OUR EVENTS
OUR EVENTS
August 13, 2024
Consulate General of Republic of Poland in New York, New York, USA
August 13, 2024 was marked with the presentation of the Polish and Ukrainian artists posters group show and the book “WARTIME POSTERS” 2022-2023 together with a panel discussion dedicated to the defending freedom and democracy through art at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York.
It is being implemented as part of the program of image policy of Ukraine under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
This unique book was created with the support of the Restoration of cultural and artistic activities grant program of the Ukrainian cultural foundation.
It was published with the circulation of 1000 copies in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv during blackouts due to a destroyed energy system by russian constant missile attacks. The limited edition of the book was delivered directly from Ukraine to the US specially for the presentation in New York City.
All posters in this publication both reflect and record events, war crimes, and false russian propaganda against Ukraine. The artworks were presented as part of a long-term art project at 19 open-air exhibitions in the frontline city of Zaporizhzhia during 2022-2023.
The First group show of the Polish and Ukrainian artists who work with the Wartime Posters in both countries’ presented graphic artworks of 10 Polish and 19 Ukrainian contemporary artists whose artworks are included into the Book.
Previously, in February 2024, this show was presented in Warsaw at the “Okno na Kulturę” gallery supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland and Centrum Mieroszewskiego and curated by Bartłomiej Kiełbowicz (Warsaw, Poland) and Gennadiy Kozub (Kyiv, Ukraine).
The panel discussion was held by Katya Soldak - the New-York-based journalist and the editorial director of Forbes Media's international editions.
Olena Speranska, who authored the book “Wartime Posters” 2022-2023, is an art manager, who has been organizing projects of the international symposium of contemporary art BIRUCHIY for 15 years including implementation of 18 international art residencies & more than 50 multimedia exhibitions of contemporary art in Ukraine and other countries as Italy, Canada, Poland, Montenegro, Germany, USA and the United Kingdom. She had shared here insights of the book creation, difficulties the team faced working on art project during wartime and importance of art resistance in a dialogue with Gennadiy Kozub – a curator of the project “Wartime Posters”. Gennadiy has organized and implemented together with the Department of Tourism and Culture of Zaporizhzhia city Council 24 posters exhibitions in frontline Zaporizhzhia during last 2 and a half years, he is a Founder of the international symposium of contemporary art BIRUCHIY and a President of the NGO “Contemporary Art Researchers Union” with 18 years of experience in Arts and being one of the key figures of the Ukrainian contemporary art scene.
The questions will raise during discussion will be focused on the collaboration between Ukrainian and Polish artists, mutual resistance, difficulties and influence of Art in times of War.
The online panelists will participate from Ukraine and France.
Nikita Kravtsov (Yalta, Ukraine/Paris, France) is an artist, author of murals and multimedia art projects, is the illustrator of the book “Criminal Code of Ukraine with illustrations by Nikita Kravtsov”, 2016.
Oleg Gryshchenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) is an artist, illustrator, curator, lecturer at the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine. Is a co-founder of the “Pictoric” community of illustrators in Ukraine and charity art project SupportUkrainePic.
The graphic artworks of Nikita and Oleg are included in the book “Wartime Posters” 2022-2023 we are going to talk about today.
The publication includes artworks by the following authors: Mykola Honcharov, Zakentiy Horobyov, Oleksandr Grekhov, Oleg Gryshchenko, Artem Gusev, Dmytro Dziuba, Andriy Yermolenko, Katya Lisova, Anton Logov, Maksym Palenko, Dasha Podoltseva, Oleksiy Revika, Oleksiy Sai, Dmytro Simonov, Mykhailo Skop, Nikita Titov, Mykyta Shylimov, Albina Yaloza and the group art project «Les arts contre la guerre» which was realized in France.
The Polish-Ukrainian Wartime Posters group show participants:
POLAND: Aleksander Małachowski (Hashtagalek), Andrzej Rysuje (Andrzej Milewski), Bartłomiej Kiełbowicz, Hanna Kmieć, Jakub Jezierski, Marta Frej, Matylda Damięcka, Max Skorwider, Patryk Sroczyński, Paweł Jońca.
