Igor Melnikov ARTIST
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STATEMENT
"I am interested in a certain aspect that appears for one moment and will never come back in the same way again. It may only be an impression, or even something that I imagined. I deal mostly with feelings. I don't paint portraits, even if sometimes I paint pictures of individual children. The most important thing to me is to catch the uncatchable expression on the face." Igor Melnikov grew up in a remote part of Russia. From a young age, he was passionate about art. He consumed black and white art books, especially loving the paintings of Vermeer, Wyeth, and Rembrandt. It was the fragility of nature and the essence/description of light that struck Melnikov. Later, when Melnikov was free to travel to see such masterworks in person, he realized that they were completely different than he had imagined, from the black and white reproductions. He then realized that the viewer creates half of the painting in his own mind, and from his own experience base. Melnikov tries to create this platform for viewers of his works. He paints the child--a pure vessel of humanity, or the landscape, in a neutral state, leaving the viewer to "create" his own experience and interpretation of the painting. Igor Melnikov's works have been exhibited in numerous museums throughout the world, and books have been published about his work.
Igor Melnikov
10/17/2016
Personal born 1956, Moscow, Russia Education Moscow Academy of Graphic Design Moscow Art Performance School
Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
Selected Exhibitions 2013 Turner Carroll Gallery solo 2011 Turner Carroll Gallery solo 2009 Turner Carroll Gallery solo 2007 Turner Carroll Gallery solo 2005 Turner Carroll Gallery solo 2004 Turner Carroll Gallery solo 2003 Andreeva Portrait Commissions and Gallery solo 1999 The Downey Gallery solo 1998 The Downey Gallery solo 1997 The Downey Gallery solo 1996 The Downey Gallery solo 1995 Gallery GODOT, “New Anachronism of Igor M.” Gallery GODOT, Group NORD Gallery Agentura Carolina, Group NORD Russian Cultural Centre, Group NORD Gallery Axel Zwiener group Gallery Gold Crown group Gallery Skacelik group 1994 Russian Culture Centre, Group NORD Gallery Axel Zwiener group Russian Culture Centre, Group NORD 1993 Russian Culture Centre, Group NORD Gallery M. O’HaraWilson group 1992 Russian Culture Centre, Group NORD Gallery Axel Zwiener 1990 Gallery Sevanskaja group 1979 Gallery M.O.K.Ch.G., “Drawing” 1978 Gallery M.O.K.Ch.G., “Experiment”
Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Santa Fe, NM USA Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Ansbach, Germany Prague, Czech Republic Olomouc, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Ansbach, Germany Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Grenoble, France Prague, Czech Republic Rothenburg, Germany Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
Public Collections Arnot Museum of Art New Mexico Art in Public Places, Eastern New Mexico University Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science Robert Kirkland Museum Russian Cultural Museum
Elmira, New York Portales, New Mexico Evansville, Indiana Union City, Tennessee Prague, Czech Republic
Igor Melnikov To the Fields acrylic on panel 35.25 x 51.75" framed $43000 framed 2016 23136
Igor Melnikov Birthday acrylic on panel 48.5 x 48.5" framed $53000 framed 2016 23137
Igor Melnikov Evening Tree oil on panel 38 x 40" framed $39000 framed 2015 23138
Igor Melnikov Clouds I oil on panel 34.25 x 35.25" framed $39000 framed 2015 23139
Igor Melnikov Clouds II oil on panel 38 x 43" framed $39000 framed 2015 23140
Igor Melnikov Dry Flowers II oil on panel 18 x 20" framed $24000 framed 2014 23141
Igor Melnikov Walk at Sunset oil on panel 19.5 x 18.25" framed $24000 framed 2015 23142
Igor Melnikov Stream acrylic on panel 48.5 x 48.5" framed $53000 framed 2016 23143
Igor Melnikov Santa Fe Evening oil on panel 29.5 x 37" framed $34000 framed 2015 23144
Igor Melnikov Flora III oil on panel 25.5 x 28" framed $35000 framed 2015 23145
Igor Melnikov Old Park oil on panel 21.75 x 20.25" framed $28000 framed 2015 23146
Igor Melnikov Dream Flight acrylic on panel 47.5 x 48.5" framed $65000 framed 2016 23147
Igor Melnikov Way Home acrylic on panel 48.5 x 48.5" framed $53000 framed 2016 23148
Igor Melnikov Outpost acrylic on panel 39.25 x 41.75" framed $45000 framed 2016 23151