Ruslan Agirba

Ruslan Agirba (born 1957, Batumi, Georgia) graduated from the Graphic Arts Faculty of the Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute. He works in graphic design and printmaking and is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Agirba's practice includes independent prints and exlibris. His prints combine etching, aquatint and mezzotint; works such as Artemide and Don Quixote before the Flight refer to mythological and literary subjects.

His work has been shown in international graphic-art and exlibris exhibitions in countries including Belgium, Italy, Canada, France, the Netherlands and Sweden. He received first prize at the tenth El Caliu International Engraving Competition in Spain in 2005.