Stepan Ryabchenko (born October 17, 1987) is a Ukrainian new media artist.[5] His work includes digital art, conceptual architecture, sculpture, graphics and light installations.[6] 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.[7]
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Born | (1987-10-17) 17 October 1987 (age 34) Odessa, Ukraine |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Education | Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture |
Style | digital art, light art, conceptual architecture |
Movement | New media art |
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Stepan Ryabchenko was born on October 17, 1987, in Odessa, in a family of artists. His father, Vasiliy Ryabchenko, is one of the key figures in contemporary Ukrainian art, and the New Ukrainian Wave;[8] Stepan's grandfather, Sergey Ryabchenko, was a Soviet and Ukrainian graphic artist.[9][10]
Ryabchenko graduated from the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture in 2011 with a master's degree in Architecture.[11]
From 2020, Stepan Ryabchenko is the chief curator of the Art Laboratory creative organization.[12]
In 2020, the artist represented Ukraine at the International Changwon Sculpture Biennale in South Korea.[13]
In 2021, he was included in the list of the best digital artists in the world.[14] In the same year represented Ukraine at the Expo 2020 in Dubai.[15]
Lives and works in Odessa.[16]
Stepan Ryabchenko uses a broad range of computer software and digital technologies[17] 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.[18] His futuristic visual language, which moves between abstract and figurative forms, explores our relationship to virtual spaces and the natural environment.[19]
Stepan Ryabchenko's works have been exhibited at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest,[20][21] Saatchi Gallery in London,[22] Krolikarnia in Warsaw,[23] Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb,[24] Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum in Bratislava,[25] Art Centre Silkeborg Bad in Silkeborg,[26] Manege and Gostiny Dvor in Moscow,[27] Ars Electronica, etc. His works have also been exhibited in many places in Ukraine, including PinchukArtCentre, Mystetskyi Arsenal,[28][29] National Art Museum, Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art,[30][31] National Cultural Center "Ukrainian House",[32] M17 Contemporary Art Center,[33] Modern Art Research Institute, etc.[34]
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