performance, drawing, installation

Feminist and media artist, gardener, curator. Author’s artworks appeal to the criticism of the culture of consumerism, the theme of gardening and plants, since 2014 depicting domestic life in occupied Ukrainian territories.

Studied in the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kyiv (1999-2004) and the Jan van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands (2004-2006).The winner of the Kazimir Malevich Artist Award (2008). Participated the 54th Venice Biennale (2011, Moroccan Pavilion), 7th Berlin Biennale (2012), 14 Manifesta (2022, Prishtina).

She was born in 1973 in Zhdanivka, Donetsk region.
The UN Tolerance Envoy in Ukraine since 2018.

www.alevtinakakhidze.com

Participation in the Project Editions