Krystyna Melnyk

Born in Melitopol in 1993 and now lives and works in Kyiv. She graduated from The National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (2018), the monumental painting department. In 2019, she took an evening course in contemporary art at KAMA. In her practice, Krystyna works with images that use the double power of an icon. She rejects the narrative concept in figurative painting and chooses a combination of different semantic layers. Krystyna studies the sacred through the image of the suffering body, which also plays a significant role in her practice. She uses levkas, soil, which is traditionally used in icon painting.

Personal exhibitions:

2022-2023 KRYSTYNA MELNYK: IN FRONT OF PAIN at GANDY GALLERY

2022 Nominated for PinchukArtPrize

2020 Personal exhibition, creative space Okno, Kyiv

Group exhibitions:

2019 Crossroads Sea, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv
To Live Together, Graduate Show of Kyiv Academy of Media Arts, The Naked Room Gallery, Kyiv

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wood, levkas
30x27,5 СМ
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canvas, levkas
130×180 СМ
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wood, levkas
50×64 СМ
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wood, levkas
45,5×34 СМ
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wood, levkas
60×45 СМ
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40×35 CМ
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wood, levkas
31×27,5 СМ
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oil, wood, levkas
26,5×48,5 СМ
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oil, wood, levkas
21×17,5 СМ
1 700 EUR
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levkas
160Х154
5 000 EUR
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oil on canvas
175X125
3 500 EUR
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, Krystyna Melnyk
175Х125
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oil, wood, levkas
31×27.5 СМ
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