UKRAINE: Mykola Honcharov, Zakentiy Horobyov, Oleksandr Grekhov, Oleg Gryshchenko, Artem Gusev, Dmytro Dziuba, Andriy Yermolenko, Nikita Kravtsov, Katya Lisova, Anton Logov, Maksym Palenko, Dasha Podoltseva, Oleksiy Revika, Oleksiy Sai, Dmytro Simonov, Mykhailo Skop, Nikita Titov, Mykyta Shylimov, Albina Yaloza.
Book presentation and Polish & Ukrainian artists group show taks place thanks to the initiative of Nataliia Musiienko, Consul of the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York as part of the program of image policy of Ukraine under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and thanks to the collaboration and support of Mateusz Sakowicz Consul General of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York.
Partners: POLONEZ-America, HUCUS, Mish Mash and the Brave selections / ARTWINE.
Photo courtesy Dinara Khairova
July 22, 2024
The University Club of New York, New York, USA
July 22, 2024 was marked with the first presentation of the book “WARTIME POSTERS” 2022-2023 created in Ukraine during full-scale ongoing war. It is being implemented as part of the program of image policy of Ukraine under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
This unique book was created with the support of the Restoration of cultural and artistic activities grant program of the Ukrainian cultural foundation. It was published with the circulation of 1000 copies in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv during blackouts due to a destroyed energy system by russian constant missile attacks. The limited edition of the book was delivered directly from Ukraine to the US specially for the presentation in New York City.
All posters in this publication both reflect and record events, war crimes, and false russian propaganda against Ukraine. The artworks were presented as part of a long-term art project at 19 open-air exhibitions in the frontline city of Zaporizhzhia during 2022-2023.
The event took place in one of the most exclusive elite clubs in New York, where consuls of various countries, representatives of the diplomatic elite and UN missions, professors, and alumni from renowned U.S. universities, including Columbia University, Yale and Harvard, gathered for a panel discussion on the importance of preserving Ukrainian culture during wartime.
The panel discussion was held by Mitzi Perdue, a well-known philanthropist, supporter of Ukraine, journalist, war correspondent, writer and anti-human trafficking advocate, past president of the 40,000-member American Agri-Women and a U.S. Delegate to the United Nations Decade on Women Conference in Nairobi.
Olena Speranska, who authored the book “Wartime Posters” 2022-2023, is an art manager, who has been organizing projects of the international symposium of contemporary art BIRUCHIY for 15 years including implementation of 18 international art residencies & more than 50 multimedia exhibitions of contemporary art in Ukraine and other countries as Italy, Canada, Poland, Montenegro, Germany, USA and the United Kingdom. She had shared here insights of the book creation, difficulties the team faced working on art project during wartime and importance of art resistance in a dialogue with Christopher Miller – journalist and correspondent who writes about Ukraine for the Financial Times. He has reported from Ukraine since 2010 and was previously a world and national security reporter for POLITICO and a correspondent for BuzzFeed News.
The questions raised during discussion were focused on the importance of the preserving Ukrainian cultural heritage, decommunization and deimperialization of Ukraine and its brave struggle for peace.
The online panelists presented their own experience being a part of “Wartime Posters” project, among them were Serhii Bilov, a Deputy mayor of Zaporizhzhia City Council; Zakentiy Horobyov, book’s designer, the artist specializes in creating identities, multi-page publications, posters, lettering and calligraphy; Oleksiy Sai, conceptualist artist, author of multimedia projects, and he also specializes in experimental painting, graphic design, and videos and installations who several times represented Ukraine at Burning Man festivals in US; Katya Lisova, artist, graphic designer, curator and art critic who works in the fields of artistic textiles and digital graphics.
Project’s curator, Founder of the international symposium of contemporary art BIRUCHIY (Ukraine) who has organized and implemented together with the Department of Culture and Tourism of the frontline city Zaporizhzhia 23 posters exhibitions during the last 2 and a half years, Mr. Gennadiy Kozub, came personally to New York to participate the first event after the book presentation in Europe.
The publication includes artworks by the following authors: Mykola Honcharov, Zakentiy Horobyov, Oleksandr Grekhov, Oleg Gryshchenko, Artem Gusev, Dmytro Dziuba, Andriy Yermolenko, Katya Lisova, Anton Logov, Maksym Palenko, Dasha Podoltseva, Oleksiy Revika, Oleksiy Sai, Dmytro Simonov, Mykhailo Skop, Nikita Titov, Mykyta Shylimov, Albina Yaloza and the group art project «Les arts contre la guerre» which was realized in France.
