EDUCATION:

2017 – 2019    Brooklyn College of City University of NY, Brooklyn, New York. Master of Fine Arts

2014 – 2017    Brooklyn College of  City University of NY, Brooklyn, New York. Bachelor of Fine Arts

1992 – 1994    Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, Ukraine. Journalism. 

 

GRANTS/AWARD:

2015     Bernard Horlick Memorial Scholarship in Visual Arts and Art History Award   

2016     Shaw Award, CUNY, New York

2018     MUSA International Art Space Award, Madrid, Spain, Winner of Woman Artist Art Award            

2018     The Tow Grant - International Research, CUNY, New York

2019     The Serf  Award, CUNY - Scholarship in recognition of outstanding achievements in Art

2019     Artist in Residence of the XuCun International Art Commune, China

2019     Official artist of The 58th Venice Biennale, May You Live in Interesting Times, Group Project by 

“Open Group” - The Shadow of Dream cast upon Giardini della Biennale, Pavilion of Ukraine, Arsenale, Venice, Italy

2021     Artist in Residence of the Antik Art Colony-21, Albania

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EXHIBITIONS:

2021      TOWARDS THE LIGHT, curated by Pema Rinzin,

             Kate Oh Gallery, New York, NY

2021      OUT&ABOUT Contemporary Art Auction,

             TimaxArt, London, UK

2021      Peace Again, the 7th Geoje International Art Festival,

             Haegeumgang Theme Museum, South Korea

2021      OUT&ABOUT, IV Ukrainian Contemporary Women’s Art Fest-21,

             Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

2021      Apolo Art Colony,

             Vilson Kilica National Art Gallery, Fier, Albania

2021     International Woman’s Day,

            Vilson Kilica National Art Gallery, Fier, Albania

2020     Primordial Soup, 

            Paradice Palase, co-curated by Cameron Ledy, NY, USA

2020     A good Listener…few words are enough,

            H-Uman International Cinema Festival, II Edition, Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid, Spain

2020     My America, 

            aVant Garde International Salon of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2020     International Woman’s Day,

            Vilson Kilica National Art Gallery, Fier, Albania

2020     A View  from Behind the Curtain,

             Museum of Kyiv History, Kiev, Ukraine

2020     A good Listener…few words are enough,

             H-Uman International Cinema Festival, II Edition, The Zaragoza Kinoteka, Spain

2019     A good Listener…few words are enough,

            H-Uman International Cinema Festival, II Edition, Kiev, Ukraine

2019     Rural Attachment to the Houtu Temple,

            XuCun Village Contemporary Art Museum, China

2019     PaperWorks 7: Theme & Variation,

            Upstream Gallery, Hasting-On-Hudson, NY, USA

2019     PLATFORM, curated by Sogol Décor,

            Interior Design Gallery, SoFi Miami, FL, USA

2019     Twist and Twine, by Paradice Palase, curated by Lauren Elise and Kat Ryals,

             Chashama Space, LIC, NY, USA

2019     THE GOOD FIGHT, Curated by Sara Shaoul,

            601ArtSpace, New York, NY, USA 

2019     The 58th Venice Biennale, May You Live in Interesting Times, Pavilion of Ukraine, Group Project by                     collective “Open Group” - The Shadow of Dream cast upon Giardini della Biennale, Arsenale, Venice, Italy

2019     Dialogues of Imagination, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY

2019     A Public Art Intervention,  Woven: Stories Make the Fabric, Wolfe Institute, New York

2019     International Woman's Day, Vilson Kilica ArtGallery, Fier, Albania

2019     Windows, Museum of Kiev History, Kiev, Ukraine

2018     MFA Survey Show, Boylan Hall Project Space, Brooklyn, New York            

2018     We Contemporary, The Jobs Foundation Museum, Palermo, Italy

2018     Numeri Esse, Museum of Kiev History, Kiev, Ukraine

2018     "Children in War” became a part of private collection of Fundaćion Pons, Madrid, Spain

2018     Woman’s Essence, Fundaćion Pons, Madrid, Spain

2018     Colors of April, Museum of Art, Cherkassy, Ukraine

2018     Respond BC, CUNY BC Library, Brooklyn, NY

2018     Art Winter Contemporary, M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine

2017     D.N.A., Auxiliary Gallery, Green Point, NY            

2017     Destroy, CUNY BC, Brooklyn, NY

2017     Recent, CUNY BC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017     Transition, Aquarius Gallery, Ridge Wood, NY  

2017     Respond BC, CUNY Library, Brooklyn, NY

2017     Annual Postcard Exhibition and Sale, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY    

2016     Blue, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016     Winter Grand Salon, The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016     Shaw Award Show, Brooklyn College Art department, Brooklyn, NY

2015     Exhibition and AIB 2015 Benefit, Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015     Annual Postcard Exhibition and Sale, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014     Inner Depth, Art Cafe, Brooklyn, NY

2013     Scapes Show, BWAC, Red Hook, NY

2012     Dumbo Open Studios, Dumbo Studios, Brooklyn, NY 

 

PRINT MEDIA:    

“GrammaGika” - book of poetry, Kiev, Ukraine, 2018. Cover

“Food, Money, Shelter: NYC Resources,” Women’s Center for Education and Career Advancement, New York, 2016.

 “OKNO,” St. Petersburg, Russia, 2013. Cover. 

 

WORKSHOPS:    

2011 – present   Art and Craft for Children (5-12 y.o.), Rodnikoff Art Studio, Brooklyn, NY

2014 – 2015    Workshop: “Drawing” for 4th grade, Arturo Toscanini Public School 216, Brooklyn, NY

2013 – 2015    Private Art Lessons: preparation for the citywide test - Mark Twain I.S. 239 for the Gifted and Talented, Brooklyn, NY            

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

01/2018 – 02/2018 Assisted Daria Marchenko and Daniel D. Green, Ukraine/Chicago/NewYork for the press release of their art project “Face of  Today” http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/trump-portrait-pennies/index.html  https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/trump-change-ukrainian-artists-unveil-presidential-portrait-made-of-money  http://politics.com.ph/putin-bullets-exiled-ukrainian-artists-coin-trump/

 

2017 – 2019 Assistant to Professor, Sculpture Studio,  CUNY, Brooklyn, NY

 

02/2017 Assisted Nelson, Manhattan, New York Saiers in his solo-exhibition “Shortening: Making Irrational Rational” at the New Industry Building on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, CA 2015 https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/07/28/859800/0/en/Shortening-Making-Irrational-Rational-a-New-Art-Installation-Opens-at-Alcatraz.html 

 

2016  Private Art Lessons: prepared a candidate for the children’s art contest “Initiative for the Future: Faith. Love. Hope” provided by Ihor Yankovsky National Charity Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine and displayed at the UN General Head Quoter, New York https://www.obozrevatel.com/life/people/57812-fond-igorya-yankovskogo-otkryil-vyistavku-detskih-kartin-v-shtab-kvartire-oon.htm