Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Painting. My favorite classical musical pieces supported me in time of uncertainty… Iryna Akimova The beginning of COVID pandemic brought distress and uncertainty in my life, as well as in the lives of many others. Plans were ruined, art exhibition were continuously shifted, personal communications limited to phone calls and… Continue reading Iryna Akimova
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.
Veronika Cherednychenko
Born 1994, Kherson/Lviv, Ukraine. 3D Sculpture. Last year taught me not to plan in advance, and to make decisions here and now. Veronika Cherednychenko My two big solo projects were postponed several times but never materialized. Because of prolonged quarantine I got fired and my workshop was also unavailable for a while. So, it was… Continue reading Veronika Cherednychenko
Yana Hudzan(UKR)
Painting …I create a bridge for a new interpretation of images… Yana Hudzan The COVID-19 pandemic and protracted lockdowns have changed the pace of people’s lives, restricting movement and communication with other people, nature and new locations. I began to pay special attention to a socially and epidemiologically vulnerable social group – Ukrainian grandmothers,… Continue reading Yana Hudzan(UKR)
Anna Letícia Barreto
Born 1974, Sorocaba/SP – Brazil. Based in Lisbon. Multidisciplinary artist. My art practice changed completely during the pandemic Ana Letícia Barreto The pandemic turned my world and art practice upside down. As an art teacher, I had just two days to adapt the classes to the online format, without any previous experience, which substantially increased… Continue reading Anna Letícia Barreto
Oleksandr Gvozdik (UKR)
Collage, created his own style of “hideseam” collages (invisible seam). The situation with the Covid affected my worldview… Oleksandr Gvozdik The situation with the Covid affected my worldview. I have understood global change in the world as the Apocalypse of our time. Everyone is lonely and lives in their own world, the pandemic has only… Continue reading Oleksandr Gvozdik (UKR)
Anna Kozyreva
Born 1986 in Irpen (Kyiv region), Ukraine. Painting. As soon as the pandemic began, our faces changed… Anna Kozyreva During the pandemic, I started creating more paintings. Since exhibitions and all cultural events are closed, transport does not work, I am in my city all the time. I walk in the woods and paint.… Continue reading Anna Kozyreva
Anna Bitaieva
Born 1991 in Kiev, Ukraine. Painting. Creating illustrations helped me not to get lost in my own thoughts and experiences. Anna Bitaieva Now I understand that having left all the plans and projects, the opportunity to work in the workshop and create something familiar, I seemed to turn the page. And the next reversal became… Continue reading Anna Bitaieva
Evhenii Bekusov
Born 1999 in Kiev, Ukraine. Video art. When the pandemic began, I was delighted. Evhenii Bekusov The fact that no matter what happens in the world, life rages in the midst of chaos and tragedies, and beauty can be seen in everything and always. Young artists have nowhere to exhibit their art. The opportunities are… Continue reading Evhenii Bekusov
Nina Mári (UKR)
Painting “Live” communication is quietly disappearing from our lives Nina Mari …with complete isolation, it became clear that a previously unnoticed problem became egregious at one point. In my Offline Project I turned to the study of the question of “live” communication. After all, the present, with technological progress and all the benefits that we… Continue reading Nina Mári (UKR)
Vitaly Yankovy
Kyiv. Visual art. …I consider myself as “COVID fatalist”… Vitaly Yankovy Some people can hate me but I consider myself as “COVID fatalist” and one of the people who thinks that the worth thing that can happen after the pandemic is that nothing would really change. COVID pandemic is a chance to think about… Continue reading Vitaly Yankovy