NATALIA MELNIKOVA

1961 - born in St. Petersburg

1983 - graduated from the Art and design department of the St.
Petersburg State Pedagogical University.

1986 - 89 Worked as a supervisor of art studio of the culture center "Pesky".
since 1991 Member of the Artists Union of Russia

VLADIMIR FOMICHEV

1953 - born in Esthetes

1976 - graduated from the Esthetes Machinebuilding Institute

1983 - graduated from the Art and design department of the Esthetes State Pedagogical University.

since 1990 - Member of the Artists Union of Russia.

since 1985 N. Melnikova and V. Fomichev live and work together the name CoMELFO (Company of Melnikova & Fomichev)

CoMELFO participants of more then 80 exhibitions in Russia and abroad (Italy, France, Ukraine, Australia, Kyrgystan, Brazil, Antarctica).
In period of 1997 - 1999 created the collection of drawings entitled "By Touch" devoted to the commander of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition F.F. Bellinsgauzen, ancestor of N. Melnicova.

CoMELFO

Authors and participants of the project of exhibition - action in Antarctic (January 1, 2000).

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS CoMELFO

1992 "Presence", Exhibition Center of Artists Union, St. Petersburg, Russia
1993 Personal Exhibition at the festival "Musicale", Ivrea, Italy
1994 "Rembrandt-Variations", gallery "Delta", St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 "A Strange View on the Problems of the Blind", gallery "Palitra", Esthetes, Russia
1999 "Image", Business Center "Neptune", St. Petersburg, Russia
1999 - 2000 "By Touch", station Belling, Antarctica
2000 "No Tato", Post-Office Culture Space, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2000 "Wallpaper in the Landscape", Book and graphics Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
2000 "CoMELFO in red", gallery "Borey", St. Petersburg, Russia
2000 "Both", Summer Garden, St. Petersburg, Russia