Kulikovska Maria

Maria Kulikovska was born in 1988 in Kerch, Ukraine.

She graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv. From 2016 to 2017 she studied at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden.

Winner of RutaRuna competitions for young artists of Ukraine and Sweden (2013). Participant of the MUhi project (2011). Nominee for the Pinchuk Art Prize (2013). Author of architectural projects (in particular, the buildings of the Shcherbenko Art Center) in Ukraine, Switzerland and China.

Maria Kulikovska’s main works are her own body, its perpetuation, transformation and disintegration. In the artist’s work, the idea of ​​the body is transformed into architectural structures formed from natural materials, such as salt, milk or sugar, which refer to the theme of production, construction and deconstruction.

Exhibitions

2020

“From action to performative sculpture: Maria Kulikovskaya”, Shcherbenko Art Center, Kyiv

2019-2020

“Flowers”, Shcherbenko Art Center, Kyiv

2018

“The Raft CrimeA”, performance in the public space of Vienna and exhibition at the Higher School of Media and Design, Vienna, Austria

Presentation of a new series of soap sculptures, Cidade da Cultura, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Performance “The Raft CrimeA” and installation in public places, new soap sculpture “Mermaid”, Malmö, Sweden

Performance “Lustration № 2”, specially for Vogue Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Personal exhibition of watercolors and sculptures “Movements of Freedom”, in Port Creative Hub, Kyiv

Presentation of a new sculptural triptych in the group exhibition of the Ukrainian avant-garde “Permanent Revolution” at the Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Romania

Presentation of the installation (sculpture and video) as a result of research at the Liverpool Biennale Residence, final group exhibition, Yermilov Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Video performances, School of Political Performance, Kyiv, Ukraine

Performance “Lustration”, Museum of Contemporary Art Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine