Hanna Denysenko
Artist
Bio
Born in 1987 in Dnipro, Ukraine. Graduated from Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University as PhD. In 2017, completed an educational course in Vilnius Academy of Art in the fields of painting and architecture (Vilnius, Lithuania). In 2019, graduated from Contemporary Art School associated with Modern Art Research Institute of Ukrainian Academy of Arts curated by Victoria Burlaka (Kyiv, Ukraine) 2020-2021stadied at the Art School of Composition of Valentin Chorny (Kyiv, Ukraine).
Last several years lived and worked in Lithuania and Portugal. Since 2020 live and work in Kyiv, Ukraine. During the russian invasion in Ukraine stay and work in Kyiv to support resistance on cultural and volunteer fronts.
The artist's works exhibited in numerous collective exhibitions both in Ukraine and abroad (United Kingdom, France, Germany, USA, Poland, Israel). Two of which took place at the Kyiv Museum and the Holodomor Museum in Kyiv.
Artist's statement
The language of art is a way to more figuratively and metaphorically express my feelings and thoughts about the reality around me. I am not interested in reflecting physical reality as it is, I am interested in interpreting it, finding new meanings and forms. I am interested in digging up and showing the essence of things in my works. The world of my art is subjective, so I hope it will be interesting to the viewer. I work in the techniques of painting, graphics, collage and digital art.
Exhibitions
July 2019 — Collective exhibition of contemporary art «Z-generation», Project «RGB consciousness», curator Victoria Burlaka, Modern Art Research Institute of Ukrainian Academy of Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine.
July 2022 – Collective exhibition of Ukrainian artists devoted to support of Ukraine in its fight for freedom, Collective collage “Stop War in Ukraine”, City hall of Namyslow, Namyslow, Poland.
September 2022 - Collective exhibition «Why Ukraine?» organized by Institute of National Memory in Ukraine, Collective collage “Stop War in Ukraine”, Mainz, Germany.
October 2022 - Collective charity exhibition of Ukrainian artists against war in Ukraine "Fuck russian warship", curator David De Hannay, William Campbell Gallery, Texas, USA.
December 2022 - Collective collage exhibition "Parallels", curators Annet Sagal, Katia Syta, Olya Syta, Museum of Holodomor, Kyiv, Ukraine.
December 2022 - Collective collage exhibition "Parallels", curators Annet Sagal, Katia Syta, Olya Syta, Ukrainian Culture Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
December 2022 - Collective exhibition "One day after", Imagine Point Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
February 2023 - Collective collage exhibition «Me and the war» curators Annet Sagal, Katia Syta, Olya Syta, Museum of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.
February 2023 - Collective exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian artists «The day before/The day after», curator Kate Domash. The Bakery: artist-run gallery, London, UK.
April 2023 - Collective exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian artists «In need of art», curator Valentyn Chornyi, Underground art space, Kyiv, Ukraine.
September 2023 - Collective exhibition of Ukrainian artists «Contemporary Women’s Art Fest-2023», curator Iryna Akimova, Modern Art Research Institute of Ukrainian Academy of Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine.
September 2023 - Freedom CUTOUT COLLAGE FESTIVAL, curators Xavier Grass, Katya Syta, Le Bonheur Est Dans L’Instant Gallery, Paris, France.
September 2023 - Freedom CUTOUT COLLAGE FESTIVAL, curators Katya Syta, Olya Syta, Annete Sagal, M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
February 2024 - Exhibition of Ukrainian Collage "FACETS", Dzhemma Guzenko, Katya Syta, Cafe Kyiv-Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
March 2024 - Exhibition of Ukrainian Collage, curators Dzhemma Guzenko, Katya Syta, Gallery Freiluft Kunst Club Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
June 2024 - Freedom CUTOUT COLLAGE FESTIVAL, curatorXavier Grass, Loods 6, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
August 2024 - Ukrainian Collage Exhibition "Looking into Ourselves", curators Katya Syta, Olya Syta, Annete Sagal, KAOS Collage Festival, Layer House of Art, Kranj, Slovenia.
September 2024 - Ukrainian Collage Exhibition "For the sake of the letter", curators Xavier Grass, Katya Syta, Le Bonheur Est Dans L’Instant Gallery, Paris, France.