15 female artists from Ukraine joined Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation's Secondary Archive platform within the framework of the project ‘Secondary Archive. Women Artists in War’ implemented with Artsvit Gallery, Dnipro and Galeria Labirynt, Lublin.
The event was culminate in the first part of the project, ‘Secondary Archive. Women Artists in War’, which aims to present the practices of female artists working primarily with the experiences of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The presentation of the project took place on 15th of March 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
During the event, curators of the project from Ukraine will talk about the process of curatorial work in the face of the war conflict and the works of Ukrainian women artists. As Iryna Polikarchuk, Director of Artsvit Gallery, says: “The presentation of the first part of the Ukrainian part of the Archive took place just a few hours before the full-scale invasion - on the evening of February 23, 2022. We consider this project very important now, as it not only pays attention to women's artistic practice in Ukraine but also archives the intangible heritage of wartime from women's experience. This allows us to reflect in real-time on the lived experience and changes that occurred in the work of female artists after February 24, 2022. It is also a special opportunity to remind the world art community that the war continues, and there are many women at the front, including some of the participants of the new edition of the Archive.”
During the implementation of the second part of the project, 15 female participants will be invited to participate in an exhibition at the Galeria Labirynt in Lublin, which is scheduled to open in spring 2024.
The statements of female artists from Ukraine, as well as new critical essays by local curators, are now available at Secondary Archive.
Project curators: Kateryna Iakovlenko, Oksana Briukhovetska, Alya Segal.
Participants of the new edition: Olha Marusyn, Katya Buchatska, Katya Libkind, Anna Ivchenko, Lucy Ivanova, Inga Levi, Daria Molokoiedova, Marharyta Polovinko, Dasha Chechushkova, Olia Yeriemieieva, Sana Shahmuradova Tanska, Yuliia Danylеvska, Kateryna Aliinyk, Vkitoriia Rozentsveih, Karina Synytsai.
The discussion dedicated to the project's launch can be viewed here.
SECONDARY ARCHIVE:
Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation
project manager: Iga Maria Szczepańska
project support: Pamela Bachar
graphic design: Marcel Kaczmarek
web developer: Justyna Michalska
Artsvit Gallery
project manager: Iryna Polikarchuk
project support: Oleksandra Shovkun, Viktoriia Nikitina
promotion: Stanislav Pyvonos
Galeria Labirynt
project manager: Waldemar Tatarczuk
project support: Monika Rejman
promotion: Alicja Gieleta
graphic design: Emilia Lipa
The project ‘Secondary Archive. Women Artists in War’ is supported by the European Union as part of the House of Europe program.
