Oksana Mas
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Ukrainian contemporary artist working with monumental installations.
About
“The best thing that can happen to a person on earth is to become an artist.”
Oksana Mas is a Ukrainian contemporary artist whose practice focuses on monumental installations and large-scale visual projects. She works with ideas of memory, collective responsibility, spirituality, and cultural identity, often involving thousands of individual elements that form a unified image.
Oksana Mas: Collective Memory and Participatory Practice
Oksana Mas is a Ukrainian artist of international standing, known for large-scale installations, objects, and participatory projects that explore themes of collective memory, responsibility, spirituality, and identity. In her practice, she combines traditional cultural symbols with contemporary artistic strategies, working at the intersection of individual gesture and collective action.
In 2011, Oksana Mas represented Ukraine at the 54th Venice Biennale with the project ‘Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance,’ which became one of the largest participatory art projects created by a Ukrainian artist. Her works have been exhibited within leading international contemporary art events, including the Venice Biennale, Art Basel Miami Beach, FIAC, ARCO, The Armory Show, Design Shanghai, and Contemporary Istanbul.
The artist’s works have been presented through leading auction houses such as Sotheby’s and Christie’s and are held in private, corporate, and institutional collections across Europe, the United States, and Asia.
Credentials
Solo exhibitions
- 2025 «365 Rituals of Transformation», Galerie de Buci, Paris, France.
- 2024 «Congruence», Kramer Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
- 2021 «Signature Graphic Collection», Mandarin Maison (Mandarin Plaza), Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2019 «Oksana Mas», ÀMBIT Galeria d’Art, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2018 «Spiritual Cities», Sotheby’s exhibition space, Palazzo Serbelloni, Milan, Italy.
- 2017 «Spiritual Cities» (airport iteration), Malpensa Airport, Milan, Italy.
- 2017 «Spiritual Cities», Museo MA*GA, Gallarate, Italy.
- 2015 «Get Together», ArtFactory Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
- 2014 «Culture Code», State Museum of Arts named after Abilkhan Kasteev, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- 2012 «Helium-3 and Other Works», Barbarian Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2012 «Biomorphic Realism», Mironova Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2011 «Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance» (within the Ukrainian Pavilion), 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
- 2010 «Helium-3», Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- 2010 «Retrospective», Casamor’s Foundation / Dalí Museum / Rambla de Figueras, Figueres, Spain.
- 2008 «MAS», Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia.
- 2007 «Hired to Dream», Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- 2006 «Jaguar’s Valve», Arena City, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2005 «Phenomenon of Epidermism», Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2003 «Oksana Mas», Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 1995 Solo exhibition, Exhibition Hall of UN Representatives / Central Exhibition Hall of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. 1995, solo exhibition, French Cultural Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 1995 Solo exhibition, French Cultural Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Group exhibitions
- 2012 «Apocalypse / Revival» (within the First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art ARSENALE 2012), Chocolate House (branch of the Kyiv Picture Gallery), K…
- 2010 «Art Kyiv Contemporary», Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2009 «Art Kyiv», contemporary art fair, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2000 «Marine-2000», biennale «Marine-2000», Marine Gallery, Odesa, Ukraine.
- 1998 «Marine-1998», biennale «Marine-1998», Marine Gallery, Odesa, Ukraine.
- 1996 Group exhibition, French Cultural Center, Kyiv, Ukraine. 1998, «Marine-1998», biennale «Marine-1998», Marine Gallery, Odesa, Ukraine.
