TransArts - Gastvortrag Alevtina Kakhidze
Born 1973 in Zhdanovka, Donetsk region, USSR
Based in Muzychi, Ukraine, 26 kilometers from Kiev. Having grown up in the Donetsk region of Ukraine (since 1991), she has experienced Ukraine’s abrupt and chaotic changes from the days of the USSR to the imbalanced environment after, including undeclared war between Russia and Ukraine that it is going on today, including the recent brutal attack that started on the 24th of February, 2022.
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Her practice encompasses performance, drawing, time-based media, curation and collaborative works and investigates complex issues from consumerism to plant culture, and from feminism to life in conflict zones.
Alevtina Kakhidze attended the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kiev (1999-2004) and the Jan van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands (2004-2006). She is United Nations Tolerance Envoy in Ukraine since 2018, the Kazimir Malevich Artist Award winner in 2008, first prizewinner of the Competition for Young Curators and Artists, Kyiv, Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA in 2002.