SOFIIA YESAKOVA
Born in Kyiv / UA (1998)
EDUCATION
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2016 — 2021 Master of Fine Arts. National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA (NAFAA).
Studied on department of monumental and sacred painting named after Professor Mykola Storozhenko
SOLO-| DUO EXHIBITIONS
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>upc 12.07.2025: Iron house (Nymphenburg Castle), Munich, DE
>upc 30.08.2025: “Black Frieze”, Umbrella | west coast exhibitions, Nørre Nebel, DNK
>upc 10.04.2025: “Caesura”, spazio DISPLAY, Parma, IT
2024 — “Ugly scenes, nuances”, Super Bien! Berlin, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Recollecting the emptiness”, Prima Kunst e. V., Kiel, DE
2024 — “People in Paradise will enjoy the spectacle of hell's torment”, Antwerp art box, Antwerp, BEL
2022 — “Cargo 200. Experimental projections on surfaces”, Showroom Leibnizstraße 57, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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>upc 18.05.2026: “The inner Insularity of Utopianism 2”, Kunstverein Ars avanti, Leipzig, DE
>upc 01.05.2025: Arka Arka, Vienna, AT
>upc 11.04.2025: “There is Hope”, frontviews at HAUNT gallery, Berlin, DE
>upc 20.04.2025: “Moin, Jean Gabin”, Area 35 Art Gallery, Milan, IT
2024 — “Fatmah”, Contemporary Cluster gallery, Rome, IT
2024 — “After the dust settles”, Echo contemporary art, TSA GVL, Atlanta, USA
2024 — “Analysis of Anger”, Zentrale für Kunst, Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE
2024 — “I only work with lost and found”, Kreuzberg Pavillon/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2024 — "Fight or flight”, Adlerhalle, Berlin, DE
2024 — “The inner Insularity of Utopianism”, Untergeschoss der Pandora gallery, Berlin, DE
2024 — “A promise of tomorrow”, frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Traces of Timelessness”, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, DE
2024 — “Memories we have forgotten”, The Address Gallery, Brescia, IT
2023 — “Round Trip Fluidum, 2”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
2023 — “When the firebird flies”, Kunstverein Meissen e. V., Meissen, DE
2023 — “Polifoniia”, ZIRKA Space, München, DE
2023 — “Visual Dominance”, AS/EM space, Leipzig, DE
2023 — “Homoöstase”, FRAPPANT gallery, Hamburg, DE
2023 — “MoNo”, HB55 Kunstfabrik, Berlin, DE
2023 — “et cetera pp”, Palais Lichtenstein, Chemnitz, DE
2023 — “The future is not ours to see”, Upstairs - Gallery, Oldenburg, DE
2023 — “Pandoras new casa”, Untergeschoss der Pandora gallery, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Time is running out”, NOTAGALLERY, Berlin, DE
2023 — “The soft and the hard”, Showroom at Potsdamer Str. 93, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Förderpreis Junge Kunst”, Rathaus Galerie Reinickendorf, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Quicky - why not?”, gallery Mazzoli, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Roaminale #2. Screen.” Roam e. V. project space, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Living solidarity day”, MOOS space, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Art Biesenthal”, Wehrmuehle, Biesenthal, DE
2022 — “Ukrainization”, SLP gallery, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Du weißt, dass du ein Mensch bist. Points of Resistance V”, Zionskirche, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Pandora's Winter Selection” , Untergeschoss der Pandora art gallery, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Tranzit zone. Exit gate №364”, MITEC gallery, Kyiv, UA
2022 — “Divina commedia”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, UA
2022 — “Lviv Biennale”, Lviv, Kyiv (UA), Košice (SK), Pilsen (CZ), Chicago, NYC (USA), Tel Aviv (IL), Antwerp (BE)
2021 — “The sky above us” exhibition in PEREMOGA showroom, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “Ivory black”. Self-organized exhibition in National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “Out and about”, The fourth art fest of Contemporary Women’s Art, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “365 day after”, International art project, MITEC, Kyjiw, UA
2020 — “Review (of) the Academy”. National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
CURATION
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>upc 11.04.2025: "There is Hope", frontviews at HAUNT gallery, Berlin, DE
2024 — “The inner insularity of utopianism”, Untergeschoss der Pandora gallery, Berlin, DE
2020 — “Review (of) the Academy”. Self-organized exhibition in showroom of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (with Daria Maiier), Kyiv, UA
RESIDENCES / SCHOLARSHIP
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2024 — Scholarship holder residential fellowship Kebbel Villa, International Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, DE
2024 — Scholarship holder Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, postgraduate professional course, Berlin, DE
2023 — Residental fellowship ZIRKA Space residence, München, DE
2021 — Residental fellowship and development course Soshenko 33, Kyiv, UA
2018 — Scholarship holder residential fellowship Velikyy Pereviz, Poltavs'Ka Oblast, UA
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
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Nasty Magazine. Fatmah. Contemporary Cluster. Rome, Italy. 2024
Goldrausch Künstlerinnen Projekt. Interview with Beate Scheder. 2024
Artribune. La galleria Contemporary Cluster a Roma cambia sede. Intervista a Giacomo Guidi. 2024
KUBAPARIS. Traces of timelessness. Hamburg, DE. 2024
KUBAPARIS. Memories we have vorgotten. The Address gallery, Brescia, IT. 2024
Saliva.Live. People in paradise will enjoy the spectacle of he'lls torment. Antwerp, BEL. 2024
Art Viewer. Memories we have vorgotten. Brescia, IT. 2024
Kunstverein Centre Bagatelle e.V. Förderpreis Junge Kunst. Berlin, DE. 2023
DAZED. Summer issue 2022. The art of conflict. 2022
Ukraine ablaze project. The Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal”. 2022
Points of Resistance V. You know that you are human. 2022
Window Project/Fenster Projekt, Prenzlauer Studio, Berlin, Deutschland. 2021
SOFIIA YESAKOVA
Born in Kyiv / UA (1998)
EDUCATION
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2016 — 2021 Master of Fine Arts. National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA (NAFAA).
