Winners of the Shevchenko Prize 2025

President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed the decree for the awards.

The Shevchenko Prize has been awarded to the following artists:

• director Vasyl Vovkun for his opera «Lys Mykyta» and ballet «Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors»;
• poet Yuriy Izdryk for his poetry collection «Collection»;
• artist Zhanna Kadirova for her exhibition «Trajectory of Flights»;
• journalist Pavlo Kazarin for his project «War-time Journalism» in «Ukrainian Truth»;
• masters of Petrykivka painting Valentyna Karpets-Yermolaeva, Andrii Pikush, Mariia Pikush, and Nataliia Rybak for the project «Petrykivka Painting: Defending Identity»;
• violinist Bohdana Pivnenko for her concert programs from 2019 to 2024;
• director Oleksandr Sanin, operator Serhiy Mykhalchuk, and composer Alla Zahai-Kevich for the feature film «Dovbush»;
• composer Oleksandr Shymko for the sacred mystery «Viryj» for mixed choir and symphony orchestra.

The amount of the National Taras Shevchenko Prize is 484,480 hryvnias.