Exhibition of the 20 Artists Shortlisted
for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2020

AntiGonna

AntiGonna Born in Vinnytsya in 1986. Lives and works in Kyiv, Odesa and Warsaw. Uses such media as performance, video and virtual reality. Studied painting at the Grekov Art College in Odesa. In 2016, together with cameraman Andriy Boyko, she launched a project called "Endless clinical record. Kyiv porn horrors (Part 1). SBIAN" and the trash porn series "AndriyAndreyeva". Since 2016, she has taken part in performances by Mykhaylo Koptev's "Orchid" Provocative Fashion Theatre. Took part in such queer festivals and exhibition projects as "4th International Horror Festival. Mostra Espantomania", Sao Paulo, Brazil (2019), "Audience Awards", New York, the USA (2019); "RabarBar Queer Festival", Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Poznan, Poland (2019); "POMADA. Eden 8", Warsaw, Poland (2018), "12th Internationale Berlin Porn Festival", Berlin, Germany (2017), "Naughty Bodies", the Bukhanchuk Museum of Fine Arts, Kmytiv, Ukraine (2019).

Katya Buchatska

Lives and works in Kyiv where she was born in 1987. Her projects explore the subject of timelessness, transformation and reincarnation of an object. Works with installation, sculpture, photography and painting. Studied at the Kyiv Publishing and Printing Institute and École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Dijon, graduated from the National Academy of Arts and Architecture in Kyiv. A member of the initiative group seeking to conserve the heritage of Paraska Plytka-Gorytsvit. A member of the Montage group. Her selected projects include "Photos from last year", the Small Gallery at the Art Arsenal, Kyiv (2019), "Be careful with this axe, Eugene", AKT art space, Kyiv (2019), "Mara" together with Vitaliy Kokhan, Port Creative Hub, Kyiv (2017), "SpaceS, SpaceS Contemporary Art Exhibition", Galerie La Cave, Geneva (2017), "Postcards from Maidan", Lublin, Warsaw (2014).

Ksenia Hnylytska

Lives and works in Kyiv where she was born in 1984. Uses painting, graphics, ceramics and video in her artistic practice. Studied at the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, the Faculty of Painting. A co-founder and member of the R.E.P. and Khudrada groups. Took part in personal and group exhibitions. Some of the selected projects are "Stratigraphy", Vozdvizhenka 32, Kyiv (2016), "Degree of dependence", Awangarda, Wroclaw, Poland (2016), "Lest the two seas meet", Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, Warsaw (2015), "Colour test", the Small Gallery at the Art Arsenal, Kyiv (2013), Gyumri Biennial (as part of the R.E.P. group), Gyumri, Armenia (2008).

The Second Special Prize Winner

Uli Golub

Born in Kharkiv in 1990, she currently lives and works in Oakland, the USA. Uses such media as video, installation, 3D animation and collage. A graduate of the Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia (Moscow) under the guidance of Sergey Bratkov and a post-graduate student at the Karazin National University. Took part in international exhibitions and biennale, including "Memories from the future. Incredible adventures of the bearded women. Behind the scene", xpon-art gallery, Hamburg, Germany (2019), PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018, Kyiv, "I am not a robot", Electro Museum, Moscow (2018), "Versus", PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2017), the Festival of Young Ukrainian Art, Art Arsenal, Kyiv (2017), "Trans-people. State of insecurity", YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2016).

Pavlo Grazhdanskij

Born in Kharkiv in 1991. Lives and works in Kharkiv an St Petersburg. Studied at the School of Engaged Art Chto Delat in St Petersburg (2016). Founder and editor of the long-term art project Travmpunkt which researches Russian-Ukrainian realities on the basis of voluntary documentary writing and data analysis (2017). Co-founder of the Kropotkina 11 art space (2018). Among his selected personal and group projects are "Shelter", Sörnäinen Bomb Shelter, Helsinki (2018), "Everything like the water", Detenpyla Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine (2018), "It is already too much", Roza's Palace of Culture, St Petersburg, Russia (2018), "Get out while still healthy", Autonomy squat, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2017).

Alexandra Kadzevich

Lives and works in Odesa where she was born in 1992. Her works are at the junction of painting, collage and sculpture. Graduated from the Grekov Art College, the Department of Art, in 2013. Received a scholarship for study in the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts, the course of Lesya Khomenko in 2017. At the beginning of her artistic practice, she favoured traditional painting. Since 2016, she has moved away from academicism to explore possibilities provided by painting. In 2018, she founded the artist-run space "Noch" in her studio. Took part in the fourth art residence programme SWAP: UK/Ukraine 2019. Took part in such projects as "Other people live here", The Naked Room, Kyiv (2019), "A few unnecessary steps to the other side", Artsvit, Dnipro, Ukraine (2019), the "Countryside practices: seasonal closeness" special project as part of the fifth Odesa Biennale of Contemporary Art, Odesa, Ukraine (2017).