Book presentation took place thanks to the initiative of Nataliia Musiienko, Consul of the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York as part of the program of image policy of Ukraine under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and thanks to the collaboration and support of Mitzi Perdue and Anna Kutsina, representative of public non-profit organization “Firefighters for Peace, Incorporated.”
Photo courtesy Dinara Khairova
February 27 - April 15, 2024
Warsaw, Poland
In February-April 2024 the “UKRAINIAN WARTIME POSTERS” show was on view at the National Ukrainian House of Ukraine in Warsaw, Poland at the gallery “Dim” (ul. Zamenhofa 1).
On February 27 there were organized the first official “Wartime Posters” 2022-2023 book presentation in European Union featuring zoom conversation with 3 artists: Oleksiy Sai, Artem Gusev and Mykhailo Skop, book designer Zakentiy Horobyov, author and book’s compiler Olena Speranska, and curator Gennadiy Kozub. Coordinator of the presentation was Ivanna Berchak.
Authors from Ukraine: Dmytro Dziuba, Mykola Honcharov, Zakentiy Horobyov, Oleksandr Grekhov, Oleg Gryshchenko, Artem Gusev, Albina Yaloza, Andriy Yermolenko, Katya Lisova, Anton Lohov, Maksym Palenko, Dasha Podoltseva, Oleksiy Revika, Oleksiy Sai, Dmytro Simonov, Mykhailo Skop, Nikita Titov, Mykyta Shylimov and participants of the group project "Art against War" (Kateryna Buchatska, Nikita Kravtsov and Misha Zavalnyi)
Curator: Gennadiy Kozub (Ukraine)
February 22-29, 2024
Warsaw, Poland
In February 2024, the “UKRAINIAN WARTIME POSTERS” were presented in collaboration with the Polish artists at the show “ART vs WAR” at the Okno na Kulturę gallery, Krakowskie Przedmieście 17 in Warsaw Poland. This exhibition was supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland and Centrum Mieroszewskiego. It joined 40 artists both from Poland and Ukraine.
This exhibition is a prime example of the cooperation between Ukrainians and Poles in the cultural sphere, demonstrating once again that art can be a powerful weapon against propaganda.
The murders of peaceful Ukrainians by Russians, the destruction of cities, the abduction and kids’ displacement — these and other horrific events have shocked the world. Artists, like millions of others, did not remain indifferent to these atrocities. The shock and reaction to the violence gave birth to new art forms: art as protest against the injustice and cruelty of Russia, art as solidarity with the victims of genocide, and art as criticism of the insufficient activity of the Western world.
Authors from Ukraine: Dmytro Dziuba, Mykola Honcharov, Zakentiy Horobyov, Oleksandr Grekhov, Oleg Gryshchenko, Artem Gusev, Albina Yaloza, Andriy Yermolenko, Katya Lisova, Anton Lohov, Maksym Palenko, Dasha Podoltseva, Oleksiy Revika, Oleksiy Sai, Dmytro Simonov, Mykhailo Skop, Nikita Titov, Mykyta Shylimov and participants of the group project "Art against War" (Kateryna Buchatska, Nikita Kravtsov and Misha Zavalnyi)
Authors from Poland: Agata Nowicka, Aleksander Małachowski (Hashtagalek), Aleksandra Cieślak, Andrzej Rysuje (Andrzej Milewski), Bartłomiej Kiełbowicz, Beata Śliwińska (Barrakuz), Hania Kmieć, Ida Karkoszka, Irmina Staś, Jakub Jezierski, Marta Frej, Matylda Damięcka, Max Skorwider, Michał Frydrych, Michał Slezkin, Patryk Sroczyński, Paweł Jońca, Tomasz Kopcewicz, Tomasz Partyka.
Curators: Gennadiy Kozub (Ukraine) and Bartłomiej Kiełbowicz (Poland)
May 12-29, 2023
Berlin, Germany
“UKRAINIAN WARTIME POSTERS” and “SUPPORT UKRAINE PROJECT” by PICTORIC were proudly presented at TheaterTreffen in Berlin, Germany in May 2023.
