Serhii Melnychenko

Serhii Melnychenko
Сергій Мельниченко
Born (1991-10-26) 26 October 1991 (age 33)
Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Alma materAdmiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding
Websitemelnitchenko.com

Serhii Melnychenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Мельниченко, born 26 October 1991, Mykolaiv, Ukraine[1][2]) is a Ukrainian photographer, dancer, master of sports of the international class in ballroom dances (2005).[3] Founder of the school of conceptual and art photography MYPH (2018).[4][2] Member of the creative association Ukrainian Photographic Alternative (2012).[2]

In 2017, he became the first Ukrainian to receive the German Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer.[5][6][7]

Biography

Since his teenage years, he has been dancing, performing abroad, in particular in China.[2]

In 2014, graduated from the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding with a specialization — computer systems engineer.[3]

With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he began volunteering.[8][9]

Creativity

Started photography in 2009.[10][2][3]

In 2012, he rethought his own approach to artistic practice after communicating with Roman Piatkovka, a representative of the Kharkiv School of Photography.[5][10][11]

Author of the series Schwarzenegger is my idol (2012, 2020; book of the same name published),[12][2][13][4] Polaroids from China (2015),[14] From Dusk till Dawn (2015—2017, 2018; a book of the same name was published),[15] Passengers (2017),[16] Young and Free (2017—2021),[17][18] Fundamental Space Explorations of Naked Singularity (2019—2021)[19] and others.

Photos are published in The Independent Photographer,[20] Fisheye Magazine.[21][22]

Works are presented in private and public collections in the US, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland etc.[3]

Awards

  • 2013 – Winner Of Contest Photographer Of The Year 2012 In Nomination Series Of The Year (Fine Art) – Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2013 – International Contest Golden Camera 2012 – 1st Place In Nomination Conceptual Photography, Amateur – Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2013 – Shortlist Of Krakow Photomonth Festival – Krakow, Poland[3]
  • 2015 – Short-List Of Pinchuk Art Centre Prize – Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2017 – 1st Place In The National Awards Photographer Of The Year 2016, Street Professional Category – Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2017 – Winner Of Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award 2017 – Berlin, Germany[23][4][6]
  • 2020 – Nomination on Foam Paul Huf Award – Amsterdam, Netherlands[3]
  • 2022 – Becoming a part of Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung foundation collection – Münich, Germany[3]
  • 2022 – FUTURES talent, nominated by ISSP (Riga, Latvia) – Amsterdam, Netherlands[3]
  • 2023 – Nomination on Foam Paul Huf Award – Amsterdam, Netherlands[3]

Exhibitions

Personal exhibitions

  • 2012 – Nails – Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine[3]
  • 2013 – Schwarzenegger Is My Idol – Lviv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2013 – Schwarzenegger Is My Idol – Showoff Section Of Krakow Photomonth Festival – Krakow, Poland[3]
  • 2014 – Les Amours Imaginaries, Closer – Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2014 – Les Amours Imaginaries Odesa Museum Of Modern Art Arteria– Odesa, Ukraine[3]
  • 2014 – Schwarzenegger Is My Idol, Fiebre Galería – Buenos Aires, Argentina[3]
  • 2014 – Art-Book Presentation In Frames Of Private Residency Program The Muzychi Expanded History Project – Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2014 – Schwarzenegger Is My Idol In Frames Of Off_Festival Bratislava 2014 – Bratislava, Slovakia[3]
  • 2014 – Military Commissariat, Estudio Ñ – Valdivia, Chile[3]
  • 2015 – Les Amours Imaginaries In Frames Of Landskrona Fotofestival – Landskrona, Sweden[3]
  • 2017 – Behind The Scenes, Trzecie Oko Gallery – Krakow, Poland[3]
  • 2017 – Behind The Scenes – Mykolaiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2017 – Paris Photo 2017″, Behind The Scenes/Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2017 – Paris, France[3]
  • 2017 – PLAYDAY, Face Foundation/Mironova Gallery – Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2018 – Behind The Scenes, Claude Samuel Gallery – Paris, France[3]
  • 2018 – Sztuka w dialogu, Loneliness online and Polaroids from China, Piekno Panie Gallery – Lublin, Poland[3]
  • 2018 – Loneliness online, SomoS Art Gallery – Berlin, Germany[3]
  • 2018 – Only Now Only Never, FACE Foundation – Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2018 – Behind the scenes, European Month of Photography, Galéria Michalský dvor – Bratislava, Slovakia[3]
  • 2019 – Leica Gallery London – London, UK[3]
  • 2019 – Schwarzenegger is my idol, Museum of Kharkiv School of Photography – Kharkiv, Ukraine[3]
  • 2019 – From Dusk Till Dawn, f22 foto space – Hong Kong[3]
  • 2020 – Young and free, Leica 6×7 Gallery, curator Adam Mazur – Warsaw, Poland[3]
  • 2021 – Fundamental Space Explorations of Naked Singularity – Vasli Souza Gallery, Oslo, Norway[3]
  • 2022 – Young and free? / Metaheroes – Esther Okada Gallery, Tokyo, Japan[3]
  • 2022 – Fundamental Space Explorations of Naked Singularity, The Great Finding. Step One – Subject. With Mitya Fenechkin – Asortymentna kimnata gallery, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine[3]

References

  1. ^ Сергій Мельниченко // Миколаївська обласна бібліотека для юнацтва.
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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am "About". Sergey Melnichenko. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  4. ^ a b c Мельниченко — мій кумир. Про фотовиставку школи MYPH у світлі смартфонів і ліхтариків, УП Життя, 30.10.2022.
  5. ^ a b Євген Цимбалюк (2018-12-11). "Переможець фотоконкурсу Leica Сергій Мельниченко: "Офігенна картинка та, про яку говориш: чому я до цього не додумався?"". УП. Життя (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  6. ^ a b Sergey Melnitchenko — winner Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer 2017, Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
  7. ^ Український фотограф-любитель виграв одну з найпрестижніших фотопремій світу on YouTube, ТСН, 2.2.2018.
  8. ^ Олександр Лютий (2022-06-12). "Мистецтво в дії: як український фотограф наближає перемогу України". Ukraїner (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  9. ^ Анастасія Яворська (2022-10-25). "Мистецтво під час війни: чому варто відвідати виставку "Молода Миколаївська Фотографія"". Vogue (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  10. ^ a b Сергій Мельниченко: "Для мене фотографія — це не миттєвість. Це цілий процес", Postimpreza.
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  13. ^ "Шварценеггер — мій кумир". ART Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  14. ^ Палінчак, Михайло (2021-12-02). "247 поляроїдів Сергія Мельниченка". Untitled (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  15. ^ "Від заходу до світанку Сергія Мельниченка". Untitled (in Ukrainian). 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  16. ^ "Passengers". Sergey Melnitchenko. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  17. ^ Foster, Alasdair (2021-12-03). "Sergey Melnitchenko: Young and Free?". ~ Talking Pictures ~. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  18. ^ BISHKO, PAVLO (2020-12-18). "Молоді, але чи вільні? Проєкт Сергія Мельниченка — у "Рівні цензури"". Заборона (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  19. ^ Палінчак, Михайло (2020-11-04). "Фундаментальні космічні дослідження голої сингулярності Сергія Мельниченка". Untitled (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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  21. ^ "Ukraine, l'année où tout a basculé vue par les photographes d'Alarming Beauty". Fisheye Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  22. ^ "Incantations ukrainiennes". Fisheye Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  23. ^ "Українець показав, що відбувається за лаштунками китайських нічних клубів". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2023-03-15.