Media coverage
- 2021 Pragmatika Media article “And Then You Follow Us: The Cultural Codes of Oksana Mas”
- 2017 Review on ArtsLooker “An unprecedented exhibition ‘Spiritual Cities’ by Oksana Mas arrives from Milan to Kyiv"
- 2010 Interview in KyivPost “Mas makes art clear for masses”
- 2017 Review in Meer “Oksana Mas”
- 2021 Article on TheBestArtist.info “Oksana Mas”
- 2013 Feature on Gazeta Ukrainska “Oksana Mas presented Ukraine at the Venice Biennale”
- 2017 Publication on TSN.ua “World-famous Ukrainian artist Oksana Mas joined the charity marathon ‘Make a Dream Come True’”
- 2010 Article in Holos Ukrainy “The philosophy of contemporary art of Oksana Mas”
- 2025 Review on Znaki.fm “Famous Ukrainian artists”
- 2012 Feature on 24 Kanal “Artist Oksana Mas sets trends in Ukrainian art”
- 2021 Publication in ELLE Ukraine “What is meta art: artist Oksana Mas announces a new renaissance era”
- 2012 Article on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Ukrainian) “An ‘Altar of Nations’ made of 250,000 pysanky erected in Kyiv”
- 2013 Review in Vogue UA “Oksana Mas to present an automobile engine in Murano glass at the Venice Biennale”
- 2012 Feature on Korrespondent.net “Oksana Mas’s ‘Altar of Nations’ installation heads to Europe”
- 2010 Publication on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Ukrainian) “A Ukrainian Madonna appeared in pysanky”
- 2018 Article on Pragmatika Media “Oksana Mas. Spiritual Cities”
- 2019 Review on Suspilne Culture “Ten Ukrainian artists of the decade: Kostiantyn Doroshenko’s ranking”
- 2021 Publication in Vechirnii Kyiv “A unique exhibition in the capital presents a new direction in contemporary art”
- 2020 Feature on Support Your Art “Re-humanization of art”
- 2020 Publication on MITEC “Oksana Mas at the ‘Manufaktura’ art gallery”
International fairs
- 2024 «The Art of Saving Lives», charity gala auction (Christie’s), Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom.
- 2024 «Fragile», group exhibition (curated by Daniel Lismore), The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, United Kingdom.
- 2022 «Independent. Rescue Art», charity exhibition project, Black Tower Gallery, Miami, USA.
- 2022 «Contemporary Discoveries», humanitarian auction, Sotheby’s, London, United Kingdom.
- 2019 Group exhibition, ÀMBIT Galeria d’Art, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2018 Art fair, Design Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
- 2017 Art fair, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
- 2016 Art fair, COSMOSCOW, Moscow, Russia.
- 2014 «Women and Art», group exhibition, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
- 2014 «White Light / White Heat», group exhibition, The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom.
- 2013 «Glasstress», group project within the 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
- 2013 Group participation, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
- 2013 Art fair, Art India, Mumbai, India.
- 2013 Pre-auction exhibition, Munich, Germany.
- 2013 Christie’s pre-auction exhibition, Christie’s, London, United Kingdom.
- 2012 «Mas & Picasso», group exhibition, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
- 2012 Art fair, ViennaFair, Vienna, Austria.
- 2011 Art fair, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 2011 54th Venice Biennale (Ukrainian Pavilion project), group participation, Venice, Italy.
- 2011 «The Glory of Ukraine», group exhibition, Washington, USA.
- 2010 Art fair, ARCO, Madrid, Spain.
- 2010 Art fair, ART Chicago, Chicago, USA.
- 2009 Art fair, The Armory Show, New York, USA.
- 2009 Sotheby’s pre-auction exhibition, Sotheby’s, London, United Kingdom.
- 2007 Art fair, FIAC, Paris, France.
- 2007 «Motion. Evolution. Art», group exhibition, Moscow, Russia.
- 2006 Art fair, Art Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
- 2006 Art fair, Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- 2006 Art fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA.
- 2005 Group exhibition, Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- 2005 Art fair, Moscow International Fair of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
- 1999 Group exhibition, Fund of Russian Artists, Paris, France
- 1999 Group exhibition, Fund of Russian Artists, Paris, France.1999, group exhibition, Golden-Art-Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
- 1997 Group exhibition, Hall Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.1997, group exhibition, Municipal Exhibition Hall, Maastricht, Netherlands.
- 1997 Group exhibition, Municipal Exhibition Hall, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Personal
- 2011 Represented Ukraine at the 54th Venice Biennale with the project “Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance”, presented within the Ukrainian Pavilion. The project became one of the largest participatory art projects created by a Ukrainian artist, involving thousands of participants from different countries.
- She has participated in major international biennales, art fairs, and institutional events, including the Venice Biennale, Art Basel Miami Beach, FIAC (Paris), ARCO (Madrid), The Armory Show (New York), Design Shanghai, Contemporary Istanbul, and ViennaFair.
- Her works have been exhibited in museum and institutional contexts in Venice, London, Paris, New York, Miami, Madrid, Shanghai, Istanbul, and Vienna, as well as within curated and national contemporary art projects.
- Mas’s works have been presented in pre-auction exhibitions and curated sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, as well as in international charity and humanitarian auctions. The most expensive works by Oksana Mas — large-scale objects and installation elements from the series “Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance”, “Spiritual Cities”, and “Helium-3” — have achieved six-figure prices in euros and US dollars, primarily through private and curated sales.
- Her works are held in private, corporate, and institutional collections across Europe, the United States, and Asia.
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