{"id":1731,"date":"2013-12-24T22:37:02","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.letmekoo.lt\/?page_id=1731"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:51:43","slug":"melnikova-alina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/artists\/melnikova-alina\/","title":{"rendered":"Melnikova Alina"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"1instalation<\/a>Recognition. Don’t Kiss Me, I Can Do It Myself, video performance, 2007<\/h4>\n

By kissing my own reflection in the mirror, I liberate myself from the imposed position of the woman as a subject under observation and proposed identities and behavior models. Through the lip marks left on the surface of the mirror I invite the viewer to identify with me, just as I do it in the process of kissing my own image.<\/p>\n

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\"2<\/a>Kissing workshop for women during the performance festival Performance Fiesta in Finland<\/h4>\n

The main activity of the workshop \u2013 kissing \u2013 was inspired by my performance Recognition. Don’t Kiss Me, I Can Do It Myself. It was the starting point of my collection of narcissistic nudes.<\/p>\n

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\"OLYMPUS<\/a>Miss You, Miss Me, oil on canvas, 2010<\/h4>\n
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\"OLYMPUS<\/a>Eliminating One of the Similar Items, oil on canvas, 140 x 95cm, 2010<\/h4>\n
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\"OLYMPUS<\/a>Find Your Button, oil on canvas, 140 x 95 cm, 2010<\/h4>\n
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My personal resolution to resist being arranged, graded or marked compels me to choose a creative strategy that is more like a dashed line of chaotic trajectory that allows all kinds of u-turns than the dominant double separating road marking line.<\/p>\n

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Studies, scholarships, awards<\/h4>\n

2008 \u2013 MA in Painting, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania<\/p>\n

2005 \u2013 Studies at the Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain<\/p>\n

2011 \u2013 State scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania<\/p>\n

2009 \u2013 Young Painter Prize 2009, 3rd place<\/p>\n

2008 \u2013 Nordic Council of Ministers’ Sleipnir grant for creative work in Finland<\/p>\n

2007 \u2013 Nordic Council of Ministers’ Sleipnir grant for creative work in Finland<\/p>\n

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Major exhibitions<\/h4>\n

Solo shows<\/h4>\n

2012 Circumstance of the Place: The Beauty and the Beast, St. John’s Street Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n

2005 Stories 35, Raum 35, Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n

Group shows<\/h4>\n

2012 Lithuanian Art 2012: 18 Exhibitions, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n

2011 Baltikum.Tides of Change, HangArt-7, Salzburg, Austria<\/p>\n

2010 From Artists’ Workshops, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n

2009 For Human Rights Without Censorship, Graphic Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n

New Prospect, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n

Embodiments, Graphic Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n

2008 PasiJos, international exhibition Kaunas in Art: Contexts, Architects’ House, Kaunas, Lithuania<\/p>\n

Elephant Bullet, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia<\/p>\n

Performance Fiesta, performance festival, Tampere, Finland<\/p>\n

Painting exhibition Carmin, Tulips&Roses gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n

ANEW, e[hibition of Lithuanian contemporary art, bwa City Gallery, Bydgoszcz, Poland<\/p>\n

2007 (In)visible, former printing house, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n

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Keywords of Creative Practice<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In my works I explore the shift in the categories of identity and the problems of visual pleasure.<\/p>\n

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Artists I Admire<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Rebecca Horn, Sarah Lucas, Vanessa Beecroft<\/p>\n

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Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Personal website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":864,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n