Ksenia Hnylytska
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Multidisciplinary artist, member of the Hudrada collective.
About
"Art for me is a tool for social observation. I am interested in the intersection of architecture, history, and the daily struggle for our shared space."
Ksenia Hnylytska is a pivotal figure in contemporary Ukrainian art, focusing on the critical deconstruction of urban space and social structures. Her brand combines classical painting with experimental ceramics and installation. Exploring the aesthetics of "common space" and post-Soviet transformation, she creates art that bridges institutional critique and high aesthetic value.
Ksenia Hnylytska (b. 1984) is a central figure of the post-independence generation of Ukrainian artists. As a co-founder of the R.E.P. group, she played a vital role in institutionalizing contemporary art in Ukraine. Through oil painting, ceramics, and large-scale installations, she explores the interplay between ideological structures and the physical environment. Her work focuses on the "memory of place" and the aesthetic decay of urban public spaces, deconstructing myths and historical remnants. Having represented Ukraine at the Venice Biennale and Art Basel, Hnylytska is a powerful international voice. Her art is an intellectual challenge that encourages viewers to rethink the boundaries between private history and collective social experience, transforming mundane urban elements into objects of profound artistic reflection.
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Credentials
Awards
- 2013 PinchukArtCentre Prize (Shortlist / Group R.E.P.) 2011 — Kazimir Malevich Art Award (Shortlist) 2009 — PinchukArtCentre Prize (Shortlist)
Solo exhibitions
- 2024 "Flora and Fauna of the Rear", The Naked Room, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2023 "Artist in Residence: Ksenia Hnylytska", Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
- 2021 "The Garden of Earthly Delights", The Naked Room, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2018 "Green Stage", Closer, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2015 "Utopia", National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU), Kyiv.
- 2013 "Inner Ecology", Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2012 Solo Exhibition, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2011 "Aesthetics of Defeat", Laboratory, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2008 "House of Culture", Gallery 36, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2005 Solo Project, RA Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Group exhibitions
- 2024 "Women of the R.E.P. group", Hyphen, Lyon, France.
- 2023 "Kaleidoscope of History. Contemporary Art from Ukraine", Albertinum (SKD), Dresden, Germany.
- 2023 "Forms of Presence", M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2022 "Unfolding Landscapes", Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Denmark; Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2022 "State of Emergence", Catton Hall, Norwich, UK.
- 2021 "Every Day. Art. Solidarity. Resistance", Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2021 "The Cave of the Golden Rose", Museum of the History of Kyiv, Kyiv.
- 2016 "Identity. Behind the Curtain of Uncertainty", National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU), Kyiv.
- 2011 "Space Odyssey", Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2010 "Those Who Arrived in the 2000s", M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv.
- 2004 "R.E.P.", Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Media coverage
- 2024 Marie Claire Ukraine "Ksenia Hnylytska: 'I try to do what I feel is still missing'", January 14, 2024 — https://marieclaire.ua/culture/kseniya-gnylytska-ya-starayusya-robyty-te-chogo-meni-zdayetsya-shhe-nemaye/
- 2023 Kunsthaus Hamburg "Artist Talk with Ksenia Hnylytska", July 6, 2023 — https://kunsthaushamburg.de/artist-talk-with-ksenia-hnylytska/
- 2022 Secondary Archive "Ksenia Hnylytska and Alina Yakubenko", 2022 — https://secondaryarchive.org/artists/ksenia-hnylytska-and-alina-yakubenko/
- 2014 Künstlerhaus "I AM A DROP IN THE OCEAN: Art of the Ukrainian Revolution", 2014 — https://www.kuenstlerhaus.at/kuenstlerhaus/album/i-am-a-drop-in-the-ocean/
International fairs
- 2023 "Before the Future", Ukrainian Pavilion, 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy 2022 — Art Basel, project "Unfolding Landscapes", Basel, Switzerland 2019 — Venice Biennale, project "The Shadow of Dream", Venice, Italy 2018 — "Permanent Revolution", Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary 2017 — "The Borderline", Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland 2015 — Kyiv Biennale, "The School of Image and Evidence", Kyiv, Ukraine 2014 — "Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now", Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2011 — "Eyes on …
Personal
- 2011 Co-founder of the influential R.E.P. group and the Hudrada curatorial union. Her works are part of the permanent collections at the National Art Museum of Ukraine and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Warsaw. Shortlisted for the Malevich Art Award (2011) and twice for the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2009, 2013).
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