Volodymyr Melnyk
Email: airplanspit@gmail.com
Born on June, 20th, 1969 in Kamyanske, Ukraine.
Finished Dnipropetrovsk Art School and graduated from Kharkiv Institute of Art.
Member of Ukrainian Union of Artists since 1995.
Exhibitions:
1992 – International Biennale 'Pan-Ukraine 92' (Dnipro);
1992 – Personal exhibition, Graphics (Tallinn, Estonia);
1993 – Fantastical graphics Contest (Los-Angeles, USA);
1995 – International Biennale 'Pan-Ukraine 95' (Dnipro);
1995 – UN 50th anniversary Contest (Kyiv);
1997 – 1st Quadriennale, Graphics (Artist Central House, Moscow);
1997 – International Art Festival (Kyiv, Ukrainian House);
1997 – Art House (the Manezh, Moscow);
1998 – International Art Festival (Kyiv, Ukrainian House);
1998 – Contemporary Art Salon (Artist Central House, Moscow);
1998 – Félicien Rops 100th death anniversary Contest (Namur, Belgium). One of the top 100 graphic artist of the world 1998.
1999 – International Art Festival (Kyiv, Ukrainian House);
1999 – Nexus-99. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art / UIMA (Chicago, USA);
1999 – Masterclass in Holbaek High School of Art / Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk (Holbaek, Denmark);
2000 – 1st International Art Festival (Magdeburg, Germany);
2001 – Biennale of Painting (Ukrainian Union of Artists, Kyiv);
2001 – 2nd International Art Festival (Magdeburg, Germany);
2003 – 3rd International Art Festival (Magdeburg, Germany);
2005 – 75th anniversary of Dnipro Art School, Finalists' exhibition (Dnipro Art Museum, Ukraine);
2008 – 'Kyiv-Art'. Da Vinci Gallery (Kyiv, Ukrainian House);
2012 – 'Sacred Image of Taurida' Art album (Simferopol, Ukraine);
2013 – 'RC' Art Gallery (Ankara, Bilkent. Turkey);
2014 – 'Plein-air 2014', Ukrainian Painting Museum (Dnipro, Ukraine);
2015 – 'Art Ankara' (Ankara, Turkey);
2016 – 'Art Ankara' (Ankara, Turkey);
2017 – 'AYA art gallery' (Auction, Istanbul, Turkey);
2018 – 'Surrealism festival' (Museum of Ukrainian Painting, Dnipro);
2019 – 14th International ARC salon Competition' (Museum Category Awards: Animals Honorable mentions) (MEAM, Barcelona) (New York USA).
Artworks are in arts collections of:
- Ministry of Culture of Ukraine;
- Dnipro-city Art Museum;
- Contemporary Art Museum, 'Mars' gallery, Moscow;
- in private collections of Aval bank;
and also in private arts collections in 36 countries of the world.
* This statement has been provided directly by the artist in association to their 15th International ARC Salon entries. This content has not been edited for typos or grammatical errors and has not been vetted for accuracy.