About
Sasha Kurmaz — b. 1986 Kyiv, Ukraine, currently lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine. Education: 2008 Design Department at the National Academy of Managerial Staff
of Culture and Arts. Kyiv, Ukraine.
Personal exhibitions
2016 C/O Berlin. Project Method, Berlin, Germany.
2015 UV21 Gallery. Project Undreamed, Warsaw, Poland.
2015 Detenpyla gallery. Project: «ÐœÑ–й Ñвіт недоÑтатньо реальний Ð´Ð»Ñ ÐпокаліпÑиÑу», Lviv, Ukraine.
2015 Triangle gallery. Project: «ÐапраÑÐ½Ð°Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´Ð¾ÑÑ‚ÑŒ», Moscow, Russia.
2014 Nova gallery. Project Zaraz Wracam, Krakow, Poland.
2010 Viuro gallery. Project Talking Walls, Warsaw, Poland.
Group exhibitions
2016 Gallery Awangarda BWA Wrocław. Project: Dependence Degree, Wrocław, Poland.
2016 Galeria da Boavista. Project Aujourd’hui je dis oui, Lisbon, Portugal.
2016 Despacio. Project No One Belongs Here More Than You, San JoseÌ, Costa Rica.
2015 Saatchi gallery. Project UK/raine, London, UK.
2015 Port Creative Hub. Project Traces of Memory, Kiev, Ukraine.
2014 Architekturzentrum. Project Through Maidan and Beyond, Vienna, Austria.
2014 l'Atelier Néerlandais. Project Foam Talent, Paris, France.
2014 IZOLYATSIA foundation. Project Zahoplennya, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2014 Yermilov center. Project After The Victory, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2014 Künstlerhaus. Project I Am Drop In The Ocean, Vienna, Austria.
2014 Periscope project space. Project Protest!, Salzburg, Austria.
2013 ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art. Project Global Activism, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2013 Grinberg Gallery. Project Ukraine: Expropriation, Moscow, Russia.
2013 16th LINE Gallery. Project Cooperation Territory, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
2013 Signal Gallery. Project BLOG RE-BLOG, NY, USA.
2013 CCA Ujazdowski Castle. Project Ukrainian News, Warsaw, Poland.
2013 Bottega gallery. Project Environment For Living, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2013 Yermilov center. Project The System Of Coordinates, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2013 Design Cloud, LLC. Project Peculiar Poetics, Chicago, USA.
2012 Gallery RA. Project Eternity ll, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2012 Santorini Biennale of Arts, Santorini, Greece.
2012 IZOLYATSIA foundation. Project Partly Cloudy, Donetsk, Ukraine.
2012 GOOD PRESS Gallery. Project FRUIT SALAD, Glasgow, Scotland.
2012 Lavra gallery. Project Love Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2012 MOPLA. Project NEW RESEARCH, Los Angeles, USA
2012 W139. Project Catch A Glimpse Of Me, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2012 Gallery Steinsland Berliner. Project Batholomew, Stockholm, Sweden.
2012 VCRC as NaUKMA, Project Ukrainian Body, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2011 Artitude Kunstverein. Project Bits + Pieces, Berlin, Germany.
2011 Paperworks gallery. Project The Frenzied Urge To Struggle, Moscow, Russia.
2011 Arsenal gallery. Project Newspeak, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2011 Gallery 12 Mail. Project BARTHOLOMEW, Paris, France.
2011 Bottega gallery. Project Environment For Living, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2011 Fluxx Gallery. Project Indian Summer, Des Moines, USA.
2011 Bruciecollections gallery. Project EXPLORATION OF THE SETTING, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2011 Bottega gallery. Project Muhi 2011, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2010 Radio gallery. Project GERM FREE ADOLESCENTS, Milan, Italy.
2010 Bottega gallery. Project RECUSANSY , Kyiv, Ukraine.
2010 Art centr Arsenal. Project Conection , Kyiv, Ukraine.
2010 M17 Art Centr. Project THOSE WHO CAME IN 2000’S, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2010 Eglise Saint-André. Project Graffiti Paradise, Liege, Belgium.
