MYKOLA RIDNYI (born in 1985) is an artist, curator, and a finalist of the Malevich award-2014

“Since the first projects done during the Orange Revolution, Mykola Ridnyi’s artistic practice has been inseparably associated with social and political problems, and his artistic sensitivity and vision prove the prophetic power of the art…” (from the application form of the Conteporary Art Museum in Warsaw)

Born in Kharkiv Oblast, lives and works in Kharkiv.

Graduated from the Kharkiv State Design and Art Academy in 2008.

Co-founder and participant of the SOSка art group since 2005. 2005-2012 – curator of the SOSка gallery-laboratory in Kharkiv, which was created by artists in order to develop local cultural environment. Nominee of the PinchukArtCentre award 2011.