Exhibitions

A Sunflower Network Project is a pop-up art gallery exhibiting the work of contemporary Ukrainian artists to raise money for Sunflower Network's efforts in Ukraine. Through this presentation of contemporary Ukrainian artists, Sonya Gallery aims to not only raise essential funds for immediate and long-term impact, but also fosters a profound sense of shared humanity across borders.

Traversing the Body as a Dividing Line

Traversing the body as a dividing line is organized within the context of the Ukraine Solidarity Residency Programme during 2023 organised by HIAP-Helsinki International Artist Programme. Maria Kulikovska's work "Eva and Maria" was a part of the group show. Curators: Dana Neilson and Oleksandra Kokhan.

Conflictual Distance

As part of The Immigrant Artist Biennial 2023: Contact Zone. Curators: Bianca Abdi-Boragi, Katherine Adams, and Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

At This Moment in My Life: Contemporary Ukrainian Art in Wartime

Curators: Eugenia Jäger (GEDOK Karlsruhe), Oksana Barshynova (National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv) and Marianna Djulay (gallerist)

MY BODY IS A BATTLEFIELD.2

Curated by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher [Office for Art] in collaboration with the initiator and project manager Per Arne Log.

Holy Blue & Yellow

Curated by Maria Kulikovska and Natasha Nagaewska with support of Oleh Vinnichenko, Vadym Axeev, Alexandra Larsson Jacobson, and School of Political Performance.

Don't Dream Dreams

Works from Art Collection Telekom Moderna Galerija MG+. Curated by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher.

Resilience: Voices of Ukraine

Exhibition dedicated to two contemporary Ukrainian artists displaced by the war, Maria Kulikovska and Artem Volokitin.

FUTURE PERFECT. culture. ukraine. europe.

European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Delhi, with the support of Delegation of European Union to India, presented FUTURE PERFECT festival. The festival took place from 5th to 8th of May 2023. It was an opportunity to showcase current creative voices from Ukraine and to appreciate their contributions in shaping the cultural landscape of Europe and the world. Maria Kulikovska's "Table of Negotiations?" project was a part of the exhibition program.

Kaleidoscope of (Hi)stories

Kaleidoscope of (Hi)stories: Art from Ukraine is the first survey of contemporary art from Ukraine in the Netherlands. Complemented by key pieces from the country's historical avant-garde, this exhibition tells the story of Ukraine's cultural identity, against the backdrop of the country's tension between freedom and oppression, in paintings, drawings, videos, installations, performances, sculpture, sound work, photography and textiles.

PEREMOHA/victory/ukr

An exhibition of five Ukrainian women artists raised in independent Ukraine, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Curator: Irina Danilova

SUN, SUN, ILLUMINATE THE SHADOWS!

"Sun, Sun, Illuminate the Shadows!" — With these words from a poem by Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko, an exhibition of Ukrainian female artists was named. Maria Kulikovska's watercolors from the series Swimming in Freedom and plates with watercolors prints was a part of the exhibition. Curator: Maryna Shcherbeko

THE TABLE 2

Special thanks to co-curator and organizer – Reinhold Engberding.

Module of Temporality

Module of Temporality (MOT) is the largest international art project of the year in Ukraine. It is a temporary cultural space by don't Take Fake, created with an international team, and an eponymous exhibition of contemporary art with 28 artists from 10 countries curated by Fabrice Bousteau. After that, the project traveled around Ukraine and worked in Dnipro, Lutsk and Lviv, where it completed the Ukrainian part of the tour.

Ukraine. Under a Different Sky

The largest exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art responding to the war caused by Russia's vicious attack a – it features more than two hundred artworks by thirty-two artists. In the Ukraine. Under a Different Sky exhibition Maria Kulikovska's ceramics objects took a part. Curators: Victoria Burlaka, Beata Łupińska-Rytel, Marcel Skierski

AoCG Artist in Residence

This year, the Academy of Cermamics Gmunden hosted six artists from all over the world and offered them the unique possibility of working with ceramic material. Some of them have never worked with this material before. At Gmundner Keramik Maria Kulikovska made New Ceramics series, plates, painted in watercolor that tell of war and flight, and work with body impressions to produce a glazed ceramic "The Table of Negotiations?".

