Kyiv

Initiatives

Venues

• 2c1b, club
• Budynok Kino / Dom Kino / The House of Cinema (Дом Кино), *1977, [1].
• Closer, club, Kyiv Ribbon Factory, *2013
• CoscheyLocalDIY
• Dovzhenko Centre (Довженко-Центр), cultural centre, film museum and archive, *1994/2015
• Dymchuk Gallery, *2008
• Dzherelo (Джерело), 24/7 independent art space, *2020, [2] [3]
• Freak Rave, performance venue, *2019
• HVLV (Хвильовий), bar
• Izolyatsia, platform for cultural initiatives, *2010/2014
• Kyiv Kino cinema, *1952
• Misto, art bookstore, *2023, [4], [5]
• Mystetskyi Arsenal (Мистецький Арсенал), art and culture museum, *2005
• The Naked Room, contemporary art gallery, *2018
• Otel', experimental club, Kyiv Ribbon Factory, *2013, [6]
• Photinus, studio and school, *2012
• Sens, bookstore, *2024, [7], [8]
• Shcherbenko Art Centre (Щербенко Арт Центр), *2012
• Soshenko 33 (Сошенко 33), art studios
• TanzLaboratorium, *1999
• XAWWI (Хащи), community space

• Past spaces: Soros Center for Contemporary Art Kyiv (1993-2008) [9], Paris Commune art squat (1990-1994).

Initiatives and collectives with no permanent event venue

• 20ft Radio, community radio, *2017
• 665 (Шесть шесть пять), street visual art collective, *2010
• Bibliotheca, *2018
• Body Practices (Практики Тіла), *2018
• Civil Podil (Це Вільний Поділ), an initiative for public control of the police and authorities, and cultural and social cooperation, Podil
• Chytomo (Читомо), literature and publishing portal, *2009
• Commons, journal of social criticism, *2009
• DzygaMediaLab
• Feminists of Kyiv, independent online media, *2019
• Fourth Wave (Четверта хвиля), feminist group, *2017
• Gasoline Radio, community radio
• Hudrada (Худрада), curatorial and activist group, *2008
• Institution of Unstable Thoughts (1996)
• Ketsalkoatl, *1995
• Korydor, online magazine about contemporary culture, *2010
• Lezo (Лезо), lesbian zine, *2020, [10]
• Media Art Lab Kiev
• Method Fund, *2015
• Nexsound
• Nihilist
• Occupy Kyiv Cinemas, *2019
• Open Archive of Ukrainian Media Art
• Open Place
• PDTA vj team
• Photinus
• Podil Parklet, *2021
• Political Critique (Ukraine) [11]
• R.E.P. (Revolutionary Experimental Space, Р.Е.П.), artist group, *2004, [12]
• Shukhliada, *2013
• Sviter, art group
• Tenpoint
• Visual Culture Research Center, *2008
• ReSew
• Rhythm Büro
• September, magazine
• Scepsis, magazine of science and social criticism, *2005
• Vono (ВОНО), art magazine, *2016

• Past initiatives: La Merde (zine, 2019) [13], Lystok (Листок, poetry magazine, 2017-2019) [14], Art Ukraine, CultProstir, Bilʹshe (Більше, punk zine, 2013-2014) [15] [16], Prostory (*2009), Kyiv FreeNet (*1995).

Events

• DocuDays UA, International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, *2004
• ICKPA, nomadic festival of electronic music, *2021, [17]
• KISFF - Kyiv International Short Film Festival, *2012

Past events

• Kyiv Biennial 2023, [18], [19]
• Kyiv Biennial: Allied, 2021, [20], [21]
• Black Cloud – Kyiv Biennial 2019
• The Kyiv International – '68 Now, 2018
• The Kyiv International – Kyiv Biennial 2017
• The School of Kyiv – Kyiv Biennial 2015
• New Media Ukraine, 2011
• Kvitnu fest, festival, 2011
• MediaDepo, festival, *2008
• Detali Zvuku, festival, *2005
• KIMAF, festival, 2000-2002

Art workers

• Aleksandr Vereschak
• Alina Kleytman (Алина Клейтман, 1991)
• Alla Zagaykevych
• Andriy Kiritchenko
• Anna Kravets
• Anna Zvyagintseva (1986)
• Anton Degoda
• Arsen Savadov
• äsc3ea (1994)
• Danil Siabro
• Dimitrij Fedorenko
• Dmytro Tentiuk (1997)
• Eugene Arlov
• Halyna Hleba (Галина Глеба)
• Holota Anton (aka .AT/ON, 1985)
• Ianina Prudenko
• Irina Markova
• Ivan Svitlychnyi (1988)
• Ivan Tsupka
• Katya Stukalova
• Lera Polianskova (1982)
• Lesia Kulchynska
• Ludmila Montsiuk
• Margarita Zinec
• Max Robotov
• Natalia Golibroda
• Natalia Manzhali (Наталья Манжалий)
• Nikita Kadan (Нікіта Кадан, 1982)
• Nikolay Karabinovych (1988)
• Oksana Briukhovetska
• Olga Bryukhovetska
• Oleksiy Radynski
• Oleksiy Salmanov
• Olexandr Gladun
• Oleksandr Sirous (1996)
• Olexij Petrov
• Serge Klymko
• Svitlana Matviyenko
• Tatiana Kochubinska (Тетяна Кочубінська), [22]
• Vasyl Cherepanyn (Василь Черепанин, 1980)
• Volo Bevza (Володимир Бевза)
• Yevgenia Belorusets
• Yuriy Kruchak
• Zavoloka (1981)
• RIP: Alexander Roitburd (Олександр Ройтбурд, 1961-2021) [23], Davyd Chychkan (Давид Чичкан, 1986-2025) [24] [25], Fedir Tetyanych (1942-2007)

Publications

• Larissa Babij, "A Short Guide to Contemporary Art in Ukraine", ARTMargins, Jul 2009. (English)

• Mystetskyy Kyiv 1990-kh. Rekonstruktsiya [Мистецький Київ 1990-х. Реконструкція], ed. Olga Petrova (Ольга Петрова), Kyiv: Publish Pro (Пабліш про), 2020, 479 pp. Exhibition. (Ukrainian)

• Anna Luhovska (Анна Луговська), Olga Lagutenko (Ольга Лагутенко), "Stanovlennya artinstytutsiy Kieva (1990-ti – 2020 roky)" [Становлення артінституцій Києва (1990-ті – 2020 роки); The Establishment of Kyiv Art Institutions (1990s-2020)], Українська академія мистецтва 33, 2023, pp 252-259. [26] (Ukrainian)

See also

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