Artist statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist from Ukraine, currently residing in Kyiv. My primary mediums include sculpture, installation, and performance, as well as interactive installations and performances. My artistic endeavors are focused on exploring my own identity and the essence of the Ukrainian people's identity.

For many years, I have been investigating the interplay between the internal and external worlds. They closely interact with each other and materialize through my artistic works. The external world, filled with traditions, rituals, and magic, has always captivated me, lingering in my subconscious since early childhood. Now, I retrieve from the corners of my memory these bricks of my Ukrainian identity.

In my works, I explore authentic Ukrainian traditions, utilizing the geometric symbolism of our ancestors and delving into practices such as weaving and embroidery. My interactive installations aim to engage with people, as artistic practices are also an ancient tradition of community communication. Creating a collaborative piece is not only a transmission of experience through generations but also a way to preserve the heritage of the nation. Therefore, by exploring co-creation through participatory artistic practices, I shape a space for the creation of something Greater.

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Education:

2016 - 2018: Miroslav Vaida's Workshop

2014 - 2015: School of Contemporary Art at the Research Institute of Contemporary Art, Ukrainian Academy of Arts (Kyiv, Ukraine)

2000 - 2005: Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Solo Exhibitions:

2024: Whole. Maysternya Home, Kyiv, Ukraine

2023: Silence. Avangarden Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2010: Living Geometry. Svitych Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2023

Home for Christmas. Ukrainskyi Dim, Kyiv, Ukraine

Involvement. 31ArtSpase, Lviv, Ukraine

2022

One Day After. Imagine Point Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

...AND RISE! Lavra Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

Light Conquers Darkness. Green Hill Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2021

Where I Am. Dzyga Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine

2019

2:1. Kharkiv Municipal Gallery. Art Basement, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Form of Sensations. Bunkermuz, Ternopil, Ukraine

2018

Where to Next? IZOLYATSIA, Kyiv, Ukraine

Loneliness in the Network. AirGogolfest, Vinnytsia, Ukraine

2017

Her Space. Lab 24, Kyiv, Ukraine

2014

Christmas Exhibition. Ivan Honchar Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine

Special Projects:

2019: Blockheide Leuchtet Licht Festival. Kunst Und Natur, Austria

2018: International Winter Land Art Festival "Mythogenesis," Vinnytsia, Ukraine

2017: Exhibition of Biruchiy Art School Residency Participants. School Complex of Agrobusiness named after M. Ratay, Klimentovice, Poland

Circle of Silence, Springwindfest, Kyiv, Ukraine

2016: Installation "Rain." National Botanical Garden named after M.M. Gryshko, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Residencies:

2017: Biruchiy Art School, Klimentovice, Poland

Awards:

2017: Finalist of the 4th Ukrainian Competition in Contemporary Visual Art for Young Artists named after Nathan Altman, Vinnytsia, Ukraine

2010: Awarded a certificate for a significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian traditional culture, Public Organization "Foundation for the Preservation and Development of Ukrainian Traditional Culture "Malva"

Publications:

2023: In search of aesthetic pleasure: spring exhibitions in Kyiv -https://otiumportal.com/

2018: Art of Female Orgasm - Kyiv: Tuzov Art Group, 2018 - 68 p.

2017:

- Fourth Ukrainian Competition in Contemporary Visual Art For Young Artists named after Nathan Altman - Vinnytsia, 2016 - 16 p. https://artukraine.com.ua/

-XX International Land Art Symposium "Border Space" - Vinnytsia: Shudra Art Collection, 2017 - 176 p.

-Lab 24: Her Space -https://chernozem.info/

-Symposium of modern art "Biruchiy" will open a branch in Poland?-https://artukraine.com.ua/

2016:

-Third Ukrainian Competition in Contemporary Visual Art For Young Artists named after Nathan Altman - Vinnytsia, 2016 - 16 p.https://artukraine.com.ua/

-Unusual installation "Rain" opened at the Botanical Garden - https://www.youtube.com/

2011: Journal Kovalska, Workshop, Handmade World 3 Ukraine