Oksana Kazmina

Born in the town of Yakovlevo, Russia in 1984. Lives and works in Kyiv. Uses such media as performance, installation and video in her artistic practice. Studied journalism at the Ivan Franko National University in Lviv and direction in the Karpenko-Karyy National Theatre, Cinema and Television University in Kyiv. As a film director and artist, she preaches intersectional feminism and posthumanism, researches the existing authorities and the ways corporeal practices can undermine them. Co-founded the OKSANAS art collective and the Bodily Practices project. Received an award for the best short film ("The Secret, the Girl and the Boy") at the Odesa International Film Festival in 2019. Taught film direction at Wesleyan University, the USA. Took part in many national and international projects: Mykola Ridnyy's "Armed and Dangerous", the "Countryside practices: seasonal closeness" special project as part of the fifth Odesa Biennale of Contemporary Art, Odesa, Ukraine (2017), the Kyiv School modern art biennale, Kyiv/Vienna (2015), Berlinale Talents as part of the Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin (2014).

The First Special Prize Winner

Nikolay Karabinovych

Born in Odesa in 1988. Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium and Kyiv. Uses such media as video, sound, text, installation and performance in his artistic practice. Graduated from the Mechnykov National University in Odesa, the Department of Philosophy. Since 2019 he has studied at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts in Ghent. In 2017, he was an assistant curator at the fifth Odesa Biennale. Winner of the first special PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018. Took part in many national and international projects, including "From sea to sea", Hit Gallery, Bratislava (2019), "The spring (summer, autumn, winter) of nations", BWA, Tarnow, Poland (2019) "Ain't nobody's business", PinchukArtСentre, Kyiv (2018), "Human fate", the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre, Moscow (2018), PinchukArtCentre Prize 2015, Kyiv.

Anton Karyuk

Born in Dnipro in 1988. Works and lives in Kyiv and Vilnius. Uses painting, video, installation and performance in his artistic practice. Studied architecture at the Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Some of his selected personal and group projects include "Pre-education", Dresden, Germany (2019), "Identifying", Leoparden, Uppsala, Sweden (2019), "Sünden unter freiem Himmel - Deutsche Ausgabe", Rasch, Kassel, Germany (2019), "Forbidden family", Kedi, Izmir, Turkey (2017), "Flaws in the open air", Porto Franko modern art festival, Step art group, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (2017).

Iryna Kudrya

Lives and works in Kyiv where she was born in 1986. Uses such media as video and installation in her artistic practice. Graduated from the State Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit. Studied modern art at the Visual Communication School (the course of Kateryna Badyanova and Lada Nakonechna) in 2014-2015. Graduated from the School of Engaged Art, St Petersburg, Russia in 2017. Took part in the Collective of Specific Dates since its establishment in 2014 until its dissolution in 2017. Attended a series of performative practice workshops, Tanzlaboratorium Research Group, in 2014-2017. Took part in many exhibition and research projects, including "How to be cool", PinchukArtCentre (2019); "A distaff, a sabre and a deer", the Stanytsya Luganska local history museum, Ukraine (2018); "Work more! Rest more!", Minsk (2017).

Larion Lozovoy

Born in 1987, lives and works in Kyiv. An artist and independent researcher interested in the economic history of Central and Eastern Europe and in the ideology of creativity. Studied modern art at the Visual Communication School (Kyiv), the V-A-C Curatorial School (Moscow) and WHW Akademija (Zagreb). An author of critique and art reviews published in Korydor, Prostory and Krytyka Polityczna. Nominated for PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018 and Visible Award. His recent projects include "Sleeping off a Century of Hope", Viafarini, Milan, Italy (2019), "Open Studio/Open Nova", Studio Maljković, Zagreb (2019), "MIDTERM", Galerija Nova, Zagreb (2019), "Living Monuments", Neurotitan / HausSchwarzenberg, Berlin (2018).

Timothy Maxymenko

Born in Kyiv in 1995. Lives and works in Kyiv and London. Graduated from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Poland. Studied at University of Wolverhampton, the UK and the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. Uses such media as sound, video and performance. Took part in London Art Night (2018), Burning Man (2019), "US2", Filet, London (2019), "The Sound Labyrinth", Art Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunker, Krakow, Poland (2018).

Elias Parvulesco

Born in Kyiv Region in 1985. Lives and works in Kyiv. Studied engineering and film studies. Studied modern art at the Visual Communication School (Kyiv). Worked as a journalist, editor and film researcher. Co-founded the art and cinema ruїns collective. Took part in Ukrainian and international projects, such as "Armed and Dangerous", Izolyatsia, Kyiv, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2018), "Gray Cube", Visual Culture Centre, Kyiv / Kharkiv Architecture School, Kharkiv, Ukraine / Bunker, Chisinau (2018), the Molodist festival (2018), "Social realism. Pretend to be different", the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv (2018), the Odesa International Film Festival, Odesa, Ukraine (2016).

