mikhail lychkovskiy is a contemporary designer and poster artist. after graduation from british higher school of art & design he drew knowledge and inspiration from peter bankov and swiss, german and french posters. works of mikhail are based on typographic treatment and mixing of national graphic styles.
member of people of print
awards
2024 hehu international festival: 1x gold, 1x silver, 1x bronze, 1x excellence award
2024 golden bee biennale: 1x winner, 1x honorable mention
2023 china poster biennial: 2x silver, 1x bronze, 2x jury award, 9x selected
2023 ipbp nanjing: excellent award
2023 intercontinental bienal: winner
2023 oesol typography awards korea: 1x jury prize, 1x honorable mention
2023 poster stellars usa: 1x gold, 1x bronze, 2x selected
2023 graphis poster annual: silver award
2023 poster biennale lublin: 3rd place
2022 peru design biennial: winner
2022 poster stellars usa: 2x bronze award, 1x selected
2022 golden bee biennale: honorable mention
2022 we want jazz posters: honorable mention
2022 graphis poster annual: gold award
2022 tdc new york: certificate of typographic excellence
2021 cssdesignawards: ux, ui and innovation
solo exhibitions
03.11—03.12.2022 can't stop bar, batumi, georgia
31.08—30.09.2022 backdoor bar, batumi, georgia
group exhibitions
2025 oripeau: n°659, montreal, canada
2025 oripeau: n°647, nantes, france
2025 posterfest: pesti vigado, budapest, hungary
2024 intl international poster exhibition: glasgow, scotland
2024 osaka poster fest: osaka university of arts gallery, osaka, japan
2024 toyama poster triennial: tad toyama, japan
2024 formats festival (lettres affichées): palais universitaire, strasbourg, france
2024 forward festival: hkw berlin, germany
2024 bienal cartel mexico: museo franz mayer, mexico city, mexico
2024 graphic days: flashback habitat, torino, italy
2024 sdgs invitational exhibition: tunghai university, taichung city, taiwan
2024 tervezőgrafikai biennálé: hungarian academy of arts, budapest, hungary
2023 posterheroes (as ambassador): time2, turin, italy
2023 korea color: artbull gallery, cheongdam, korea
2023 bienal del cartel bolivia: museum of contemporary art, santa cruz, bolivia
2023 femme vie liberté: le palais d'iéna, paris, france
2023 design for tomorrow: nkust, kaohsiung, taiwan
2023 united states poster biennial: iowa state university, ames, usa
2023 femme vie liberté: fatart fair, schaffhousen, switzerland
2023 andnoweast: piața amzei, bucharest, romania
2023 uruguay cartel: bastión del carmen, colonia del sacramento, uruguay
2023 la design festival: helms bakery district, los angeles, usa
2023 yangtze river.future public welfare: nantong, china
2023 international poster biennale lublin: csk, lublin, poland
2023 femme vie liberte: médiathèque julien gracq, pont-l’abbé, france
2023 biennale design graphique: centre national du graphisme, chaumont, france
2023 silk culture: national silk museum of china, hangzhou, china
2023 seeding the city: helms design center, los angeles, usa
2023 ekinoks2 (digital): halic university, istanbul, turkey
2023 sdgs invitational exhibition: tunghai university, taichung, taiwan
2023 peru design biennial: santo domingo museum, lima, peru
2023 kicd invitational exhibition: ddp dongdaemun design plaza, seoul, korea
2022 annyeong korea: share gallery blue, jangheung-myeon, korea
2022 poster stellars: summarecon mall serpong tangerang, indonesia
2022 poster triennial trnava: jan koniarek gallery, trnava, slovakia
2022 intl international poster exhibition: glasgow, scotland
2022 ecuador poster bienal: centro cultural metropolitano, quito, ecuador
2022 imagine peace: war and peace memorial park, kaohsiung, taiwan
2022 theatrical posters festival: national academic theatre, erevan, armenia
2022 (in)between hdc protest posters: reeperbahn festival, hamburg, germany
2022 let's create: melias, tbilisi, georgia
2022 we want jazz finalists: prom kultury saska kępa, warsaw, poland
2022 jazz in ruins: gzut model hall, gliwice, poland
2022 plaster graphic design festival: toruń, poland
2022 pause: atelier cocon coloré, berlin, germany
2022 stand with ukraine: atlanta-la-washington-springfield, usa
2022 no war (digital): ogaki poster museum, gifu, japan
media mentions
printed mentions
2025 slanted experimental type 3.0
2025 niggli bi-scriptual (2nd edition)
2025 mastering type (2nd edition)
2024 intl international poster book
2023 slanted books (#42)
2023 slanted experimental type 2.0
2023 back office (#5)
2023 bounty hunters posters
2023 slanted posters can help
2023 graphis journal (#376)
2022 intl international poster book
2022 slanted experimental type (#40)
2022 etapes graphiques (#266)