At TheaterTreffen, graphic works made by over 20 Ukrainian artists will be presented. Through the dynamic and bright illustrations, Ukrainian artists and graphic designers create the political narratives and represent the ongoing tragedy of Ukrainian society. Most of the artists, despite having become internal refugees because of the war, remain in Ukraine and continue to create posters that encompass the war crimes of Russia.
This exhibition of posters was created in cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute, which opened a representative office in Berlin in the spring of 2023. The winners of the festival got the “Ukrainian Wartime Posters” as the honorable gifts.
With works by: Nastya Gaydaenko, Oleksandr Grekhov, Artem Gusev, Mykola Honcharov, Zukentiy Horobyov, Katya Lisov, Dasha Podoltseva, Oleksiy Sai, Nikita Shylimov, Nikita Titov, Albina Yaloza, Oleg Gryshchenko, Mari Kinovych, Kostya Martsenkivskyi, Grasya Oliyko, Jenya Polosina, Anna Sarvira, Oleh Shcherba, Nataliia Shulga, Yulia Tveritina, Tania Yakunova.
Curators: Olena Speranska, Anna Sarvira, Olena Staranchuk, Oleg Gryshchenko
Photos by Fabian Schellhorn
March 29, 2023
Berlin, Germany
"Ukrainian Wartime Posters" proudly showed up the contemporary Ukrainian artists working against russian propaganda at the opening of the first Representative Office of the Ukrainian Institute at the Kesselhaus in der Kulturbrauerei in Berlin, Germany.
The Ukrainian Institute, a public institution of cultural diplomacy affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine goals to improve knowledge and understanding of Ukraine in German society and popularize Ukrainian culture in Germany.
The foundation and opening of the Representative Office became possible due to the tripartite cooperation between the Ukrainian Institute, the Goethe Institute and the Open Society Foundations with the assistance of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The opening reception included presentation of "Ukrainian Wartime Posters" and the posters by Pictoric.
Participants:
Nastya Gaydaenko (Kyiv), Oleksandr Grekhov (Kyiv), Artem Gusev (Kyiv), Mykola Honcharov (Kyiv), Zukentiy Horobyov (Kyiv), Katya Lisova (Kyiv), Dasha Podoltseva (Kyiv), Oleksiy Sai (Kyiv), Nikita Shylimov (Kharkiv), Nikita Titov (Kyiv), Albina Yaloza (Kyiv).
February 21, 2023
Reading, UK
An exhibition of posters created by artists and graphic designers who were forced to leave their homes due to military aggression and became temporarily displaced within the country. They have created wartime posters to fight the propaganda of the aggressor. The featured artists are part of a collective formed around an artist - run residency which used to be held in Biryuchyi peninsula, on the Sea of Azov, now occupied territory. The group has re-organised and the exhibition is touring different international venues to raise awareness of the situation of artists and artist-run organisations in Ukraine.
“The artists show the reflections of the collective grief, despair, unbearable pain, sorrow and, at the same time, the willingness to fight and win. It is a cry for help, a declaration of our indomitable spirit and bravery, with elements of bitter irony and truth about specific events and war crimes.” says Olena Speranska, exhibition curator and director of the international residency programme of BIRUCHIY contemporary art project.
Nastya Gaydaenko (Kyiv), Oleksandr Grekhov (Kyiv), Igor Gusev (Odesa), Mariana Fantich, Mykola Honcharov (Kyiv), Zukentiy Horobyov (Kyiv), Lesia Khomenko (Kyiv), Nikita Kravtsov (Paris, France), Katya Lisova (Kyiv), Kateryna Lysovenko (Kyiv), Marsel Onisko(Uzhhorod), Nadya Polevich (Rome, Italy), Dasha Podoltseva (Kyiv), Oleksiy Sai (Kyiv), Nikita Shylimov (Kharkiv), Nikita Titov (Kyiv), Albina Yaloza (Kyiv) - created posters interpreting the truth about war crimes committed by Russia on the territory of Ukraine after the full-scale invasion that started on the 24th of February 2022.
