Yakovyna Ivanka Kate
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Education February 2013 - August 2013 - Kyiv-Air (kyivair.org) residence for young artists in Kiev. Kadygrob & Taylor art projects. 2009-2013 - National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture , Faculty of Fine Arts , Department of Graphic Design, BA Shows October-November 2013 - final exhibition of Kyiv AIR residence July 2013 - open days exhebition in Kyiv AIR residence April 2013 - One of a group project N *, Detenpyla Gallery, Lviv 9-20 September 2011 - curator Start Fine Art Gallery Art Space 365 February 12 to April 17, 2011 - participation in the project South African artist Candice Breitz " You + I ", Pinchuk Art Centre 14-24 April 2010 - part 1 of Mini Print International in Kyiv Contact +380503388557 Â ivanka.kate@gmail.com
“birthmarks " video 17'20 ". Сourtesy - Kadygrob & Taylor art project and author October-November 2013 - final exhibition residence Kyiv AIR curator and text - Maria Lanko "Talking about working with communities as one of the possible strategies of artistic practice, Ivanka Yakovyna noted that the problem of artistic authorship in this case can be resolved through the adoption of personal responsibility for the activist actions that provokes an artist in the community. Her video work "Birthmarks" is treated in this context as a response to certan artistic destiny through known set of rules, methods and conditions. Using your own body and birthmarks for prophecy, the artist creates countless scenarios of life (or artistic practice).”
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“Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kyiv” video, 2’15”. courtesy - Kadygrob&Taylor art project and authors October-November 2013 - final exhibition of Kyiv AIR residence group work with Tatiana Voytovych, Dennis Kravets and Misha Alekseyenko curator and text - Maria Lanko One of the practical tasks of Kyiv AIR, which was proposed by artist Yuri Kruchak, was to learn how to work in groups. After a long discussion the group of residents concentrated their attantion around issues of vandal construction over public space, uncontrolled destruction of monuments of architecture and irresponsibility of most citisens of these processes. After developing the plan artists got out on the streets of the capital with a proposal to demolish the building on the street Volodymyrska, 24. On behalf of a fictitious organization “Blago Kyyan” they proposed to create a park with toilets and free Wi-Fi Instead of the demolished buildings. Almost none of the people that contacted the artists have asked what kind of building is situated there (which is the Saint Sophia's Cathedral), and only a few have refused to sign a letter in support of the demolition. In the exhibition Kyiv AIR artists pass through its action on several levels of mediation demystifying own work tools and manipulation of public opinion.
Untitled, site specific July 18, 2013, 217 auditorium of the National Academy of Art and Architecture Objects are authors reaction to the bureaucratic side of education in art academy. The conflict arose because of impossibility to get diploma and other documents after graduating without first completing the so-called "bypass mail". Laboratory of the Department refused to put the last signature becourse of patches of paint on the floor in the auditorium which had to be washed in any way. After a lot of discussions on the absurdity of the claim as a blob of paint in an art academy on the floor ois a rule, not the exception, author decided instead of cleaning layer of paint to apply a new one, that would accent about the state of the whole surface. There werw restored only those segments of the flooring, which were affected by author. Although it was expected this gesture will make conflict even worse, it had solved it.
“line of sight� 2013 Created within Lada Nakonechna workshop on drawing and installation at the Kyiv AIR residence.
“edge� series of photographs 2013 Created within Lada Nakonechna workshop on drawing and installation at the Kyiv AIR residence. Reasearch of the "found" drawings by just just changing the angle of view.