ABOUT THE Team

The immersive exhibitions "Ukraine: Land of the Brave" and "Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine" were created in international cooperation between Ukraine and Canada.

VALERIY VIKTOROVYCH KOSTYUK is a producer and initiator of both projects from the side of Canada, Toronto.

Canadian, of Ukrainian origin Valeriy was born in Odesa, Ukraine, and at the age of 10 he emigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada.

Valeriy is fluent in Ukrainian, English, and French, respects and represents Ukrainian culture and heritage in Canada and the world. Since the first days of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kostyuk has provided significant assistance in organizing fundraising efforts to fight the aggressor in Ukraine and spreading and reporting the truth about the russian-Ukrainian war through cultural products and personal opinion.

Valeriy Kostyuk is a talented organizer and creative person. In his professional activity, since 2018, he has been the executive producer of the famous Canadian producer Corey Ross of the world-famous company Starvox Entertainment (Canada), which is an official partner of the project to create a virtual tour of the exhibition "Ukraine: Land of the Brave", which is implemented by the charity organization "First Charitable Theater Fund", (Ukraine) with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Fund. Valeriy founded Kostyuk Productions in 2020 and is a producer of cultural and artistic projects in Canada and overseas.
In his portfolio of implemented projects, he has the experience of organizing multimillion-dollar, large-scale immersive exhibitions, theatrical productions, exhibitions, such as:

• In 2018, as part of the Starvox Entertainment team, he participated in the organization of the exhibition of the famous graffiti artist Banksy called "The Art of Banksy";
• Since 2020, with Valeriy's participation, exhibitions "Immersive Van Gogh" have been held in Canada and the USA. About 250,000 people have already visited this exhibition;
  As CEO, he created the world's first exhibition of illusions - "Jamie Alan’s Illusionarium" in Toronto (Canada) and Chicago (USA), which presents historical artifacts, multimedia content and performances of real magicians.
• Under Valery's leadership, such theater projects as “iMag”, “Champions of Magic”, “John Ross Bowie. Four Chords and a Gun”, and “WOW – The Vegas Spectacular” were implemented in Dubai.
• In 2022, together with Lighthouse Immersive and the Disney company, he worked on the creation of the "Immersive Disney Animation" exhibition, which is successfully shown in the USA, Canada and Japan.

Valeriy Kostiuk worked as an Associate Producer in the theater company "Theaturtle" on the innovative theater projects "Charlotte - a Tri-Coloured Play with Music" (touring Ukraine in 2019), and "Kafka and Son" (touring Ukraine in October 2022).

Due to Valeriy's experience, promotion and organizational skills as a producer, in 2021-2022 the immersive exhibitions "Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine" and "Ukraine: Land of the Brave" were created and shown in Canada, the USA and France.

In the project to create a virtual tour of the exhibition "Ukraine: land of the Brave", Valery was responsible for all the management of the organization of filming, logistics, presentation and communication in Canada. Ukraine can be proud of such people who, following the call of their heart, present Ukraine as a free and strong, talented and multifaceted, unconquered and courageous state.