Oleksandr Maksymov
Collage, mosaic, performance-art
Born in Drohobych, Ukraine, 1982
Education & residence:
- Ivan Franko Pedagogical University, Department of Philosophy, [Drohobych, Ukraine]
- Artistic Residence at the Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, [Warsaw, Poland] [2012]
- Scholarship programme Gaude Polonia, 2013[Krakow][Teatr Mumerus]
- Cross-disciplinary workshop under the direction of Ewa Zarzycka (Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław), Drohobych, 2014
- School of performance during ‘Week of contemporary art’ in Lviv under the direction of Sandra Johnston/UK[2015], Denys Blacker/UK[2016], Bartolomé Ferrando/ES(IN THE SOUND WORK)[2018]
- Intensive curatorial course under the direction of Ianina Prudenko (independent curator and researcher from the media art industry; curator of the Ukrainian Open Archive of Media Art [Kyiv/UA]) [Iwano-Frankiwsk/UA][2017];
- Workshop «ArtAction» by Piotr Armianovski [Lutsk|UA][2018] [Theatre Festival “Wandering Hanger”]
- “What is curating?” Meeting with Pavlo Gudimov [Lviv|UA][2019] [URBAN library]
- Artistic Residence at the “La Cité des arts de la rue”,[i-Portunus] [Marseille, France] [2019]
- Markiyan Ivashchyshyn Scholarship [Jam Factory Art Center][Lviv][2021]
Actor:
ALTER Theatre (Drohobych/UA), MUMERUS Theatre (Krakow/PL), UNIVERSUM project (Drohobych/UA)
Theatre Workshops & Project`s:
- Theater of improvisation, Arkadiusz Zietek [Berlin] & Przemysław Buksiński [Lublin] (Lviv_2011),
- Kamchàtka Companyia [Spain] (Krakow_2013),
- UNIVERSUM (by based of Bruno Schulz), director: Ivan Sharan(Kyiv), premiere: 2022/SchulzFest/Drohobych, role: Mephistofel/Jakub.
Co-founder and curator of the artistic platform NGO “Dro.Art.” in Drohobych
Co-founder & Music Manager: Radio Kotermak [2017-2018]
Organizer: Jazz Bez Drohobych [2016-2022]
Curator: Art residence “Magical salt cities”(Drohobych) [2020]
Curator: “The naked windows gallery” (Drohobych) [2022]
Director: Radio “Frankova Zemlya” [2021-2022]
Personal projects:
- „Nest” installation [2018], Drohobych/UA, Willa Bianki (Off-program of Bruno Schulz festival)
- Performance in WEartMuseum, Odesa [2020]
- Pixel-art project “droresidents”, Drohobych [2020]
- Pixel-art project “Mozaiki na marginesach przestrzeni”, (Curator Grzegorz Józefczuk) (Lublin/PL) [2021-2023]
- Performance #forbelarus, Festival Wschód Kultury – Inne Brzmienia [Lublin|PL][2021]
Сollective projects:
- Same Difference: Equinox to Equinox. Day of Public Actions for Freedom and Democracy, Lutsk|UA [2018]
- Project “Auera Mediocritas” (Gleb Franko_Khmelnytskyi & Oleksandr Maksymov_Drohobych)(Curator Anna Potyomkina), Assortment Room Gallery, Ivano-Frankivsk|UA [2018]
- Project “The Shadow of Dream” cast upon Giardini della Biennale” (Curator Open Group)|La Biennale di Venezia[2019]
Сollage exebition`s & project`s:
- «Our aim-conceptualism»[2017], Drohobych/UA, Alter Gallery[2017], Lublin/PL, Łucjan gallery
- “Animals & Humans”, Art Space “Vagabundo Underground Passage”, Ivano-Frankivsk [2020]
- “Animals & Humans”, museum “Drohobychyna”, Drohobych [2020]
- “Animals & Humans”, Alliance française, Lviv [2020]
- Project “¿sALON?” Collective exhibition, (Curator Roman Khrushch) Futura HUB, Lviv|UA [2019]
- Collage Art-marathon #мифы_Параджанова Parajanov Art Laboratorium (Armenia) [2019]
- Project “Collage stories”, collective exhibition, (Curator`s: Maria Nazarenko (Kyiv), Dmytro Stetsko (Drohobych), Design & Art gallery (Drohobych)[2021]
- Ukrainian Contemporary Collage Festival CUTOUT, (Kyiv)[2021]
- International Book Arsenal Festival, “Ukrainian collage” (Curator`s: Evgen Karas, Oleh Vasylenko, Oleksandr Lyapin) Mystetskyi Arsenal(Kyiv)[2021]
- “Ukrainian collage”. Khmelnytsky Regional Art Museum. (Curator: Oleh Vasylenko) (Khmelnytsky) [2022]
- «Genesis of Being» – charity poster exhibition (CUTOUT) Beyond Limits Gallery (Berlin) [2022]
- “Roma in collage” ARCA [2022]
- “Day after Day” Exhibition of Ukrainian artists. Reflections on the
Russian invasion of Ukraine (Paderborn/Germany). [2023] - Exhibition of the unique modern collage «Genesis of Being» from the CUTOUT COLLAGE in Porohova Vezha. Curators of CUTOUT: Annete Sagal, Katya Syta, Olha Syta (Kyiv). (Lviv/UA) [2023]
Participation in festivals:
- International festival of Bruno Schulz [Drohobych] [2012,2014,2016,2018,2020,2022];
- Festival of contemporary art GogolFest [Kyiv] [2014];
- Printemps d’Europe [Lion, France] [2015];
- ULICA International Festival of Street Theatres [Krakow, Poland] [2013,2015];
- Days of performance art in Lviv [2015,2016];
- International Festival of Contemporary Music “Kontrasty” [Lviv] [2015];
- Ukrajins’kyj Zriz: Przeobrażenia III Triennale of Ukrainian Contemporary Art [Wroclaw, Poland] [2016];
- Festival of contemporary art „Dro.Art.Days” [Drohobych] [2016,2019];
- Festival of sacral art “Płaszcz Jura” (Saint Jura’s Church)[Drohobych] [2017];
- Festival of contemporary art „New Wave Exhibition” [Lviv] [2017];
- International Festival of Ephemeral Art “Contexts” [Sokolowsko, Poland] [2017,2018];
- Festival of contemporary art Dro.Art. [Drohobych/Nahuevychi] [2017,2018];
- Festival of contemporary art ZABIH [Lviv][2018];
- Theatre Festival “Wandering Hanger” [Lutsk|UA][2015,2018]
- Festival Wschód Kultury – Inne Brzmienia [Lublin|PL][2021]