings, lighting, certificate and care instructions.

05On the work

To convey a person who has passed away, you have to fully immerse yourself in how they lived.
Hanna — on memorial sculpture

If I didn't have to think about money, I would only sculpt and draw animals.
Hanna — on animal sculpture

First the biography and a conversation with the family — the image appears only after that.
Yaraslau — on working on a commission

Hanna Dydyshka& Yaraslau Filipovich