CV
SOFIIA YESAKOVA
Born in Kyiv / UA (*1998)
EDUCATION
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2021 — MA in Fine Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
2019 — BA in Fine Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
Studied at the Department of Monumental and Sacred Painting, named after Professor Mykola Storozhenko
SOLO-| DUO EXHIBITIONS
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>upc 21.11.2025 — “Line that penetrates matter”, Chemnitz Art Space, Chemnitz, DE
>upc 01.11.2025 — “Archive of Structures”, ROAM e.V., Project Space, Berlin, DE
2025 — “Vanitous Spectre”, Iron house (Nymphenburg Castle), Munich, DE
2025 — “Black Wall”, Umbrella | west coast exhibitions Gallery, curated by Jan Wawryzniak, Nørre Nebel, DNK
2025 — “O, dark dark dark”, spazio DISPLAY Art Space, curated by Ilaria Monti, Parma, IT
2024 — “Ugly scenes, nuances”, Super Bien! Berlin, Project Space, curated by Elisabeth Sonneck, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Recollecting the emptiness”, Prima Kunst e.V. Gallery, Kiel, DE
2024 — “People in Paradise will enjoy the spectacle of hell's torment”, Antwerp Art Box, curated by Erik Haemers, Antwerp, BEL
2022 — “Rauschen”, R52L Art Space, curated by Sued Blankenburg, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Cargo 200”, frontviews at HAUNT Gallery, curated by Nicola E. Petek, Berlin, DE
2021 — MA. “Altar in a modern context 1.1.-1.3.”, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Showroom, Kyiv, UA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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>upc 2025: — “ESC 2035. We never changed”, 0_1 Gallery, The Hague, NL
>upc 2025: — “The big Fatigue”, Factory building at Hermann-Blankenstein-Straße 20, part of Berlin Art Week, Berlin, DE
2025 — “Third Space”, frontviews at HAUNT Gallery, Berlin, DE
2025 — “Light bent backward, waiting to be forgotten”, arka arka, Project Space, curated by Anzhelika Palyvoda, Vienna, AT
2025 — “Moin, Jean Gabin”, Area 35 Art Gallery, curated by Pietro Finelli, Milan, IT
2025 — “There is Hope”, frontviews at HAUNT Gallery, curated by Erika Schlessinger-Koeltzsch, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Fatmah”, Contemporary Cluster Gallery, curated by Giacomo Guidi, Rome, IT
2024 — “After the dust settles”, Echo Contemporary Art at TSA GVL Gallery, Atlanta, USA
2024 — “Analysis of Anger”, Zentrale für Kunst, Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE
2024 — “I only work with lost and found”, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Fight or Flight — An Exhibition About Fear”, Adlerhalle, Berlin, DE
2024 — “The inner Insularity of Utopianism”, Untergeschoss der Pandora Gallery, Berlin, DE
2024 — “A promise of tomorrow”, frontviews at HAUNT Gallery, curated by Nicola E. Petek, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Traces of Timelessness”, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, DE
2024 — “Memories we have forgotten”, The Address Gallery, curated by Riccardo Angossini, Brescia, IT
2023 — “Round Trip Fluidum 2”, Fabbrica del Vapore, curated by Elisabeth Sonneck, Milan, IT
2023 — “When the firebird flies”, Kunstverein Meissen e.V., curated by Nicola E. Petek, Meissen, DE
2023 — “Polifoniia”, ZIRKA Art Space, curated by Jan Struckmayer & Nastia Stemenko, Munich, DE
2023 — “Visual Dominance”, AS/EM Gallery, curated by Lukas Schleupner, Leipzig, DE
2023 — “Homoöstase”, FRAPPANT Gallery, curated by Maxime Chabal & Stina Elisabeth Stühmer, Hamburg, DE
2023 — “MoNo”, HB55 Kunstfabrik, curated by Tim van den Oudenhoven, Berlin, DE
2023 — “et cetera pp” as part of Begehungen Festival, Palais Lichtenstein, Chemnitz, DE
2023 — “The future is not ours to see”, Upstairs Gallery, Oldenburg, DE
2023 — “The soft and the hard”, Showroom at Potsdamer Str. 93, part of Berlin Art Week, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Förderpreis Junge Kunst”, Rathaus Reinickendorf Gallery, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Quicky - why not?”, Mazzoli Gallery, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Art Biesenthal”, Wehrmuehle Contemporary Art Institution, Biesenthal, DE
2022 — “Ukrainization”, SLP Gallery, curated by Sara Lily Perez, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Du weißt, dass du ein Mensch bist. Points of Resistance V”, Zionskirche, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Tranzit zone. Exit gate №364”, MITEC Gallery, Kyiv, UA
2022 — “Divina commedia”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “The Sky Above Us”, exhibition at PEREMOGA Showroom, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “Ivory Black”, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Showroom, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “Out and About”, 4th Art Fest of Contemporary Women’s Art, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “365 Days After”, international art project, MITEC Art Gallery, Kyiv, UA
