Mykola Ridnyi

Mykola Ridnyi is an artist and filmmaker, born in Kharkiv, Eastern Ukraine. He is one of the founders of the art collective SOSka-group and SOSka gallery-lab, which develop the artistic scene in the region. The artist uses different media, ranging from early collective actions in public space to a combination of site-specific installations, sculptures, photography, and moving images. His works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennial of Contemporary Art, Architekturzentrum Wien, Kaunas Biennale, Edel Assanti gallery (London), Blockhaus DY10 (Nantes), and other venues. His movies have been screened at The Short Film Festival of Switzerland, DocumentArt Film festival, Kassel documentary film festival, and others.

Shelter

media: sculpture

‍material: concrete

‍size: 50x20 cm each piece

‍year: 2012

‍provenance:

2023 “Transition. Cultural Understanding, Integrity and Democracy in Ukraine and Beyond”. Interventions by Ukrainian artists in the contemporary art collection of the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur.

2013 - "The Monument to A Monument". National Pavillion of Ukraine at the 55th Venice biennial for Contemporary Art, IT

2014 - "Shelter". Solo exhibition. Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv, UA

2015 - "Gimme Shelter - Forts and Fictions in The Lowlands". Kunst Fort Asperen, Fort Nieuwersluis, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, NL

2015 - "Politics of Form". GfZK - Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE

2016 - "School of Prosperity". A Class of the School of Kyiv / Kyiv Biennial. MUSA Museum. Vienna, AT

location: Münster

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Like Joseph Beuys, Mykola Ridniy uses architectural structures to explore the forms of the city from within. Using concrete, he developed models of secret spaces: bunkers built in the Soviet Union. These works, created in 2012 and 2013, identify the bunkers as relics of a bygone period. Nonetheless, these types of buildings regained their original function as shelters in 2014.

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