NIKOLAY MATSENKO
Born in 1960 in Prutivka village, Ivano-Frankovsk region, Ukraine.
1972-1979 - Republican Art Secondary School.
1979-1984 - Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts.
Founder of the project and direction of contemporary Ukrainian art "Neofolk". Painting, heraldry. Took part as a member of a various art exhibitions in the leading galleries of Ukraine. In 2009 the art works by Nikolay Matsenko were presented at Sotheby's auction. Leaves and works in Cherkassy and Kiev, Ukraine.
Selected exhibitions and art-projects:
- solo:
| 2012 | Neofolk project, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| 2011 | Roses & Grapes, Museum of Art, Cherkassy, Ukraine. |
| 2010 | Not yet, Small Gallery of Mystetsky Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| Not yet, LENIN art-gallery, Zaporozhye, Ukraine. | |
| 2008 | Culture, Ya-Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| 2007 | Gifts of the fields, Ya-Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| 2006 | Neofolk project, Ya-Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. |
- group:
| 2018 | Permanent revolution, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary. |
| Colorings, special project by BIRUCHIY in the framework of Kyiv Art Week, Toronto center, Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
| 2012 | Fourth Dimension, international symposium of contemporary art "Biruchiy 012". |
| 2011 | Art-Kyiv Сontemporary 2011, Mistets'kiy Arsenal, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. |
| 20 years of presence, Modern Art Research Institute, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| НезалежнІdependent, Mistets'kiy Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| Space Odyssey 2011, Mistets'kiy Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| Рядом/Prochez, Docks en Seine, Paris (catalogue), France. | |
| Labour exhibition, Center for Visual Culture, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| Earth, Museum of Art, Cherkassy, Ukraine. | |
| Art Plotinnos, МСМ, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| Circulation, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| 2010 | Alla Gloria Militar!, Aircraft Gallery, Bratislava (catalogue), Slovakia. |
| Якщо/Если/If, PERMM, Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm (catalogue), Russia. | |
| Art-Kyiv Сontemporary 2010, Mystetsky Arsenal, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| RESTART, Modern Art Research Institute, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| 2009 | Art-Kyiv Сontemporary 2009, Ukrainian house, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. |
| Praise the chopping block, Proun Gallery, Winery, Moscow (catalogue), Russia. | |
| Great Sculpture Salon, Ukrainian house, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| Artvilnius 09, Vilnius, Lithuania. | |
| Culture, Municipal art-gallery, Kharkov (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| Second dialogue, ГИЦ, Moscow, Russia. | |
| Ukrainian New Wave, National Art Museum, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| RESTART, Marine Terminal Art, Odessa (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| 2008 | Gogol-Fest, Mystetsky Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| Transformation of time, Gurzuf, Crimea, Ukraine. | |
| Ideal age, Collection art-gallery, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| Museum, Municipal theatre, Lviv, Ukraine. | |
| New Ukrainian Painting, White Box Gallery, New York, USA. | |
| Art-Kyiv Сontemporary 2008, Ukrainian House, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| 2007 | Activity "В кожну хату – по квадрату! within the fair framework "Art Moscow", Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia. |
| Wawe, Mountain lake in Krasnokamenka over Gurzuf, Crimea, Ukraine. | |
| 2006 | Museum of Ukraine – 3, Exhibition Hall NUAU, Kherson, Ukraine. |
| Made in Ukr, "Zekh" gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| 2005 | Reality Check, Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| 2004 | A Farewell to Arms, Arsenal, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. |
| 2003 | The first collection, Central House of Artists, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. |
| 2002 | Beyond the threshold, the Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia. |
| "Natsprom", "Guelman" gallery, Moscow, Russia. | |
| 2000 | 1+1, Lavra art-gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| 1998 | Аkomodacja , U jezuitow art-gallery, Poznan, Poland. |
| 1997 | Photosynthesis, The Artists- Union Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| Ostry nawrot dekadencji, The Jesuit Gallery, Poznan, Poland. | |
| Roses and Grapes, Karas Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| 1996 | Schweizergeld, Schuper Gallery,Munich, Germany. |
| Family Album, CMA at NaUKMA, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| The Museum of Architecture, CMA at NaUKMA, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| On The Margin, Mandel Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada. | |
| 1995 | Kiev Art Meeting, Cultural Center Ukrainian House, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. |
| Lebensmitte, Christoph Merian Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland. | |
| Sud-Ost, +/- Gallery, Basel, Switzerland. | |
| The Bone-Grown, CMA at NaUKMA, Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| 1994 | September, 17, Brama Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| Free Zone, The Odessa Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine. | |
| Alchemical Capitulation, flagship Slavutich, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. | |
| Artistic Impressions, The Ukrainian House, Kiev (catalogue), Ukraine. | |
| 1993 | The Kyiv Mohyla Academy: A Study of Space, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| Europe's Steppe, CCA Uyazdovsky Castle, Warsaw, Poland. | |
| 1992 | Kosoi Kaponir, The Kiev Fortress Museum, Kiev, Ukraine. |
