A personal exhibition of works of a famous Ukrainian artist, People’s
Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Nadezhdin “Modernist in Art – Pragmatic in Life” from the
series “Secrets of Museum Collection” to International Museum Day. The exhibition is
dedicated to his 85th anniversary.
The exposition of the exhibition consists of thirteen paintings and
graphic works of People’s Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Nadezhdin from the museum
collection “Modern Ukrainian Fine Art” of the different years, starting from the 1960s
and until nowadays. The works were created during the years marked with special events in
life and work, which are memorable for the artist and his family. There are a lot of
self-portraits, as well as landscapes and still lifes.
The online version is completed with a presentation “Creative and
Social Work of People’s Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Nadezhdin. To the 30th anniversary of
Kirovohrad Regional Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine” for the
participation in an open regional scientific and local history conference “The
Kirovohrad Region – 80 years” in the State Archive of the Kirovohrad Region, November
14, 2018. The presentation was created by the leading researcher of the museum, Merited
Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadezhdin after his report, which was published in the collection
– Scientific and Local History Newsletter of Central Ukraine “Mizh Buhom and Dniprom”.
Issue 10. – Kropyvnytskyi: TOV “Central Ukrainian publishing house”, 2018. – P.
272-279.
Nadezhdin Mykhailo Volodymyrovych was born on May 18,
1935 in the village of Kostiantynivka, the Sumy Oblast. His childhood and youth were spent
in Bilopillya. In 1962, graduated from Dnipropetrovsk State Art College (teachers: People’s
Artist of Ukrainian SSR G.Cherniavskyy, Merited Artist of Ukrainian SSR M.Rodzin, graduate
of Riga Academy of Art, a talented painter and teacher Ya.Kalashnyk). In 1963, moved to
Kirovohrad (now Kropyvnytskyi).Worked as a teacher in Children’s Art School (1963-1973),
designer (1973-1982), and as an art director (1982-1989) in Kirovohrad Art and Industrial
Studios of Art Fund of Ukrainian SSR.
A member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1988).Merited Art
Worker of Ukraine (1994). People’s Artist of Ukraine (1997). The first laureate of
O.O.Osmerkin Regional Award in Fine Arts and Study of Art in the Nomination “modern
tendencies” (2005). The head ofKirovohrad Regional Organization of the National Union of
Artists of Ukraine (1989-2015).
Participated in numerous all-Ukrainian, International, and Foreign
exhibitions. Personal exhibitions and exhibitions of works of the Nadezhdin family (People’s
Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Nadezhdin, Merited Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadezhdin, and a
member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Oksana Zhuravel (Nadezhdina) were shown
in O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum, Kirovohrad Regional Art Museum, Regional Local
History Museum in Cherkasy, Central House of Artist of the National Union of Artists of
Ukraine, Kyiv Gallery “ABC-art”, City Gallery in Sumy, Museum of Ukrainian Painting in
Dnipro.
The works are kept in the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Directorate
of exhibitions of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk,
Cherkasy Regional Art Museums, O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum, private collections in
Ukraine and abroad.
Figurative and non-figurative painting is harmoniously combined in
M.Nadezhdin’s creative work. Emotional and sensual perception is the basis for the
artist to recreate it in a generalized, figured form. It is the way to provide conditions
for versatility and complexity of understanding the work. He is one of the artists whose
creative work contains a philosophical comprehension of modern social conflicts. The
special place in the artist’s work is taken by the landscape and still life.
Asmentioned by Doctor of Arts, a current member of the Academy of Art
of Ukraine, professor O.Fedoruk: “Mykhaylo Nadezhdin is a unique Ukrainianartist, People’s
Artist of Ukraine, who secreative practice influenced the development of modern figurative
culture. From an active formation of the 60s through the lyricism of the 70s – 80s the
master found the harmony of unification of the global perspective and transiency of
everyday life, while keeping the spirit of folk worldview, and created great images of
philosophical aspect”. |