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Underdog Collection (IT)
Private collections (DE, IT, UA)
CURATION
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2024 — “The inner insularity of utopianism”, Untergeschoss der Pandora Gallery, Berlin, DE
2020 — “Review (of) the Academy”, exhibition co-curated with Daria Maier, Showroom, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
RESIDENCES / SCHOLARSHIP
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2024 — Residential fellowship, Kebbel Villa, International Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, DE
2024 — Participant & scholarship holder, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, postgraduate professional program, Berlin, DE
2023 — Residential fellowship, ZIRKA Space residence, Munich, DE
2023 — Residential fellowship, Begehungen, Palais Lichtenstein, Chemnitz, DE
2023 — Förderpreis Junge Kunst (Fine Art Award), Kunstverein Bagatelle, Berlin, DE
2021 — Residential fellowship & development course, Soshenko 33, Kyiv, UA
2018 — Scholarship holder, Residential fellowship, Velikyy Pereviz, Poltavs'ka Oblast, UA
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
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FAKEWHALE LOG. Vanitous Spectre. Review, Munich, DE. 2025
KUBAPARIS. Vanitous Spectre. Nymphenburg Palace, Iron House, Munich, DE. 2025
Contemporary Art Library. O, dark dark dark. Spazio DISPLAY, Parma, IT. 2025
Saliva.Live. Light bent backward, waiting to be forgotten. Vienna, AT. 2025
Saliva.Live. O, dark, dark, dark. Parma, IT. 2025
Saliva.Live. Third Space. Berlin, DE. 2025
Insideart. Fatmah and the Good Wishes of the Contemporary Cluster. Andrea Bardi. Rome, IT. 2024
Exibart. Unexpected Dialogues and New Proposals. Francesca de Paolis. Rome, IT. 2024
O Fluxo. Solo exhibition Ugly Scenes. Nuances. Super Bien!, Berlin, DE. 2024
Nasty Magazine. Fatmah. Contemporary Cluster. Rome, IT. 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
Saliva.Live. The inner insularity of utopianism. Berlin, DE. 2024
Art Viewer. Memories we have vorgotten. Brescia, IT. 2024
DAZED. Summer issue 2022. The art of conflict. 2022
Ukraine ablaze project. The Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal”. 2022
CV
SOFIIA YESAKOVA
Born in Kyiv / UA (*1998)
EDUCATION
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2021 — MA in Fine Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
2019 — BA in Fine Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
Studied at the Department of Monumental and Sacred Painting, named after Professor Mykola Storozhenko
SOLO-| DUO EXHIBITIONS
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>upc 21.11.2025 — “Line that penetrates matter”, Chemnitz Art Space, Chemnitz, DE
>upc 01.11.2025 — “Archive of Structures”, ROAM e.V., Project Space, Berlin, DE
2025 — “Vanitous Spectre”, Iron house (Nymphenburg Castle), Munich, DE
2025 — “Black Wall”, Umbrella | west coast exhibitions Gallery, curated by Jan Wawryzniak, Nørre Nebel, DNK
2025 — “O, dark dark dark”, spazio DISPLAY Art Space, curated by Ilaria Monti, Parma, IT
2024 — “Ugly scenes, nuances”, Super Bien! Berlin, Project Space, curated by Elisabeth Sonneck, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Recollecting the emptiness”, Prima Kunst e.V. Gallery, Kiel, DE
2024 — “People in Paradise will enjoy the spectacle of hell's torment”, Antwerp Art Box, curated by Erik Haemers, Antwerp, BEL
2022 — “Rauschen”, R52L Art Space, curated by Sued Blankenburg, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Cargo 200”, frontviews at HAUNT Gallery, curated by Nicola E. Petek, Berlin, DE
2021 — MA. “Altar in a modern context 1.1.-1.3.”, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Showroom, Kyiv, UA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
_
>upc 2025: — “ESC 2035. We never changed”, 0_1 Gallery, The Hague, NL
>upc 2025: — “The big Fatigue”, Factory building at Hermann-Blankenstein-Straße 20, part of Berlin Art Week, Berlin, DE
2025 — “Third Space”, frontviews at HAUNT Gallery, Berlin, DE
2025 — “Light bent backward, waiting to be forgotten”, arka arka, Project Space, curated by Anzhelika Palyvoda, Vienna, AT
2025 — “Moin, Jean Gabin”, Area 35 Art Gallery, curated by Pietro Finelli, Milan, IT
2025 — “There is Hope”, frontviews at HAUNT Gallery, curated by Erika Schlessinger-Koeltzsch, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Fatmah”, Contemporary Cluster Gallery, curated by Giacomo Guidi, Rome, IT
2024 — “After the dust settles”, Echo Contemporary Art at TSA GVL Gallery, Atlanta, USA
