Mykola Marchenko (20 Sep 1943) – sculptor, a representative of
realism
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in
Ukrainian art
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of the 20th – 21st centuries. He works in the area of
monumental sculpture
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,
small plastic,
relief
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, bas-relief
bas-relief
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. A special place in the creation of Marchenko takes
Portrait
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. He gravitates towards ideological and artistic, deeply psychological interpretation of images.
He is a member of state exhibitions and art projects. In particular, he was a member of creative team which worked on the implementation of the project
Independence Monument, Kyiv
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Stylistically it presents a mix of Ukrainian Baroque and Empire style. The monumen ...
city in 2000.
He is the author of monuments and memorial plaques set in
Kyiv
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and other cities of
Ukraine
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: relief portrait "P.P. Virskyi" (1983 Kyiv city); bas-relief "For graduates of the Kyiv special schools – participants of the Second World War" (1979 Kyiv city) and others.
Mykola Marchenko's works are in private collections of
Ukraine
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, France and other
Europe
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as well as in museum collections: of the
National Museum of Literature of Ukraine
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;
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
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History
On 28 June 1917 Ivan Steshen ...
, Youth and Sports of Ukraine;
Kyiv Palace of Children and Youth;
Teacher's House;
State museum – memorial complex "Bukryn Bridgehead" etc.
Lives and works in
Kyiv
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.
He was born on 20 September 1943 in village of Kharkovo, Chernihiv region.
During 1960 – 1968 he was studying in Dnipropetrovsk State Art School under specialty "Sculpture".
In 1970 – 1976 was getting the higher art education at the Kyiv State Art Institute (now –
) under specialty "Sculpture".
In 1978 he became a member of the
National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
He starts his teaching activity: since 1979 till present time – in the Kyiv State Construction-Engineering Institute (now –
Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
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) some time he works at the
Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University
Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University ( uk, Київський столичний університет імені Бориса Грінченка) is a higher education institution. The university was established by Kyiv municipal co ...
.
Since 2009 – he is an assistant professor of Drawing and Painting Subdepartment of
Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
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.
External links
* http://konshu.org/en/section/sculpture/marchenko-mykola.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20190308101555/http://sculpture.kyiv.ua/
* https://sites.google.com/a/nshu.org.ua/main/katalog-cleniv-spilki/castina3/1504
Notes
* Довідник Національної спілки художників України. К. — 2005;
* Україна. No. 8. лютий, 1988. ;
* Киев. Энциклопедический справочник / Под ред. Кудрицкого. К. – 1985;
* Выставка изобразительного искусства Украинской ССР. Каталог. М. – 1985. С. 12;
* І.Чуліпа. Вишуканість – ще не довершеність//
Культура і життя. No. 2, 22 травня 1983;
* Молодість країни. Республіканська виставка творів молодих художників. Каталог. К. – 1977. С. 31;
1943 births
Living people
National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture alumni
Ukrainian male sculptors
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