CONTRAPUNCT

Group exhibition at Albertina Modern Museum. Set of Maria Kulikovska watercolors on the Paper, Received from Migration Offices series, was presented during the exhibition at Ausstellung, Künstlerhaus, Factory. Curated by Yana Barinova Curatorial assistance: Lina Barinova Stage Design: Lina Barinova, Oresta Skop

The Fog of War

During the exhibition, Maria's Kulikovska performance 254.Act of Solidarity was reproduced by activists and volunteers. Curator Alfons Hug

President of Crimea at the Accelerator Museum

Maria Kulikovska: President of Crimea, Since 19th of March 2014 project and performance within Mother Courage and Her Children exhibition at Accelerator Museum Richard Julin, Curator for the exhibition and Artistic Director Therese Kellner, Curator for the exhibition.

Phoenix Rising

Group exhibition created to promote the power and importance of Ukraine's cultural identity. Talking about the show, the curators say "[Phoenix Rising] marks the first occasion for Ukrainian artists to exhibit their work collectively in London since Russia's invasion into Ukraine. Curated by Alice Nanavova, Tetiana Malinovska

How To Deal With The World

During Berlin Art Week 'How To Deal With The World' provides an insight into the Art Collection Telekom and the diverse cultural landscape of Eastern Europe. The exhibition is curated by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher.

MY BODY IS A BATTLEFIELD

MKOV.studio solo exhibition. Curated by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher / Office for Art

Give Me Tomorrow

Group exhibition of Ukrainian artists organized by Shcherbenko Art Centre at Conceptica.Lisbon. With Maria Kulikovska watercolors participation from the 888 and Porcelain plates & cups with prints of watercolors. Curator: Maryna Shcherbenko.

Voices of Ukraine. Digital art NFT exhibition

Exhibition curated by Mar Canet, featuring seven Ukrainian artists who reframe complex themes such as misinformation, disinformation, and forced migration.

Holding the Line – Creative Resistance from Ukraine

Group exhibition of Ukrainian artists at the SomoS place. Maria Kulikovska's watercolors on paper Received from the Migration Office series took part in the show.

Futurespective

2021

Art project of Vogue UA on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence. 30 different Ukrainian artists among which was Maria Kulikovska, created 30 works in different techniques and told about their visions for the future. In the summer of 2021, these artworks were exhibited at M17 Art Centre.

(I am not) Sensitive Content

2021

This online exhibition, curated by Kateryna Pidhaina from Kyiv, brings together a number of artists – including queer ones – from Ukraine, who approach these questions in drawings, sculptures, watercolors or photos. Pride, Cultural Department of the City of Munich. Organized by: Munich Kyiv Queer, Munich

The Borders of Reality

2021

MKOV.studio's sculptures in the Ukrainian pavilion of NordArt 2021.

From Action to Performative Sculpture

Mini-retrospective exhibition of Kulikovska's performative practice.

FUTURELESS

With imagination and fiction as tools, the Futureless group exhibition presents the myriad possibilities of queer/feminist futures within our increasingly digitized and ecologically precarious planet. Curated by Oliver Dougherty.

KEEPING THE BALANCE WORKS FROM THE ART COLLECTION TELEKOM

Keeping the Balance is a temporary exhibition presenting about sixty works from the Art Collection Telekom. Most of the works are by artists of Eastern European roots. Curators: Nathalie Hoyos, Rainald Schumacher és Szipőcs Krisztina

President of Crimea MFA exhibition

"My sculptures are myself – or rather, my-selves..."

My Skin is My Business

Solo exhibition at Odesa Fine Arts Museum.

Let Me Say: It Is Not Forgotten exhibition

Display of works within festival The Present Is Not Enough – Performing Queer Histories and Futures.

Maria Kulikovska: Art in Ukraine – Challenges and Opportunities Following RAFT CRIMEA

The International Institute for Peace (IIP) gladly announces the exhibition and public talk with Maria Kulikovska.

Afterimage

Voloshyn Gallery is proud to present the group exhibition Afterimage, showcasing the paintings by Artem Volokitin and Tetiana Malinovska, sculptures by Maria Kulikovska, and video art by Alina Fedotova. Project curators: Tetiana Malinovska and Julia Voloshyna.

Permanent Revolution. Ukrainian Art Today

Display of sculptures from the series «Carpe Diem» and photo documentation of the performance «Happy Birthday» at the group exhibition.

Invisible. Comfortable. Quiet

Display of six sculptures and performance action at Bursa Gallery during the presentation of the Vogue UA Art Issue.

Homo Bulla. Replica at Viennacontemporary

Presentation of the sculptural triptych «Homo Bulla. Replica» as part of Deutsche Telekom Art Collection at the group exhibition within viennacontemporary.

SWAP: UK/Ukraine programme 2017 final exhibition