Organised by Pavlo Kerestey, Susanne Clausen, Olena Speranska, Gennadiy Kozub.
www.artistsforukraine.org
www.ukrainianposter.com
www.biruchiyart.com.ua
Visitors and community members are encouraged to donate funds for the non-profit NGO "Contemporary Art Researchers Union" (Kyiv, Ukraine) to support Ukrainian artists who continue to work under attacks against Russian Propaganda and to collect funds to support destroyed by the russians Ukrainian hospitals. All funds are 100% forward to the charity.
December 08, 2022
Los Angeles, CA
The third art show in the USA and the premiere in Los Angeles at the Museum of Tolerance withing the screenplay of the “FREEDOM ON FIRE” documentary movie, directed by Yevgeniy Afineevsky.
“We aim to show the world Ukrainian contemporary art that reflects on the brutal events of today: bloody murders, tortures, abuse of women, children and prisoners of war, destruction of Ukrainian cities, and the genocide of the Ukrainian people. We all see how the Russian army bombards Ukrainian cities every day and there are constant incitement and intimidations with the use of nuclear and chemical weapons. The infrastructure is being systematically destroyed: schools, kindergartens, hospitals, sports facilities and cultural centers” - Olena Speranska, curator.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine more than 800 children have been injured as a result of armed aggression, more than 500 children have died from the aggression of the occupiers, and more than 5,000 have been injured. As a result of explosions on the territory of Ukraine, more than 80,000 civilians died.
Visitors and community members are encouraged to donate funds for the non-profit NGO "Contemporary Art Researchers Union" (Kyiv, Ukraine) to support Ukrainian artists who continue to work under attacks against Russian Propaganda and to collect funds to support destroyed by the russians Ukrainian hospitals. All funds are 100% forward to the charity.
The video-screening and the art show was supported by Creative Visions.
November 11 - December 03, 2022
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Ukrainian guest curator Olena Speranska organized ten contemporary Ukrainian artists for the exhibition, Ukrainian Wartime Posters, making its Colorado premier at the UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art (GOCA) November 11th, 2022. First partially exhibited at the National Center “Ukrainian House”, Kyiv, Ukraine, this powerful collection of contemporary art protest posters traveled to New York City in September 2022 and makes a stop at the Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS this Fall.
Ten Ukrainian contemporary artists - Nastya Gaydaenko (Kyiv), Oleksandr Grekhov (Kyiv), Mykola Honcharov (Kyiv), Zukentiy Horobyov (Kyiv), Katya Lisova (Kyiv), Dasha Podoltseva (Kyiv), Oleksiy Sai (Kyiv), Nikita Shylimov (Kharkiv), Nikita Titov (Kyiv), Albina Yaloza (Kyiv) – created posters interpreting “the truth about war crimes committed by Russia on the territory of Ukraine after the full-scale invasion that started on the 24th of February 2022”.
Visitors and community members are encouraged to donate funds for the non-profit enterprise of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine - NIZHYNSK MUNICIPAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL - in the Chernihiv region, through the website http://biruchiyart.com.ua
For more information, visit: University of Colorado Springs Communique and GOCA Digital
September 26, 2022
New York, New York, USA
On September 26, 2022 a charity exhibition "UKRAINIAN WARTIME POSTERS" was held in New York with the participation of 10 Ukrainian artists, graphic artists, collage and lettering authors who continue to work and create art during the war, interpret the truth about the war crimes committed by Russia on the territory of Ukraine after the start of a full scale invasion.
150 Ukrainian wartime posters were shown for the first time in the USA in Midtown Manhattan in the private gallery space of Michael Dupler. The aim of the exhibition was to fight Russian propaganda and at the same time to raise funds for the purchase of medical equipment for the Communal Non-Profit Enterprise of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine «NIZHYN CITY MATERNITY HOSPITAL» in Chernihiv region. The event was held with the support of the Consulate General of Ukraine in the city of New York and "Help Ukraine Center. USA» non-profit organization (New York, USA).
The exhibition included works of young artists, recently presented in Kyiv, that were selected by the curators of the National Center «Ukrainian House», together with the works of authors who have a long lasting cooperation with the BIRUCHIY international contemporary art symposium - the largest and the most influential art residency in Ukraine, which exists since 2006 and that has united more than 300 authors and 14 art groups from 19 countries during the period of its existence.
