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Vadym Heorhiiovych Meller (; 26 April 1884 – 4 May 1962) was a Ukrainian and Soviet painter, avant-garde Cubism, Constructivist and Expressionism artist, theatrical designer, book illustrator, and architect. In 1925 he was awarded a gold medal for the scenic design of the Berezil Theatre in the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts ( Art Deco) in Paris. Vadym Meller,Theatrical and Decorative Art, Painting, Graphics. Exhibition Catalogue, p.53 ed. Z. V.Kucherenko, publisher Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1984 April in Paris: Theatricality, Modernism and Politics at the 1925 at the Art Deco Expo, by Irena R. Makaryk p.57, University of Toronto Press, 2018,
After graduating from the Kyiv University with a degree in law, he acquired an artistic education in the Munich Academy of Fine Arts from 1908–1912. V. Meller stayed in close contact with Der Blaue Reiter group. During this time, he also met Wassily Kandinsky, with whom he became friends. Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine 1910-1930, ,Contested Memory, Vadym Meller and Sources of Inspiration in Theater Artp.117, Myroslav Shkandrij, Boston, 2019.
After returning to Kyiv in 1915, he worked at easel and painting, graphic design, and costume design. His transition to scenography as his main field of artistic activity took place in the post-revolutionary years. From 1918–1921, he worked with scenographer and dancer Bronislava Nijinska (Vaslav Nijinsky's sister) in her ballet studio. Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s. Vadym Meller: Missionary of Avant-Garde Scenic Design, p.52, Tetiana Rudenko, Project Curators: Myroslava M. Mudrak and Tetiana Rudenko, Exhibition Production :Maria Shust ,The Ukrainian Museum of New York in cooperation with the Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine in Kyiv, Published by Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY 10003, 2015.Library of Congress Control Number 2014433050 In end of this period he became a professor in the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. Avant-garde Adventures. Vadym Meller.Nina Genke-Meller.Nina Vetrova-Robinson. Vadym Meller's Expressive Constructivim. Olha Petrova.p.10.Exhibition Catalogue. National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU).22 October-28 November 2004. Kyiv.Ukraine. Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s. Vadym Meller: Missionary of Avant-Garde Scenic Design, p.54, Tetiana Rudenko, Project Curators: Myroslava M. Mudrak and Tetiana Rudenko, Exhibition Production :Maria Shust ,The Ukrainian Museum of New York in cooperation with the Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine in Kyiv, Published by Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY 10003, 2015.Library of Congress Control Number 2014433050
In 1922, Les Kurbas invited V. Meller to the recently founded Berezil Theatre. Vadym Meller.Theatrical and Decorative Art, Painting, Graphics. Exhibition Catalogue, p.53 ed. Z. V.Kucherenko, publisher Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1984
In 1925, V. Meller, together with Sonia Terk, Alexandra Exter, and Nathan Altman, participated in Exposition Internationale des Modernes ( Art Deco) in Paris.There, Meller was awarded a gold medal for his scenic design of the Berezil' theater. The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theater , Volume 1, Europe, p.872, Editor Don Rubin, Routledge London and New York,1994 Vadym Meller.Theatrical and Decorative Art, Painting, Graphics. Exhibition Catalogue, p.53 ed. Z. V.Kucherenko, publisher Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1984 That same year, V.Meller participated in the International Theater Exposition in New York. Modernism in Kyiv: Jubilant Experimentation, p.497 edited by Irena R. Makaryk., Virlana Tkacz., University of Toronto Press, 2010.
V. Meller became the leader of the Constructivism movement in Ukrainian theater design. Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s. Vadym Meller: Missionary of Avant-Garde Scenic Design, p.58, Tetiana Rudenko, Project Curators: Myroslava M. Mudrak and Tetiana Rudenko, Exhibition Production :Maria Shust ,The Ukrainian Museum of New York in cooperation with the Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine in Kyiv, Published by Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY 10003, 2015.Library of Congress Control Number 2014433050 He worked in the National theater as a chief artist until 1945. From 1925 onward, he also taught at the Kyiv Art Institute (KKHI) together with Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Bogomazov. Also in 1925, V. Meller became a member of the artists union Association of the Revolutionary Masters of Ukraine together with David Burliuk (co-founder), Alexander Bogomazov (co-founder), Vasyl Yermylov, Victor Palmov, and Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov.
In 1928 he participated in the International Press Exhibition Pressa Cologne, together with El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Tyshler and Vasyl Yermylov. Vadym Meller.Theatrical and Decorative Art, Painting, Graphics. Exhibition Catalogue, p.53 ed. Z. V.Kucherenko, publisher Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1984
V.Meller worked as an acting director of the Monumental Painting and Sculpture Institute of the Academy of Architecture of the Ukrainian SSR (1946–1948), a chief artist of the Kyiv Music Comedy Theater (1948–1953), and a chief artist of the Iv. Franko Kyiv Academic Theater (1953–1959). Vadym Meller,Theatrical and Decorative Art, Painting, Graphics. Exhibition Catalogue, p.54,ed. Z. V.Kucherenko, publisher Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1984
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