Stepan Ryabchenko

Stepan Ryabchenko (born October 17, 1987) is a Ukrainian new media artist.^[6] His work includes digital art, conceptual architecture, sculpture, graphics, photographic art and light installations.^[7] In his artwork, the artist creates his own digital universe with its heroes and mythology. Known for his monumental prints, sculptures and video-art installations of non-existent characters, including Virtual Flowers, Electronic Winds, Computer Viruses, etc.^[8]

Stepan Ryabchenko
Born	(1987-10-17) October 17, 1987 (age 36) Odesa, Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian
Education	Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Style	digital art, light art, conceptual architecture
Movement	New media art
Awards	2010 winner of the Art-Act, the 1st All-Ukrainian Triennial of Abstract Art^[1] 2012 winner of "Special Prize" at the Kyiv Sculpture Project^[2] 2019 winner of sculpture competition for the Odesa International Airport^[3]^[4] 2022 winner of the Mikhail Bozhyi Art Prize in the Monumental Art nomination^[5]

Biography

 

Stepan Ryabchenko, "The Temptation of St. Anthony" (2010)

Stepan Ryabchenko was born on October 17, 1987, in Odesa, in a family of artists. His father, Vasiliy Ryabchenko, is one of the key figures in contemporary Ukrainian art, and the New Ukrainian Wave;^[9] Stepan's grandfather, Sergey Ryabchenko, was a Soviet and Ukrainian graphic artist.^[10][11]

Ryabchenko graduated from the Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture in 2011 with a master's degree in Architecture.^[12]

From 2020, Stepan Ryabchenko is the chief curator of the Art Laboratory creative organization.^[13]

In 2020, the artist represented Ukraine at the International Changwon Sculpture Biennale in South Korea.^[14]

In 2021, he was included in the list of the best digital artists in the world.^[15] In the same year represented Ukraine at the Expo 2020 in Dubai.^[16]

Lives and works in Odesa.^[17]

Work

 

Stepan Ryabchenko, "Chernobyl". From the "Computer Viruses" series (2011)

Stepan Ryabchenko uses a broad range of computer software and digital technologies^[18] to create large-scale digital prints, animations, sculptures, light installations, and videos representing his own digital universe, populated with fictional characters, surrealistic plant and animal forms, and visualizations of computer viruses.^[19] His futuristic visual language, which moves between abstract and figurative forms, explores our relationship to virtual spaces and the natural environment.^[20]

Exhibitions

Stepan Ryabchenko's works have been exhibited at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest,^[21][22] Albertina Modern in Vienna,^[23] Moderna galerija in Ljubljana,^[24] Art & History Museum in Brussels,^[25] MAXXI in Rome,^[26] Saatchi Gallery in London,^[27] Krolikarnia in Warsaw,^[28] Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb,^[29] Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum in Bratislava,^[30] Art Centre Silkeborg Bad in Silkeborg,^[31] Manege and Gostiny Dvor in Moscow,^[32] Ars Electronica, etc. His works have also been exhibited in many places in Ukraine, including PinchukArtCentre, Mystetskyi Arsenal,^[33][34] National Art Museum, Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art,^[35][36] National Cultural Center "Ukrainian House",^[37] M17 Contemporary Art Center,^[38] National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, etc.^[39]

Collections

 

The Blessing Hand by Stepan Ryabchenko in Saatchi Gallery

Public collections^[40]

• Art Collection Telekom, Bonn, Germany^[41]
• Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
• M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine^[42]
• National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
• Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine^[43]
• Museum of Odesa Modern Art, Odesa, Ukraine^[44]
• Cherkasy Art Museum, Cherkasy, Ukraine
• Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Korsakiv, Lutsk, Ukraine^[45]
• Contemporary Sculpture Park PARK3020, Strilky village (Lviv region), Ukraine^[46]

References

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2. "The Appearance – Sculpture by Stepan Ryabchenko at Kyiv Sculpture Project". dymchuk.com. Dymchuk Gallery. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
3. "Announcement of the winners of the sculpture competition". airport.od.ua. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
4. "Новым символом Одесского аэропорта выбрали скульптуру Степана Рябченко". officiel-online.com (in Russian). Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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