04/06/2025

Next week, Lyusya Ivanova returns to Dnipro!

There are less than two weeks left until the end of Lucy Ivanova's exhibition "Warm Optics" - the project ends on June 14. However, don't be upset, because we have a little surprise for you: the day before, the artist returns to Dnipro to talk about the exhibition, her practice and creative plans. You will also have the opportunity to chat with the artist and ask her questions during the artist talk.

WHEN: Friday, June 13, 6:00 PM
WHERE: Artsvit Gallery, Krutogornyy Uzviz 21a, Dnipro. Entrance through the glass sliding doors from the side of Uspenskaya Square

Admission is free

Photo: Stanislav Pyvonos

Lucia Ivanova was born in 1989 in Dnipro. She studied at the Dnipropetrovsk Theater and Art College in the studio of Hryhoriy Cherneta. Later, she graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, where she worked in the studio of Vasyl Hurin. Her specialty is “Easeline Painting”. She is a member of the collective of artists “Montage”, the Festival of Young Ukrainian Artists (Mystetskyi Arsenal, 2017, as part of the collective), the Biennial of Young Art (Kharkiv, 2019). She is a regular participant in the international land art symposium in Mogrytsa. In 2019–2020, together with Yegor Antsygin, she was a co-curator of the visual art direction of the Artswit Gallery Residency Program. In 2022, Lyusya will be a resident of the Vienna Academy of Arts, and in 2022–23 — the Fontecchio Residency Programme from MAXXI L’Aquila. She had solo exhibitions at Kahan Art Space in Vienna (2023) and Budapest (2024). Lucy's works have been presented at Liste Art Fair (2022) and Vienna Contemporary (2023, 2024). In 2024 she joined the Secondary Archive project. She lived in Kyiv before the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. She lives and works in Vienna.

Next week, Lyusya Ivanova returns to Dnipro!

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