Yuri Makoveychuk (Ukrainian: Юрій Маковейчук, born 1961) is an artist-painter and filmmaker working in the rare field of mannequin animation.

Biography edit

Makoveychuk was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1961. He moved to Philadelphia in 1990, and later to New York City. He studied art at the Shevchenko State Art School in Kyiv (his classmates there also included Roman Turovsky and Alina Panova). He continued his art studies at the Kyiv State Art Academy (BFA), and the Art Institute of Philadelphia (MFA).

Career edit

Painter edit

  • "Designing Intelligence" Exhibition (Florida Atlantic University ).[1]

Film-maker edit

Makoveychuk produced two animated feature films, "Radioman" (1999) and "The Institute" (2003). Eventually "Radioman" won the Parma festival of animation prize.

Scenographer edit

Makoveychuk participated (in the capacity of a production designer) in many independent film and television productions in Europe, notably in 2008 Norwegian film "Iskyss" ("Icekiss"), as well as the "Three Musqueteers" (2004 TV musical)[2] and "Twelve Chairs" (2005 TV musical),[3][4] as well as the sets for the Maria Burmaka[5] and Verka Serdyuchka performances.[6][7] He also has been active as a scenic artist ("Great Expectations", "Godzilla", "As Good As It Gets", "DeviI's Advocate" et al.

Filmography edit

  • Radioman (1999)[8]
  • The Institute (2003)[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "University Galleries - Designing Intelligence". Archived from the original on 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  2. ^ http://www.sv.ua/ua/social/cultural_events_supp/part40 [dead link]
  3. ^ "Первая Видеокомпания | Юрий Маковейчук". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  4. ^ "Людмила Гурченко Сыграет Роль Жены Кисы Воробьянинова, А Анжелика Варум -- Эллочки-Людоедки".
  5. ^ "МБФ "Міжнародний Альянс з ВІЛ/СНІД в Україні" - Новини". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  6. ^ "Верка Сердючка пригласила на новоселье «BONEY M» ФОТО - Светская хроника и культура | KP.UA". kp.ua. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Людмила Гурченко Сыграет Роль Жены Кисы Воробьянинова, А Анжелика Варум -- Эллочки-Людоедки".
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2009-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/112869/lang/ [dead link]

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