Sasha Kurmaz (Ukraine)
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Sasha Kurmaz
- (b. 1986 in Kyiv, Ukraine) currently lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2008 graduated from the National Academy of Culture and Arts Management in Kyiv. Kurmaz is an interdisciplinary artist, in his artistic practice, he studies various models of interaction with public space, social groups and communities as well as explores the changing relationship between human beings and the modern world. He uses different media to work with these issues, such as photography, video, public intervention, and performative situations. In most of his works, he plays a game of de-powering power structures as well as examines the tension between the citizen and the State.
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Kurmaz has participated in many international group exhibitions and festivals, including exhibitions at W139 2012 (Netherlands), Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art 2013 (Poland), ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art 2013 (Germany), Künstlerhaus Vienna 2014 (Austria), Saatchi Gallery 2015 (UK), Skovde Art Museum 2016 (Sweden), C/O Berlin 2016 (Germany), NRW-Forum Düsseldorf 2017 (Germany), Galeria Arsenał 2017 (Poland), PinchukArtCentre 2018 (Ukraine), Latvian Museum of Photography 2019 (Latvia), Galería Santa Fe 2020 (Colombia), and has held residencies at KulturKontakt 2015 (Austria), HIAP 2018 (Finland), CEC ArtsLink 2019 (U.S.) and Akademie der Künste 2020 (Germany).
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Sasha Kurmaz is the winner of Kasimir Malevich Award 2020.
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- Curator of the residency
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Julia Harasimowicz
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Coordinators of the residency
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Aleksandra Biedka, Nela Szadkowska
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The residency is co-financed by Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Polish Institute in Kyiv and Ukrainian Institute.
