Ukrainian artist Lada Nakonechna uses art to explore the social ramifications of political phenomena, examining the economics of nationality, memory, history, identity, society and - simply - economics. She talks to Culture.p about her work and the Polish-Ukrainian connection.
Lada Nakonechna is a Ukrainian artist born on the 19th of March 1981 in Dnipropetrovsk. She graduated from the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kiev. In her works she uses graphic techniques, video and installation. She is also a member of the the R.E.P. collective (Revolutionary Experimental Space) and Hudrada group. She is was shortlisted for the prestigious Pinchuk Art Prize for young Ukrainian artists in 2009 and 2011 ad she was a finalist for the Malevich Prize in 2008. She has exhibited her works in Kiev, Zurich, New York , Prato and Warsaw. Today she lives and works in Kiev.
In the summer of 2012 she joined the residency programme at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw for three months. The museum also hosted an exhibition of her works in June within the framework of the TRANSFER Polish-Ukrainian Exchange 2012, set up in cooperation with the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kiev.
For more information on the exhibition, see: csw.art.pl
Lada Nakonechna is the first artist in Culture.pl's Residency Video Series. For more information on the artist, see: www.ladanakonechna.com
Editor: Agnieszka Le Nart