Biography
Born in 1930, Kyiv. Father of S. Yakutovych. Graphic artist, film artist. People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1990). Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1968). Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine (1983, 1991). Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1988), Professor, Academician (1995). Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine. He was awarded bronze medals at the International Exhibition of Book Art in Leipzig (1982). Graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute (1954). Teachers in the specialty: I. Pleshchynskyi, V. Kasian. He taught composition and book graphics at this institute (1954-1957, 1961-1962), professor. Participant of exhibitions since 1957. The only exhibition of his works during his lifetime took place in the last year of his life (2000).