Studied on department of monumental and sacred painting named after Professor Mykola Storozhenko
SOLO-| DUO EXHIBITIONS
_
>upc 12.07.2025: Iron house (Nymphenburg Castle), Munich, DE
>upc 30.08.2025: “Black Frieze”, Umbrella | west coast exhibitions, Nørre Nebel, DNK
>upc 10.04.2025: “Caesura”, spazio DISPLAY, Parma, IT
2024 — “Ugly scenes, nuances”, Super Bien! Berlin, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Recollecting the emptiness”, Prima Kunst e. V., Kiel, DE
2024 — “People in Paradise will enjoy the spectacle of hell's torment”, Antwerp art box, Antwerp, BEL
2022 — “Cargo 200. Experimental projections on surfaces”, Showroom Leibnizstraße 57, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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>upc 18.05.2026: “The inner Insularity of Utopianism 2”, Kunstverein Ars avanti, Leipzig, DE
>upc 01.05.2025: Arka Arka, Vienna, AT
>upc 11.04.2025: “There is Hope”, frontviews at HAUNT gallery, Berlin, DE
>upc 20.04.2025: “Moin, Jean Gabin”, Area 35 Art Gallery, Milan, IT
2024 — “Fatmah”, Contemporary Cluster gallery, Rome, IT
2024 — “After the dust settles”, Echo contemporary art, TSA GVL, Atlanta, USA
2024 — “Analysis of Anger”, Zentrale für Kunst, Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE
2024 — “I only work with lost and found”, Kreuzberg Pavillon/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2024 — "Fight or flight”, Adlerhalle, Berlin, DE
2024 — “The inner Insularity of Utopianism”, Untergeschoss der Pandora gallery, Berlin, DE
2024 — “A promise of tomorrow”, frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Traces of Timelessness”, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, DE
2024 — “Memories we have forgotten”, The Address Gallery, Brescia, IT
2023 — “Round Trip Fluidum, 2”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
2023 — “When the firebird flies”, Kunstverein Meissen e. V., Meissen, DE
2023 — “Polifoniia”, ZIRKA Space, München, DE
2023 — “Visual Dominance”, AS/EM space, Leipzig, DE
2023 — “Homoöstase”, FRAPPANT gallery, Hamburg, DE
2023 — “MoNo”, HB55 Kunstfabrik, Berlin, DE
2023 — “et cetera pp”, Palais Lichtenstein, Chemnitz, DE
2023 — “The future is not ours to see”, Upstairs - Gallery, Oldenburg, DE
2023 — “Pandoras new casa”, Untergeschoss der Pandora gallery, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Time is running out”, NOTAGALLERY, Berlin, DE
2023 — “The soft and the hard”, Showroom at Potsdamer Str. 93, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Förderpreis Junge Kunst”, Rathaus Galerie Reinickendorf, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Quicky - why not?”, gallery Mazzoli, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Roaminale #2. Screen.” Roam e. V. project space, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Living solidarity day”, MOOS space, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Art Biesenthal”, Wehrmuehle, Biesenthal, DE
2022 — “Ukrainization”, SLP gallery, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Du weißt, dass du ein Mensch bist. Points of Resistance V”, Zionskirche, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Pandora's Winter Selection” , Untergeschoss der Pandora art gallery, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Tranzit zone. Exit gate №364”, MITEC gallery, Kyiv, UA
2022 — “Divina commedia”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, UA
2022 — “Lviv Biennale”, Lviv, Kyiv (UA), Košice (SK), Pilsen (CZ), Chicago, NYC (USA), Tel Aviv (IL), Antwerp (BE)
2021 — “The sky above us” exhibition in PEREMOGA showroom, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “Ivory black”. Self-organized exhibition in National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “Out and about”, The fourth art fest of Contemporary Women’s Art, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “365 day after”, International art project, MITEC, Kyjiw, UA
2020 — “Review (of) the Academy”. National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
CURATION
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2024 — "The inner insularity of utopianism", Untergeschoss der Pandora gallery, Berlin, DE
2020 — "REVIEW (of) THE ACADEMY". Self-organized student exhibition in National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (with Daria Maiier), Kyjiw, UA
RESIDENCES / SCHOLARSHIP
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2024 — Goldrausch Künstlerinnen, Berlin, DE
2021 — "Soshenko 33 art residence", Kyjiw, UA
2018 — "Velikyy Pereviz art residence", Poltavs'Ka Oblast', UA
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
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KUBAPARIS. Traces of timelessness. 2024.
KUBAPARIS. Memories we have vorgotten. The Address gallery, Brescia, IT.
Window Project/Fenster Projekt, Prenzlauer Studio, Berlin, Deutschland
DAZED. Summer issue 2022. The art of conflict.
Rundgang.io. Digital presentation of artworks.
Ukraine ablaze project. The Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal”
Monopol - das Magazin für Kunst und Leben.Ukrainisches Kulturzentrum in Berlin. Felix Leitmeyer
ASSOCIATED PRESS. Far from home but together. Ukrainian artists form Berlin collective
X-treme Women Art Prize Berlin. 2022
Points of Resistance V. You know that you are human.
Koisk of Democracy. Kiosk der Demokratie.
Tagesspiegel. Ausstellung in der Zionskirche.
KIOSK: Lines of Flight e - zine (2nd issue)
When the Firebird flies“: Ergreifende Ausstellung zu Krieg, Migration und Intimität in Meißen. DDN.