2024 — “Analysis of Anger”, Zentrale für Kunst, Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE
2024 — “I only work with lost and found”, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Fight or Flight — An Exhibition About Fear”, Adlerhalle, Berlin, DE
2024 — “The inner Insularity of Utopianism”, Untergeschoss der Pandora Gallery, Berlin, DE
2024 — “A promise of tomorrow”, frontviews at HAUNT Gallery, curated by Nicola E. Petek, Berlin, DE
2024 — “Traces of Timelessness”, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, DE
2024 — “Memories we have forgotten”, The Address Gallery, curated by Riccardo Angossini, Brescia, IT
2023 — “Round Trip Fluidum 2”, Fabbrica del Vapore, curated by Elisabeth Sonneck, Milan, IT
2023 — “When the firebird flies”, Kunstverein Meissen e.V., curated by Nicola E. Petek, Meissen, DE
2023 — “Polifoniia”, ZIRKA Art Space, curated by Jan Struckmayer & Nastia Stemenko, Munich, DE
2023 — “Visual Dominance”, AS/EM Gallery, curated by Lukas Schleupner, Leipzig, DE
2023 — “Homoöstase”, FRAPPANT Gallery, curated by Maxime Chabal & Stina Elisabeth Stühmer, Hamburg, DE
2023 — “MoNo”, HB55 Kunstfabrik, curated by Tim van den Oudenhoven, Berlin, DE
2023 — “et cetera pp” as part of Begehungen Festival, Palais Lichtenstein, Chemnitz, DE
2023 — “The future is not ours to see”, Upstairs Gallery, Oldenburg, DE
2023 — “The soft and the hard”, Showroom at Potsdamer Str. 93, part of Berlin Art Week, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Förderpreis Junge Kunst”, Rathaus Reinickendorf Gallery, Berlin, DE
2023 — “Quicky - why not?”, Mazzoli Gallery, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Art Biesenthal”, Wehrmuehle Contemporary Art Institution, Biesenthal, DE
2022 — “Ukrainization”, SLP Gallery, curated by Sara Lily Perez, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Du weißt, dass du ein Mensch bist. Points of Resistance V”, Zionskirche, Berlin, DE
2022 — “Tranzit zone. Exit gate №364”, MITEC Gallery, Kyiv, UA
2022 — “Divina commedia”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “The Sky Above Us”, exhibition at PEREMOGA Showroom, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “Ivory Black”, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Showroom, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “Out and About”, 4th Art Fest of Contemporary Women’s Art, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, UA
2021 — “365 Days After”, international art project, MITEC Art Gallery, Kyiv, UA
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Underdog Collection (IT)
Private collections (DE, IT, UA)
CURATION
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2024 — “The inner insularity of utopianism”, Untergeschoss der Pandora Gallery, Berlin, DE
2020 — “Review (of) the Academy”, exhibition co-curated with Daria Maier, Showroom, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, UA
RESIDENCES / SCHOLARSHIP
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2024 — Residential fellowship, Kebbel Villa, International Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, DE
2024 — Participant & scholarship holder, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, postgraduate professional program, Berlin, DE
2023 — Residential fellowship, ZIRKA Space residence, Munich, DE
2023 — Residential fellowship, Begehungen, Palais Lichtenstein, Chemnitz, DE
2023 — Förderpreis Junge Kunst (Fine Art Award), Kunstverein Bagatelle, Berlin, DE
2021 — Residential fellowship & development course, Soshenko 33, Kyiv, UA
2018 — Scholarship holder, Residential fellowship, Velikyy Pereviz, Poltavs'ka Oblast, UA
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
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FAKEWHALE LOG. Vanitous Spectre. Review, Munich, DE. 2025
KUBAPARIS. Vanitous Spectre. Nymphenburg Palace, Iron House, Munich, DE. 2025
Contemporary Art Library. O, dark dark dark. Spazio DISPLAY, Parma, IT. 2025
Saliva.Live. Light bent backward, waiting to be forgotten. Vienna, AT. 2025
Saliva.Live. O, dark, dark, dark. Parma, IT. 2025
Saliva.Live. Third Space. Berlin, DE. 2025
Insideart. Fatmah and the Good Wishes of the Contemporary Cluster. Andrea Bardi. Rome, IT. 2024
Exibart. Unexpected Dialogues and New Proposals. Francesca de Paolis. Rome, IT. 2024
O Fluxo. Solo exhibition Ugly Scenes. Nuances. Super Bien!, Berlin, DE. 2024
Nasty Magazine. Fatmah. Contemporary Cluster. Rome, IT. 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
Saliva.Live. The inner insularity of utopianism. Berlin, DE. 2024
Art Viewer. Memories we have vorgotten. Brescia, IT. 2024
DAZED. Summer issue 2022. The art of conflict. 2022
Ukraine ablaze project. The Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal”. 2022