Mykhailo Zhuk (also transliterated as Mikhail Zhuk; 2 October 1883 – 7 June 1964) was a Ukrainian professor and artist who worked in a variety of things like graphic art, painting, and ceramics. He was part of the founding faculty of National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture and worked for the Grekov Odesa Art School for three decades. His art commonly combined national motifs with Art Deco and Art Nouveau. Born in Kakhovka into the family of a painter, he studied at three different schools before finally graduating in 1904 at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. From 1905 to 1917 he w