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.

Andrej Zbašnik

Born 1976 in Rijeka, Croatia. Painting and drawing. The pandemic has deepened my sense of love… Andrej Zbašnik Despite the horrors of the pandemic and the overall pain, suffering, crisis, and disorder it created, the pandemic did not have much of an impact on my creativity and creative production in a negative way. I am… Continue reading Andrej Zbašnik

Vladislav Ryaboshtan

Born 1996 in Dnipro, Ukraine. Lockdown actually does not bother me, I walk, the distance is short. However, it influenced the choice of the topic for work, the comprehension of what is happening now. Vladislav Ryaboshtan The time of the pandemic and the quarantine affected me in their own way: at first, I painted in… Continue reading Vladislav Ryaboshtan

Uliana Shchabel

Lviv, Ukraine. Collage. The COVID-19 pandemic caused many changes in my every day life. Uliana Shchabel The COVID-19 pandemic caused many changes in my every day life. The protective measures that were implemented are necessary, but also have significant effects on peoples emotional wellbeing, myself included. However, thanks to the pandemic, I delved into creativity,… Continue reading Uliana Shchabel

Anastasiia Pavlova

Born 1998 in Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine. Graphic artist. Life is changing every day and we need to learn this lesson Anastasiia Pavlova How were my life and my artworks changed with pandemic? I think it helped me to find my own way and I started to listen myself. First time two years ago I… Continue reading Anastasiia Pavlova

Natalya Ovsiyenko

Lviv, Ukraine. Painting. The pandemic gave me more free time for creating paintings, but I started facing economic problems… Natalya Ovsiyenko The pandemic gave me more free time for creating paintings, but I started facing economic problems, because left my job and had to live on social payments only. Most of my relatives and me… Continue reading Natalya Ovsiyenko

David Wilhelm

Born 2000 in Osijek, Croatia. New media. I can’t let covid affect me, my lifestyle, and especially my art making. Who knows how long this will last? I can’t let it stop me from making art. David Wilhelm In the summer of 2020 covid definitely affected my working experience in a negative way, I had… Continue reading David Wilhelm

Karina Sofit

Kyiv (UKR). Painting, Illustration. The first quarantine opened the opportunity for me. It was the opposite of isolation. Karina Sofit For me, this period and rest and learning, and depression at the same time. I worried and sharp rise and creative pit. There was a huge number of educational courses online, the artists conducted live… Continue reading Karina Sofit

Anzhelika Palyvoda

Born 2000 in Kyiv. Painting. Each person’s story has a common problem, but it is unique. Anzhelika Palyvoda Fortunately, my loved ones and I are healthy. But this had a profound effect on the creative process. From finding my first workshop, to deep reflection on myself and what’s going on around me. It’s been a… Continue reading Anzhelika Palyvoda

Aleksander Prytula

Born 1994 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sculptor. By the irony of fate when covid-19 pandemic began all my works gained new sense and fitted completely in relevance. Aleksander Prytula Year before the pandemic I started creating relief series in own studio. I was about searching styles in combine with ideas of my own interest. I found… Continue reading Aleksander Prytula