Andriy Linik

media artist, curator
21.08.1982
Contact
+38.067.5999610
l1n1k.iam[at]gmail.com

Education
2006 – 2009 – postgraduate studies at Lviv national academy of arts, Department of history and theory of arts.
2000-2006 – Lviv national academy of arts, Department of history and theory of arts, MA.
1997-2000 – High art and technical school #2, Department of sculpturing and carving, Lutsk, Ukraine.
1993-1997 – Art school #1, classes of drawing, painting, sculpturing, Lutsk, Ukraine.

Programs, residencies, stipends, work
01.02 – 31.07.2010 – WRO Art Center, residency [stipend from Polish Ministry of Culture “Gaude Polonia”], Wroclaw, Poland.
04-12.05.2009 - Study visit to WRO Art Center for WRO Media Art Biennale, organized by Polish Institute in Kyiv.
03-06.08.2009 – River//Cities network, by Intercult [Official European Commission art and culture events in Sweden advisor, Official European Resource Center], Stockholm, Sweden.
24.11 – 04.12.2008 – art management program, Swedish Institute [run by Intercult] , Stockholm, Sweden.
december 2007- october 2009 – executive director of «Institute of comtemporary art», Lviv, Ukraine.
december 2007 – co-founder of «Institute of comtemporary art», Lviv, Ukraine.
13-22.05.2005 – Visual Culture & Visual Anthropology, conference, cultural project. Center for MA Studies on Culturology and Sociology at Lviv national university named after Ivan Franko.
2005 – stipend from a fond by Volodymyr Kuz’, Canada.
2003 – stipend named after Vyacheslav Chornovil.
2001 – stipend of a Lviv city council’s Major.

Curatorial projects
Curator of exhibition projects at Center of Urban History, Lviv, Ukraine [from February 2011]
Curated-coordinated projects [as executive director of «Institute of comtemporary art» [during 2007-2009]
28.08-06.09.2009 – Week of contemporary art «7» - installations, performances, new media arts, lectures, discussions, workshops. City public space, galleries, theatres. Participants from Ukraine, Poland, Switzeland, France, Austria, USA, Bialorus, Lituania.., over 50 projects, Lviv, Ukraine.
16-21.09.2008 – “Days of Performance Art in Lviv”, performances, lectures, workshops. 11 participants from Poland, Ukraine, Bialorus, Lituania.
16-21.09.2008 – «MediaDepo» - media installations, performances, interactive projects, experimental electronic music, video art, open screenings, lectures, discussions, workshops – co-curated with Bohdan Shumylovych. Municipal Theatre, Center of urban history of East Central Europe, Lviv, Ukraine.
14-21.09.2008 – Week of contemporary art «7» - installations, performances, new media arts, lectures, discussions, workshops. City public space, galleries, theatres. Participants from 10 countries, 70 projects, near 100 participants, Lviv, Ukraine.
06-20.05.2008 – «Declaration of emptiness» – Curators block, ІІ International festival of contemporary art «GogolFest», Museum complex «Art Arsenal», Kyiv, Ukraine.
01-05.05.2008 – project “ArtDepo” – space of old tram depot, media art, objects, experimental electronic music, Lviv, Ukraine.
01.03.2008 – project «The Cold» – discussions (Small session hall, Lviv city council); art objects in city public spaces, media art (Museum Square, Armenian St.)

Independent curatorial projects
26-28.11.2010 – The Futurological congress “Programming of the future” [Transformator.10] – is an international project with the aim to address the problems of understanding, planning and creating the future throughout set of lectures, presentations, discussions, screenings, audio installations. We want to attract a community of scientists, artists and free creatives (programmers, media activists, curators, culture experts etc.) who are concerned about the topics of future and its programming, controlling, reinterpretation, creation and anticipation. – Participants from England, Germany. Austria, Ukraine, Poland, Russia. [1] “abstractio?”– curatorial selection from a collection of video art at WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland.
26-30.08. and 03-04.08.2009 – [with Lukasz Szalankiewicz] – electronic arts project “Transformator”, audio installations and performances, experimental electronic and academic music, interactive media installations, lectures, discussions. Participants from: Poland, Austria, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia. Lviv, Ukrane. [2]
08.12.2007 – «notwithoutfaces» – a social project for The Community of help «Oselya». Photography, installation, Museum of ideas, Lviv, Ukrane.
10-28.10.2007 – «Circumspaces of memory». Museum of ideas, Lviv, Ukraine.
18-27.05.2007 – «Strawberry color of a dream», First international open competition of visual arts “EIDOS-2007”, final round. Museum complex «Art Arsenal», Kyiv, Ukraine.
09-15.06.2007 – «Archeology of memory». Pidhirtsy castle, Pidhirtsy, Lviv region, Ukraine.
23.06-6.07.2005 – “Rе_presentation: different Lviv” – representation of homeless people’ vision of Lviv – photos, installation. Palace of arts, Lviv, Ukraine.

Participated
10.10-30.10.2011 – “aiolos”, Warsztaty Kultury, Lublin, Poland.
22.09.-08.10. 2011 – “aiolos” – wetware projects at residential project Mindware 1.0. Technologies of Dialogue. Lublin, Poland.
10-15.05.2011 – ”pythagoras” – interactive media installation at WRO Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland.
20-29.08.2010 - “abstractio?” video art selection from WRO Art Center for MediaDepo. Lviv, Ukraine.
02-07.04.2010 – “I.N.R.I.” – video installation, “Dzyga” gallery, Lviv, Ukraine.
14-21.09.2008 –“tabula rasa 1.0”- interactive media installation. Week of contemporary art «7», Lviv, Ukraine.
06-20.05.2008 – «Declaration of emptiness», Curators block, ІІ International festival of contemporary art «GogolFest», Museum complex «Art Arsenal», Kyiv, Ukraine.
10-28.10.2007 – “Sides of memory” – video installation, «Circumspaces of memory». Museum of ideas, Lviv, Ukraine.
09-15.06.2007 – “Sides of memory” – video installation, «Archeology of memory». Pidhirtsy castle, Pidhirtsy, Lviv region, Ukraine.
18-27.05.2007 – «Strawberry color of a dream», First international open competition of visual arts “EIDOS-2007”, final round. Museum complex «Art Arsenal», Kyiv, Ukraine.
2003-2005 – participator of students art exhibitions. Palace of arts, Lviv, Ukraine.