2009 Bereznitska & Partner Gallery. Project Should The World Break In, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2008 Globus gallery.Project: KIEV DANDYS «Ð¡ ÐºÐ¾Ñ€Ð°Ð±Ð»Ñ Ð½Ð° бал», Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2008 KyivFineArt gallery. Project Strange But Cool, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2008 Karas gallery. Project New Ukrainian Language, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2006 CCCK. Project Graffiti in Focus, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Festival
2016 Hyères festival, Villa Noailles, France.
2016 Lend|hauer: ‘The First Thing I Did This Summer’, Klagenfurt, Austria.
2015 KAUNAS PHOTO festival. Kaunas, Lithuania.
2015 19th Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography. Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
2015 Les Nuits Photographiques, Pavillon CarreÌ de Baudouin. Paris, France.
2015 Volkstheater Project Die Besten aus dem Osten. Vienna, Austria.
2014 International Public Art Festival Art Boom. Krakow, Poland.
2014 International Public Art Festival Katowice Street Art Festival. Katowice, Poland.
2013 International Contemporary Arts Festival Survival Kit. Riga, Latvia.
2013 International Photo Festival: FORMAT 13. Derby, UK.
2012 International Art Festival MAKARONKA . Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
2010 International Public Art Festival On The Ground. Liege, Belgium.
Residence
2015 KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria.
2014 ZARYA, Vladivostok, Russia.
2011 IZOLYATSIA foundation, Donetsk, Ukraine.
2011 Artitude Kunstverein. Berlin, Germany.
Fellowships / Workshops
2016 Sound Development City Artis Expedition (Madrid—Casablanca). Spain, Morocco.
2016 Sommerakademie im Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland.
2016 Styria-Artist-in-Residence (St.A.i.R.) Scholarship, Graz, Austria.
2015 CCA Smena. Project: «Ð¦EX уличного иÑкуÑÑтва», Kazan, Tatarstan.
2015 KIOSK AIR program. Project City On Sale, Chisinau, Moldova.
2014 Gaude Polonia Scholarship Programme, Krakow, Poland.
2014 4th Conference of Urban Initiatives Delai Sammit, Moscow, Russia.
2013 Exchange of Artists Project RUTARUNA, Ukraine, Sweden.
2013 International Workshop Programme Must Act, Minsk, Belarus.
Awards
2015 Winner of ARTE Creative Award, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2013 Finalist of Pinchuk Art Prize, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2010 Finalist of Kazimir Malewitzsch Award, Kyiv, Ukraine
Publications
2016 Method. Talents 38. C/O Berlin, Kehrer, Berlin, Germany.
2016 Cookbook. A Reference Magazine #3, Madrid, Spain.
2016 UNLOCKED book, ATOPOS cvc, Athens, Greece.
2016 YET magazine #9, Lugano, Switzerland.
2016 Fisheye magazine #16, Paris, France.
2015 The MIT Press, Global Activism, Cambridge, MA/London, UK.
2015 Magenta #1. Nowa Anatomia, Warszawa, Poland
2015 Prestel book: Desire. New Erotic Photography, München, Germany.
2015 Temps de Vacances #1, Madrid, Spain
2014 FOAM Magazine #39 Talent, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Krytyka Polityczna #5 Kyiv, Ukraine
2013 Tissue Magazine #4, Berlin, Germany.
2013 Jpeople Magazine #17, Berlin, Germany.
2013 The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti, Yale University, USA.
2013 Nudity Today, NY, USA.
2013 SEN/SEN book, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 Vice #4, NY, USA.
2013 DE:BUG #03, Berlin, Germany.
2013 The Germans #3, Berlin, Germany.
2012 Unpublished #4, Milan, Italy.
2012 Shoppinghour magazine #9, London, UK.
2012 Bolo paper #2, Milan, Italy.
2012 ffw MAG #32, São Paulo, Brasil.
2012 Bloomberg Businessweek, Aug. – Sept., NY, USA.
2012 FRUIT SALAD, Glasgow, UK.
2012 0_100 # 9, Milan, Italy.
2012 Opak #11, Berlin, Germany.
2012 Vice #12, Paris, France.
2011 Suddeutche Zeitung Magazin #52, Munchen, Germany.
2011 BARTHOLOMEW by JSBJ, Paris, France.
2011 DISTURBER #1, Bologna, Italy.
2011 L’imparfaite magazine #3, Paris, France.
2011 Pig Mag #92, Milan, Italy.
2010 Rolling Stone #87, Milan, Italy.
2010 5,6 magazine #5, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2009 Concrete and me #2, Budapest, Hungary.
