Oksana Chepelyk • Оксана Чепелик
Born in 1961 in Kyiv – an architect, artist, director, curator, researcher. A pioneer of Ukrainian media art since the 1990s. Graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute (currently, National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture), conducted postgraduate studies in Moscow, participated in the CIES-programme (Paris) and the programme of the University of Amsterdam, Fulbright Programme researcher (USA). Took part in numerous Ukrainian and international exhibitions, residencies, film and new media festivals. Since 2003, a leading specialist of the Institute of Contemporary Art of Ukraine and author of the monograph “Interaction of architectural spaces, contemporary art and new technologies.” Since 2007, the founder of the International Festival of Social Sculpture, Kyiv. Winner of awards and prizes in the sphere of contemporary art.