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Born 1978 in Horishni Plavni, Ukraine.
Graduated from the Kharkiv National Aerospace University in 2002.
He began his artistic practice in the early 2000s, in Kharkiv.
In 2005, together with Mykola Ridnyi and Ganna Kriventsova became the co-founder of the artistic group "SOSka group".
2015-2016 the participant in the artistic group "Alliance22".
Since 2017 co-founder of the artist-run organization "KNO | Kyiv Non Objective".
Works with painting, sculpture, video, and photography.
Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2007 – Young Artist Prize from CEE Henkel Art Award. Vienna. Austria.
2008 – KulturKontaktAustria, artist-in-residence program. Vienna. Austria.
2010 – KIOSK AIR project, artist-in-residence program. Chisinau. Moldova.
2011 – GuestRoomMaribor, artist-in-residence program. Maribor. Slovenia.
2014 – KIOSK AIR project, artist-in-residence program. Chisinau. Moldova.
PERSONAL SHOWS
2016 – «Visible/Invisible», Aliance22's laboratory space, Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2015 – «Discontinuity», Aliance22's laboratory space, Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2014 – «Signs of Society», Aliance22's laboratory space, Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2013 – «Layers. Instructions. Multitude». "Mystetskyi Arsenal" gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2006 – «Prêt-à-Porter». Gallery-laboratory "SOSka". Kharkiv, Ukraine.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021 – «In Medio». MASLO Art Center. Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
2019 – «Big Circle». International collaboration project. M17 Art Center. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2018 – «Icons \ Ideals». KNO Lab.Space project. Mikhail Bulgakov Museum. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2016 – «Via Line». Unlimited Art Foundation. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2012 – «Environment». CCI "Fabrika". Moscow, Russia.
2010 – «Resume». "Lavra" gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
«Sovereignty Reimagined». Organizes: Antiwarcoalition.art and Maenad Collective. NY, USA.
2022
«Kyiv Non Objective. Space and Belonging». Curated by Barna Benedek. Vasarely Museum. Budapest, Hungary.
«RINKO-KAKU Tea Room Project». Curated by Yuka Miyazaki and Shuhei Fukuda. Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
«Multiple Collection Exhibition [100 x 150]». AIS gallery. Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan.
«The Kyiv Assemblage No.7, Solidarity Beyond Borders». EST Art Foundation. Leiden, Netherlands.
«White Circle». Saturation Point Project. London, United Kingdom.
«5 artistes de KNO». La Galerie Abstract Project. Paris, France.
«[with Peace]». AIS Gallery, A03 project space, Kenakian project space. Shibukawa-Tokyo-Saga, Japan.
«Territory». Lisbon Art Weekend. EST Art Foundation + KNO. Lisbon, Portugal.
2021
«Dad, the helmet is pressing. Contemporary art from the NAMU collection.». National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«In Medio». MASLO Art Center. Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
2019
«Big Circle». International collaboration project. M17 Art Center. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«Biennale Internationale d'Art Non Objectif». Curated by Roland Orépük. Le Pont-de-Claix, France.
2018
«RNOP – Cincinnati: New Work For A New System». Cincinnati (OH), USA.
«Infinite Worlds / Infinite Probabilities». The University of Southern Queensland. Toowoomba, Australia.
«Point». Invogue#Art gallery. Odesa, Ukraine.
«Neighbours». Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Curated by VCRC. Warsaw, Poland.
«Cиметрія \ Symmetry». Galerie Abstract Project. Paris, France.
2017
«Anonymous Society». PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine.
«0/1 - KNO | Kyiv Non Objective». Mala gallery of Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine.
«ASSEMBLAGE NO.5 Van Doesburg Fanclub». Concrete Store, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
«Points of approximation: Kharkiv». Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
«Monochromia. Vol.2». Theca Gallery, Milan, Italy. (vernissage)
2016
«Via Line». Unlimited Art Foundation. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«The School of Prosperity». Performance. A Class of the School of Kyiv, Kyiv biennial. Musa museum. Vienna. Austria.
«Monochromia. Vol.1», Diehl & Diehl Cube, Berlin, Germany.
2015
«Politics ofForm». Curated by Hedwig Suxenhuber, Georg Schollhamer and Franciska Zolyom.
GfZK - Museum of contemporary art Leipzig. Leipzig. Germany.
«The School of Kyiv». Kyiv biennale curated by Hedwig Suxenhuber and Georg Schollhamer. The House of Clothes (Main Venue), Kyiv, Ukraine.
«Some say you can find happiness there», Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2014
«Power Verticals. Plywood Colonnades», Kyiv, Ukraine.
«Grammar of Freedom», Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
«SAY IT.UA>», Vienna, Austria.
2013
«Nothing of the Kind». Museum of Moscow. Moscow, Russia.
«Ukrainian News». CCA "Ujazdowski castle". Warsaw, Poland.
2012
«Myth "Ukrainian Baroque"». National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kyiv. Ukraine.
«Arsenale 2012». The First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«Environment». CCI "Fabrika". Moscow, Russia.
2011
«The Global Contemporary. Art Worldsafter 1989». Curated by Peter Weibel, Andrea Buddensieg. ZKM / Centre for art and media. Karlsruhe, Germany.
«Impossible Community». Curated by Victor Misiano. Moscow Museum of modern art. Moscow, Russia.
2010
«If. UkrainianArt in Transition». Curated by Ekaterina Degot. MCA. Perm, Russia.
«Inter-Cool 3.0». HMKV / Dortmunder U. Dortmund, Germany.
«Numbers». International arts development foundation "EIDOS". Kyiv, Ukraine.
2009
«The New History». Kharkiv Art Museum. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
«Curated by». Project by SOSka group and Gallery Hubert Winter. Vienna Fair. Vienna, Austria.
«Wakefield Meadows». Curated by Anca Mihulet. Pavilion UniCredit. Bucharest, Romania.
2008
«Dreamers». Project by SOSka group in PinchukArtCentre / Project Room. Kyiv, Ukraine.
«New Print Politik: Post-SovietPolitics and Contemporary Art». Ukrainian Institute of modern art. Chicago, USA.
«Grabbing at Straws». Curated by Negative Capability (Chris Sharp, Joanna Fiduccia). Guenzani studio. Milan, Italy.
2007
«Critically in Between». Curated by Viktor Misiano. Art-Athens. Athens, Greece.
«The Art World». Gallery "Feinkost". Berlin, Germany.
«Communities. Young Ukrainian Art». Gallery "Arsenal". Bialystok, Poland.
«Generations U&A». PinchukArtCentre. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2006
«Video Bend». Gallery Stadtpark. Krems, Austria.
«Team Colors». Gallery F.A.I.T., Krakow, Poland.
«New Communities». Caucasus biennial of contemporary art. Tbilisi, Georgia.
COLLECTIONS & MUSEUMS
National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv.
Dmitry Razumov, Moscow.
Karsten Schmitz, Munich.
Monika Branicka, Berlin.
Ksenia Evgenieva, Kyiv.
Volker Diehl, Berlin.
Igor Voronov, Kyiv.
FAIRS
2015 Viennacontemporary Fair 2015, Alliance 22 group project presented by Diehl Gallery [Berlin], Vienna, Austria.
2014 Viennacontemporary Fair 2014, Ukrainian young artists project presented by Mironova Gallery [Kyiv], Vienna, Austria.
REPRESENTING GALLERIES
DIEHL GALLERY, Berlin