Born in Moscow, 1958. Lives in Moscow.
Member of the Union of the Photographers of Russia, 1991.
In 1978 entered at a studio of a photographer as an apprentice. A photographer at the Central Studio of Documentary Films, Moscow, 1980-1981. Since 1982 worked as a free-lance in various spheres: advertising, photography for staging, slide-films, press-photo.
From 2000 to 2020, I worked as a prepress specialist at the Slovo/Slovo publishing house.
In 1989 the peculiar artistic language was found in the sphere of toned photo-portrait; the work in this field took the form of a single program - «MNOGOPORTRET», Curator of the project: Ekaterina Prigorina.

Personal exhibitions:
1990,Moscow, «Portrait», «Znaniye - Sila» (monthly) editorial office.
1990,Moscow, «Portrait», «Kovcheg» theatre.
1992,Paris,Centre National de la Photography, Slide-projection «Tremplin pour des Image».
1992,Moscow, Institute of Philosophy, «Body being taught».
1993,Moscow, 6 expositions in the Contemporary Art Center.
1995,Moscow, Aidan Gallery, «Magnification into Miniature»
1996,Moscow, Design Club, Author's evening of Victor Brel.
1997,Moscow, Central House of Artist, «Art - Moscow»
1998,Moscow, The Second International Month of Photography in Moscow - «Photobiennale-98», «Velta», «Fashionable shop, or Lists of Romer»
1998,Moscow, Maliy Manez, «Interfoto98»
1999,Moscow, The Russian State Humanitarian University,two one-day exhibitions and the report at a seminar devoted to problems of contemporary art.
2004,Moscow, Jewish Book Festival,Moscow House of Photography .
2006,Moscow, Photobiennale-2006,Andrey Sakharov Museum and Public Center, "Hands of Power"

Participated in exhibitions:
1991, All-Russian photo-exhibition.
1991,Kaunas,Shyaulay(Lithuania), «Act. Form and Image».
1992,Paris, «Mois de la Photo», L'Atrium de Grand Ecran (Place d'Italie), «Experiences Photographiques Russes».
1992-93,Moscow,Central House of Artists, An Exposition of the UnionS of the Photographers of Russia.
1993,Moscow, «TA-IS» Gallery, presentation of «DIVO» Agency.
1993,Paris, L'Espace Photographique, «A la recherche du pere».
1996,Moscow, Photo Biennial, Aidan Gallery, Group Exhibition.
1997,Moscow, «Photo - Relay-race from Rodchenco to Our Days», The Museum of Photographic Collections.
1997,Budapest, Russian Culture Center, «The Biography in Letters».
1998,Moscow, «Photo - Relay-race-2 from Rodchenco to Our Days», The Museum of Photographic Collections.
1998,Moscow,"A3" Gallery,"Poetry and Photography".
1999,Moscow,Zverev Center of Ñontemporary Art,"About an Artist".
2006,Moscow,Central House of Artists,"Artist. Arts Critic. Photographer. Alternative Art of 1960th-1990th years"
2006,Moscow, The Russian State University for the Humanities,"HOMO GRANDIS NATU", Project "Old Age as a Victory"

Publications:
1991, «Sputnik» (Digest of the Soviet Press),no.1, Yecaterina Prigorina, «Two Questions for Spectators».
1991, «Soviet Photo», no.11, Valeriy Stignehev, «The Other Photography».
1993 «A la recherche du pere», Paris, «Paris - Audiovisuel».
1993, «Kommersant-DAILY», no.103, Yecaterina Prigorina, «Mnogoportret of His Own Circle».
1994, «Ad Marginem - 93» (Year-book of the Laboratory of Postclassical Research of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Ad Marginem:
1). «Body Being Taught», Round-table discussion.
2). Valeriy Podoroga «Face of Others».
1994, «Photographiya» (former «Soviet Photo»), no4, Valeriy Stignehev, «Summed Image».
1995, «Kommersant - Daily», no.222, Mikhail Bode, «A Master-key is Fitted to the Conclave of Moscow Art Critics».
1996, «Segodnya» (Daily), no.65, E.Plavinskaya, «Format A».
1997, «Kommersant - Daily», no.28, A.Hippolitov, «The Uncommercial Fair and the Interior Spirituality».
1997, «Iskusstvo» (Art) [1996/1997], M.Mikhaltchuk, «Mnogoportret».
1998, «Itogi» (Weekly) #16, page59.
1998, «Russkiy Telegraf»(Daily) #97, A.Timofehevskiy,«Between the Board of Honor and the "Athenian school"»
1999, "Ex Libris NG"(application to "Nezavisimaya Gazeta") #7(79)-25.02,"Faces and Flares, or About a Portrait in the Internet",Felix Shtirner.
2006, «Vremya novostej» 27 марта, «In a photographer’s eyes», Fyodor Romer.
2019, Materials of the International Scientific Conference «Photography as Art», Moscow. RAKh (Russian Academy of Arts), p.89-92, «The "Mnogoportret" Project by Mikhail Mikhalchuk and Photographic Portraits of the 1970s–1990s», Ekaterina Andreeva-Prigorina.
2020, «Sobranie» magazine №11,«In search of the hero of the era. Mikhail Mikhalchuk's "Mnogoportret"», Ekaterina Andreeva-Prigorina.
2024, RostovNews.Net, 21 sept, «"Mnogoportret". Trekhprudniki on Baumanskaya 13», I. Sergeev