IHOR MELNYK
Ihor Melnyk is a Ukrainian artist working in the field of contemporary painting and abstract landscape. He was born in 1985 in Stryi, Lviv Region, Ukraine, where he currently lives and works.
In his artistic practice, Melnyk explores nature, space, memory, and the inner states of human experience. His paintings are not literal representations of reality, but rather emotional and visual reinterpretations of it. Through colour, texture, rhythm, and composition, the artist develops a distinctive visual language in which the landscape is transformed into an abstract image.
In 2004, he graduated from the Stryi Art College, and in 2010, from the Lviv National Academy of Arts.
Since 2006, Ihor Melnyk has been a member of the artistic association “Stryi-KO”, and since 2013, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
In 2020, he was awarded the Petro Obal Painting Prize.
Melnyk’s works are included in the collections of the Cherkasy Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art and the Mykola Babak Foundation. His works are also represented by Goldens Auction House in Kyiv.
The artist’s paintings are held in private collections in the United States, Greece, Germany, France, Japan, and Ukraine.
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Quiet Care
In this work, I explore a state of calm, protection, and inner presence. The figure, embraced by soft, concentric brushstrokes, seems to exist within a special space of silence. There are almost no details — only hints of an image, light, and texture that gradually create a feeling of closeness.
This painting speaks of invisible care, of warmth that needs no words, and of a presence that offers a sense of protection. Here, silence is not the absence of sound, but a special state of the soul.
“Quiet Care” is about a warmth that can be felt even when it cannot be explained in words.
IHOR MELNYK
Ihor Melnyk is a Ukrainian artist working in the field of contemporary painting and abstract landscape. He was born in 1985 in Stryi, Lviv Region, Ukraine, where he currently lives and works.
In his artistic practice, Melnyk explores nature, space, memory, and the inner states of human experience. His paintings are not literal representations of reality, but rather emotional and visual reinterpretations of it. Through colour, texture, rhythm, and composition, the artist develops a distinctive visual language in which the landscape is transformed into an abstract image.
In 2004, he graduated from the Stryi Art College, and in 2010, from the Lviv National Academy of Arts.
Since 2006, Ihor Melnyk has been a member of the artistic association “Stryi-KO”, and since 2013, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
In 2020, he was awarded the Petro Obal Painting Prize.
Melnyk’s works are included in the collections of the Cherkasy Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art and the Mykola Babak Foundation. His works are also represented by Goldens Auction House in Kyiv.
The artist’s paintings are held in private collections in the United States, Greece, Germany, France, Japan, and Ukraine.
