About the artist
Kinder Album is the pseudonym of a young woman artist from Lviv, working in a variety of media including painting, graphic design, photography, street art, video art, installation and performance art. She studied architecture in Lviv University and Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Germany. An anonymous art project initially started on Facebook in 2012. In 2015, the artist was nominated for the PinchukArtCentre prize. The pseudonym “Kinder Album” is derived from the artist’s appreciation for the musician Sergey Kuryokhin and his “Children’s Album”, and the ‘children’s album’ in classical music, such as Tchaikovsky’s 24 Pieces for Piano. The characteristic naiveté of the traditional children’s album, along with the finger-paintings of her three-year-old son, served as initial inspirations for her artworks.
List of the exhibitions
Exhibitions and projects: 2022- “Piazza Ukraine”, Open-Air-Show, La Biennale di Venezia- “Once upon a time three dead parrots”, ArtEast Gallery, Berlin
2021 - "This is not what you think", Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv
2020 - “Why there will be women artists in Lviv”, group exhibition, Lviv Municipal Art Center
2019- “Between Fire and Fire: Ukrainian Art Now”, Vienna- “For example, today”, Piekno Panie gallery, Lublin, Poland- “Late check-out”, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv
2018 - "Not for publication, top secret and private", Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv
2017- "Effective Reflexion", SABSAY gallery, Copenhagen- "Winter Album", Invogue Art, Odesa- MUHi short list exhibition, Taras Shevchenko museum, Kyiv- Festival of Young Artists, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv- "The borders of materiality. Materialization of sense", Voloshyn gallery, Kyiv
2016- "Strolls with Pleasure and not Without Moral", Ya gallery, Dnipro- "Trust me if you can’t", Sabsay gallery, Copenhagen- "Enjoy!", Gare de Marlon Gallery, Paris- "Say "No" to colored panties!", Dymchuk Art Gallery, Kyiv- "L’Albatros mon amour", Dukley Art Center, Montenegro- "The Trap, Kotor", Dukley Art Center, Montenegro
2015- "Anamnesis", "Piekno Panie" gallery. Lublin, Poland- "QUI PRO QUO", Artsvit gallery, Dnipro- "War. Transcription", ArtVilnius, Vilnius- "Ridicule", Dymchuk gallery, Kyiv- "Dialogia", Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv- Kyiv Biennale, Karlsruhe- Short-list exhibition of Pinchuk Art Centre Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv
2014- "Les Amours Imaginaires", Arteria Gallery, The Museum of Odesa Modern Art. Odessa, Ukraine.- London Analogue Festival, Bargehouse – Oxo Tower. London, Great Britain.
2013- "Kinder Album", Dzyga Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine- "Tomcats", ILKO Gallery. Uzhgorod, Ukraine.- "The Next Stop", street art project in Lviv