ABOUT
Maria Proshkovska


Born in 1986 in Kyiv. Graduated from the Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs of Ukraine with a degree in law. Studied at the School of Contemporary Art at the Institute of Contemporary Art Problems in Kyiv.

Works address problems of gender social studies, influencing the trauma on societies and feminism. Laureate of the special prize of the contest for young artists МUHі2017, special prize of VOGUE UA magazine and participant of American Arts Incubator in Ukraine.

Proud Fellow of Woman in Conflict 1325 Fellowship Programme 2022 (Scotland, UK). Postgraduate MA Performance: Society student at UAL, Central Saint Martins College (London, UK).


Selected solo exhibitions:
2023 "Farina" MAMbo (Bologna, Italy)
2023 "No name ritual" Hamilton MAS (Felixstowe, UK)
2023 "No name ritual" DOCK20 (Lustenau, Austria)
2022 "On the Blade" Biblioteca Italiana delle donne (Bologna, Italy)
2021 "Nothing personal", Shcherbenko Art Center (Kyiv)
2020 "Invisible labour", Shcherbenko Art Center (Kyiv)
2019 "FEMININE", special for Kyiv Pride 2019, IZONE (Kyiv)
2019 "Late", America House (Kyiv)
2018 "Posttraumatical (Herbarium)", Shcherbenko Art Center (Kyiv)
2018 "Spidertopia/Crimea. 14-18", Izolyatsia (Kyiv)
2018 "Anorexia. Project study", FUTURA (Prague, Czech Republic)


Selected group exhibitions:
2024 "Landscapes of Memory" Digital Art center (Taipei, Taiwan)
2023 "World peace" Shared campus exhibition (Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan)
2023 "Nedomow/Unhome" Krajska galeria (Prešov, Slovakia)
2023 "Records of resistance" Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
2023 "Landscapes of memories" Taiwan Annual (Taiwan)
2023 "Motherland" Papoila (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023 "Ūdensgabali" International festival of video art (Riga, Latvia)
2023 "Point of view" Lokarjeva galerija (Ajdovscina, Slovenia)
2023 "PEREMOHA" BRAC (NY, USA)
2023 "Records of resistance" Galerie Unterhaus (Oberhausen, Germany)
2022 "PEREMOHA" White Box Gallery (NY, USA)
2022 "Give me tomorrow" Mitchell Art Gallery (Edmonton, Canada)
2022 "International art festival Kranj" (Kranj, Slovenia)
2022 "Biruchiy –Transcarpathia. Art War" Dom innowacji Społecznych (Warsaw, Poland)
2022 "Give me tomorrow" Conceptica gallery (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022 "Tomorrow", Literature Museum (Tbilisi, Georgia)
2021 "Futurespective: the future through the eyes of Ukrainian artists" for VOGUE UA (Kyiv)
2020 "Out of scope", IZONE and Forsa gallery (Kyiv)
2020 "Everybody is at home", "Ukrainian House" national center (Kyiv)
2020 "Video Art Platform" Shcherbenko Art Center (Kyiv)
2020 "Habitat", Lavra Art Gallery & WWF (Kyiv)
2019 "Neo-shamanizm. Power of ritual", Kyiv Art Fair (Kyiv)
2018 "Coloring. Biruchiy" Kyiv Art Fair (Kyiv)
2018 "Visions and Reflections: Our Shared Environment", IZOLYATSIA (Kyiv)
2018 "Emergent tributaries", IZONE (ZERO1 and American Arts Incubator in Ukraine)
2017 МУХі2017 young artists competition final exhibition


Art residencies:
2023 Ukrainian-Taiwanese Art Exchange Program (Taiwan)
2022 Programma Di Residenze Rose (Italy)
2019 Sound ID International Art Residence (Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Belarus)
2018 Biruchiy International Art Project (Ukraine)
2018 Karlin Studios Art Residency (Czech Republic)
2017 Biruchiy international Art Project (Ukraine)