Valentina Petrova

Born in 1984, she lives and works in Kyiv. Uses such media as performance, video, installation, body, embroidery, organic and other materials in her artistic practice. She studied art at the School of Engaged Art Chto Delat, St Petersburg in 2015 and modern art at the Visual Communication School (Kyiv) in 2014. Took part in such projects as WARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 10, Wroclaw, Poland (2018); "A distaff, a sabre and a deer", the Stanytsya Luganska local history museum, Ukraine (2018), the Kyiv Biennale, Ukraine (2017); "What do I have that a woman has?", the Visual Culture Centre, Kyiv (2015).

Alina Sokolova

Born in Uzhgorod in 1995. Lives and works in Vienna and Uzhgorod. Uses such media as art, photography, video and performance. Studied at the Uzhgorod art college, the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. In 2015, she started studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Prof Martin Guttmann's class of art and photography. Her selected personal and group projects include "Heracleumfall", Michaela Stock, Vienna (2019), "Smugglers choreography/painterly trauma", Semperdepot Lehargasse, Vienna (2018), "The monument of Danube" project in public space as part of the photography month, Belgrade (2018), "Trust me with your import", "Sorry, no rooms available" art residence, Uzhgorod, Ukraine (2017).

Dmytro Starusev

Born in Makiyivka in 1984, lives and works in Moscow. Uses photography and installation in his artistic practice. Studied at the Russian State University of Cinematography (2012) and the Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia (Moscow) under Sergey Bratkov's guidance. Took part in such personal and joint projects as "Heart line time zone", RuArts, Moscow (2019), "Faith in deep crisis", Victoria Gallery, Samara, Russia (2019); "The light of hellish bloom", ArtSvit, Dnipro, Ukraine (2019), Academiae Biennial, Fortezza, Italy (2018), PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018, Kyiv, "Test group ", Ekaterina Foundation, Moscow (2018); XII Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (2017), "Versus" PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2017), "Field of view" parallel programme of the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2016), "Folklore expedition, Donbas", the Moscow Museum of Modern Art photo biennale, Moscow (2016).

Anna Scherbyna

Born in Zaporizhzhya in 1988, she has lived and worked in Kyiv since 2009. Uses such media as painting, sketches, installations and video in her artistic practice. Graduated from the Odesa Art College and the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture in Kyiv. Studied modern art at the Visual Communication School in Kyiv (the course was developed by Kateryna Badyanova and Lada Nakonechna, 2013-2014) and in the summer school of the School of Engaged Art Chto Delat (Berlin, 2014). Co-founded the Collective of Specific Dates (2015-2017) and the YOD group (2013-2015). Took part in such projects as "The cave of a golden rose", Closer Art Centre, Kyiv (2019), "One's own space", PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2018), "A distaff, a sabre and a deer", the Stanytsya Luganska local history museum, Ukraine (2018), "Ukraine on fire", PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (together with the Collective of Specific Dates) (2017); "Social realism. Pretend to be different", the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv (2017).

Studio 12345678910

A group of artists and architects from Dnipro. At present, some members of the group live in Kyiv. The studio was established in 2016 and currently includes Yevhen Obraztsov (born 1993), Anastasiya Omelych (born 1996) and Mykyta Momot (born 1995). They use critical design techniques to research urban archaeology, using such media as photos, installations and graphics. Some of their selected exhibitions are "How to be cool", PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2019), "The house that became the ground", Room, Artsvit, Dnipro, Ukraine (2018), "Capture. Situation", Vozdvizhenka 32, Kyiv (2016).

The Main Prize Winner

Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Himey

Yarema Malashchuk (born in 1993) and Roman Himey (born in 1992), originally from Kolomyya, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, live and work in Kyiv. Both studied at the Karpenko-Karyy National University in Kyiv. They work predominantly with video as artists, directors and cinematographers. Winners of the second special PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018. Collaborated with the Dutch artist group Metahaven on the film "Hometown" and with director Filip Sotnychenko ("Nail", "Technical Break"). Winners of the main award MUHi 2019. Some of their selected exhibitions include MUHi 2019, the Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv (2019), "Dance of Urgency", Q21, Vienna (2019), PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018, Kyiv, "Blue-blue sky", Bursa gallery, Kyiv (2019).

The Public Choice Prize

Daniil Revkovskiy and Andriy Rachinskiy

Kharkiv artists born in 1993 and 1990 respectively. Live and work in Kharkiv. Use such media as video and installation. Graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Art. In 2010, they created a VKontakte public community called "Memory" which they used to jointly explore the subject of collective memory in the post-Soviet space. Their joint work began in 2012. Took part in many projects and exhibitions, including "The war of inscriptions", OFF/FORMAT, Brno, Czech Republic (2019), "Soot", EFTI, Madrid, Spain (2019), the Second National Biennale of Young Art, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2019), PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018, Kyiv.