Born 1997 in Guizhou, China. Photography. COVID-19 has caused us catastrophic losses… Xingrong Qiao More or less, it hits the “pause” button on our lives, whether it’s the empty shops around the corner or the computer glitches at home. During the pandemic, long-period self-isolation offered me a great deal of time confronting myself in… Continue reading Xingrong Qiao
Category: Artist`s Stories
The creative industry has been hit hardest by the pandemic and artists have been the least protected from the 2020-2021 crisis. To overcome the pandemic consequences, there is a need to create a database of information material, the source of which would be the international experience of direct participants in the cultural sphere.
As a result, Kyiv NGO “Art research platform MOKONSHU” initiated the creation of a Library of artists stories and voices of artists from different countries and local contexts.
The pandemic experience research is part of the international art project “#365daysafter”, which brings together Ukraine, Croatia, Portugal and China in a joint study of the art of the 2020-2021 pandemic period, which has already involved more than 200 artists born and/or living in one of these countries. An important part of the art project are stories of creative experience of the COVID period from each participant, describing, characterizing and documenting the last year, through which we can remove the walls of social isolation built by the pandemic.
Petra Pavetić Kranjčec
Born 2000 in Croatia. Installation. When first lockdown started I felt lost, in every segment of my life, including the art part. Petra Pavetić Kranjčec The process of changing myself as a person reflected in this work I made during lockdown. At first, I seeked comfort so I made colourful plushies. Later, on my… Continue reading Petra Pavetić Kranjčec
Halyna Dudar (UKR)
Painting When the pandemic started, I felt strong restrictions, everything went online – work, friends …. As I was suffering from COVID-19, I began to feel a panic attack, as it was the end and I had to time yet, I felt a total loss of control, fear, concern about the future …. When I… Continue reading Halyna Dudar (UKR)
Anna Mironova
Born 1977, Kyiv, Ukraine. Graphic artist. Photo project “Against the light” – observation in time. Having started a long time ago, it continues to this day. Plants on the windowsill – a topic that is always before your eyes, everything is unchanged, at first glance, but this “unchanged” is infinite difference, if you live by… Continue reading Anna Mironova
Nataliya Bagatskaya (UKR)
Born 1967. Painting. The pandemic has greatly influenced my creativity. I radically changed my style in painting. Nataliya Bagatskaya I really want the pandemic to end and artists from all over the world to be able to travel with exhibitions everywhere, and collectors and simply art lovers could visit its, wherever they are exhibited.… Continue reading Nataliya Bagatskaya (UKR)
Lucija Krizman
Zadar, Croatia. Sculpture, Installation. I started studying at the Royal College of Art, London, in the middle of the pandemic. Lucija Krizman I started studying at the Royal College of Art, London, in the middle of the pandemic. The restrictions in the UK meant we were unable to access facilities or studio spaces. The… Continue reading Lucija Krizman
Oleksandra Badzym (UKR)
Painting As a result of the pandemic several close people left my life… Oleksandra Badzym As a result of the pandemic several close people left my life, and social distancing provoked depression which cut off my ability to create for 3 months. In opposition to that I engaged in self-exploration and mental health, up… Continue reading Oleksandra Badzym (UKR)
Natasha Brichuk
Rivne, Ukraine. Graphic, Painting. Paying attention to what is around me made me pay more attention to Ukrainian art and culture. Natasha Brichuk During the quarantine it seemed to me that time had stopped and me along with it. There is no movement, you are sitting in confined space just waiting for something to… Continue reading Natasha Brichuk
Mariko Gelman
Born 1986 in Kiev, Ukraine. Resident in Prague. Painting. For me, quarantine became a time when I rethought many things – my attitude to life, to work, to creativity, to my family and friends. Mariko Gelman All my artworks during the quarantine period are organized around the theme of personal myth-making, the interpenetration of… Continue reading Mariko Gelman
Khrystyna Khmil (UKR)
Multidisciplinary artist. …thanks to the pandemic, I learned to be more flexible and began to work a little with new media… Khrystyna Khmil A pandemic for me is primarily the identification of problems that was previously suppressed for which there was no time and now they have come out. These are ulcers that have… Continue reading Khrystyna Khmil (UKR)