Mel Tychonievich

Mel Tychonievich, M.F.A.

They/Them/Theirs

https://melissatychonievich.com

Mel Tychonievich is a trans-masculine (they/them/theirs) contemporary figure painter originally from St. Louis, Missouri. They received their Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2017, and their Masters of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Miami in 2021. Their work is rooted in the foundational practice of recording perceptual information from observation, specifically figurative drawing and painting from life. They have been featured nationally, including at the H and R Bloch Artspace in Kansas City, Missouri; the Old Courthouse Arts Center in Woodstock, Illinois; the University of Miami Art Gallery in Wynwood; and locally at Framations Gallery, Fontbonne University, the St. Louis Artists’ Guild, and the Angad Arts Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. They currently live with their partner in St. Louis, Missouri, and teach as an Adjunct Professor of Art and Art History at St. Louis Community College and St. Charles Community College.