February 9, 2020 - January 3, 2021
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).
AntiGonna. Endless story of disease. Kyiv Porn Horrors, part 1. SBOYKA
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).
Katya Buchatska. Pain record. 2020
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).
Ksenia Hnylytska. The Dream of Pier Micheli, or The Monument to the Victory of Saprotrophs. 2019–2020
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).
Uli Golub. Look, She's Got a Beard! 2019-2020
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).
Pavlo Grazhdanskij. Ponivecheno. 2020
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).
Oksana Kazmina's work touches on the topic of mundanity of violence. The story in the video work takes place in a second hand store — a place where things are redistributed. As they choose clothes, the female protagonists of the video talk with each other. Their conversations consist of retelling their dreams, fragments from children's folklore, social media posts and chats, book quotes and other things. By articulating real and imaginary stories about identity, morality and corporality, the protagonists expose the mundanity of violence, which each of them has experienced or has been experiencing.
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.
Nikolay Karabinovich. Even Further. 2020
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).
Anton Karyuk. Value. 2020
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).
Iryna Kudrya. Women's stories with Kira Terentyeva. 2020
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).
Larion Lozovoy. Amalgamated Society of Free Co-Creators. 2020