Serhii Melnychenko Explained

Serhii Melnychenko
Birth Date:	1991 10, df=y
Birth Place:	Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Alma Mater:	Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding

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] Member of the creative association Ukrainian Photographic Alternative (2012).

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.

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

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

Creativity

Started photography in 2009.^[10]

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

Author of the series Schwarzenegger is my idol (2012, 2020; book of the same name published),^{[12] [13]} 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.

Awards

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

Exhibitions

Personal exhibitions

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

External links

• Official website
• Works by Serhii Melnychenko on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
• , ТСН, 2.2.2018.
• , photo basel, 29.9.2020.

Notes and References

1. http://unbib.mk.ua/index.php/2009-06-11-13-17-31/51-2009-06-11-13-23-29/4144-2020-04-13-17-55-26.html Сергій Мельниченко
2. Web site: Сергій Мельниченко . Moksop . 2023-03-15. uk.
3. Web site: About . Sergey Melnichenko . 2023-03-15. en.
4. https://life.pravda.com.ua/columns/2022/10/30/251064/ Мельниченко — мій кумир. Про фотовиставку школи MYPH у світлі смартфонів і ліхтариків
5. Web site: Переможець фотоконкурсу Leica Сергій Мельниченко: "Офігенна картинка та, про яку говориш: чому я до цього не додумався?" . Євген Цимбалюк . 2018-12-11 . УП. Життя . 2023-03-15. uk.
6. https://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/en/winners/winner-award-newcomer-2017-sergey-melnitchenko.html Sergey Melnitchenko — winner Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer 2017
7. , ТСН, 2.2.2018.
8. Web site: Мистецтво в дії: як український фотограф наближає перемогу України . Олександр Лютий . 2022-06-12 . . 2023-03-15. uk.
9. Web site: Мистецтво під час війни: чому варто відвідати виставку "Молода Миколаївська Фотографія" . Анастасія Яворська . 2022-10-25 . Vogue . 2023-03-15. uk.
10. https://postimpreza.org/talsk/serhii-melnychenko-dlia-mene-fotohrafiia-tse-ne-myttievist-tse-tsilyi-protses Сергій Мельниченко: "Для мене фотографія — це не миттєвість. Це цілий процес"
11. Web site: Нічна вахта. www.nrcu.gov.ua. 2022-11-19.
12. Web site: Мельниченко Сергій . Мітєц . 2023-03-15. uk.
13. Web site: Шварценеггер — мій кумир. ART Ukraine. 2022-11-19.
14. Web site: 247 поляроїдів Сергія Мельниченка. Untitled. 2021-12-02. 2022-11-19. uk. Михайло. Палінчак.
15. Web site: Від заходу до світанку Сергія Мельниченка . 2021-07-05 . Untitled . 2023-03-15. uk.
16. Web site: Passengers. Sergey Melnitchenko. 2022-11-19. en-US.
17. Web site: Sergey Melnitchenko: Young and Free?. ~ Talking Pictures ~. 2021-12-03. 2022-11-19. en-US. Alasdair. Foster.
18. Web site: Молоді, але чи вільні? Проєкт Сергія Мельниченка — у "Рівні цензури". Заборона. 2020-12-18. 2022-11-19. uk. PAVLO. BISHKO.
19. Web site: Фундаментальні космічні дослідження голої сингулярності Сергія Мельниченка. Untitled. 2020-11-04. 2022-11-19. uk. Михайло. Палінчак.
20. Web site: Behind the scenes . 2017-08-16 . The Independent Photographer . 2023-03-15. en.
21. Web site: Ukraine, l’année où tout a basculé vue par les photographes d’Alarming Beauty . Fisheye Magazine . 2023-03-14. fr.
22. Web site: Incantations ukrainiennes . Fisheye Magazine . 2023-03-14. fr.
23. Web site: Українець показав, що відбувається за лаштунками китайських нічних клубів . 2017-12-12 . Gazeta.ua . 2023-03-15. uk.