BIO GRAPHICS
Hi, my name is OLGA GURINA.
I was born in 1985.
Creative nickname: Olimana Gurimana.
In December 2013 I moved to Kiev.
In July 2016 - I took part in a collective exhibition "70x70" in Pavlovka ArtGallery.
In October 2016 - the performance Morphs in Pavlovka ArtGallery.
Kyiv, May 12-13, 2017, Dovzhenko-Center - I took part in exhibition with work Schrodinger Artist or Introvert Cinema - installation, performance.
Kyiv, from July 29 to August 8, 2017, IZONE - took part in the exhibition of photo project We Are Alive. As part of the art group CoolArt I created an installation on the floor Rules of the Game to interact with the viewer.
Kyiv, September 7-17, 2017, international festival GogolFEST, Arksqout - I created video-installation Residence Permit together with Oleg Kulay-Kulaychuk.
From September 2016 to September 2017 - studied in KAMA (Kyiv Academy of Media Arts) on the course Contemporary Art, the field of study - artist.
October 2017 I took part in the world's first Art Hackathon organized by Blockchain Lab in UNIT CITY (Kyiv). The work became a part of the final exhibition catalog.
From 2018 up to present, I’m a member of the curatorial team BOORYAK
September 2019 – a participant of Apollo Art Colony and a group painting exhibition, Darzeze, Albania.
In June 2020, I completed online courses What Is Contemporary Art? by MoMA.
In June 2020, I completed online courses Modern Art and Ideas by MoMA.
In September 2020, I completed online courses Machine Learning by Stanford University.
From September 2020 to the present training in the The School of Engaged Art by the Chto Delat collective (The School of Mutation)
March 2021 – I was a participant of the festival of short films SmolShorts Festival with The Snail’s Testimony movie.
June 2021 - the international art project # 365daysafter with The Snail’s Testimony movie.
You may ask me what happened in my life until 2013. I will only say that there was no participation in the main art exhibitions, getting art prizes and graduation from art academy. This is probably not good news for curators, art dealers and collectors, but not for me. I can only say that all this time I studied, worked, gained life experience. Because I believe that for the emergence of the artist's identity, various life experience is no less important than the academic skills, which are not a secret behind the seven seals to the world of Internet technologies.
I was born in 1985.
Creative nickname: Olimana Gurimana.
In December 2013 I moved to Kiev.
In July 2016 - I took part in a collective exhibition "70x70" in Pavlovka ArtGallery.
In October 2016 - the performance Morphs in Pavlovka ArtGallery.
Kyiv, May 12-13, 2017, Dovzhenko-Center - I took part in exhibition with work Schrodinger Artist or Introvert Cinema - installation, performance.
Kyiv, from July 29 to August 8, 2017, IZONE - took part in the exhibition of photo project We Are Alive. As part of the art group CoolArt I created an installation on the floor Rules of the Game to interact with the viewer.
Kyiv, September 7-17, 2017, international festival GogolFEST, Arksqout - I created video-installation Residence Permit together with Oleg Kulay-Kulaychuk.
From September 2016 to September 2017 - studied in KAMA (Kyiv Academy of Media Arts) on the course Contemporary Art, the field of study - artist.
October 2017 I took part in the world's first Art Hackathon organized by Blockchain Lab in UNIT CITY (Kyiv). The work became a part of the final exhibition catalog.
From 2018 up to present, I’m a member of the curatorial team BOORYAK
September 2019 – a participant of Apollo Art Colony and a group painting exhibition, Darzeze, Albania.
In June 2020, I completed online courses What Is Contemporary Art? by MoMA.
In June 2020, I completed online courses Modern Art and Ideas by MoMA.
In September 2020, I completed online courses Machine Learning by Stanford University.
From September 2020 to the present training in the The School of Engaged Art by the Chto Delat collective (The School of Mutation)
March 2021 – I was a participant of the festival of short films SmolShorts Festival with The Snail’s Testimony movie.
June 2021 - the international art project # 365daysafter with The Snail’s Testimony movie.
You may ask me what happened in my life until 2013. I will only say that there was no participation in the main art exhibitions, getting art prizes and graduation from art academy. This is probably not good news for curators, art dealers and collectors, but not for me. I can only say that all this time I studied, worked, gained life experience. Because I believe that for the emergence of the artist's identity, various life experience is no less important than the academic skills, which are not a secret behind the seven seals to the world of Internet technologies.
Not the most exciting reading? You can rewrite my biography;)
ARTIST STATEMENT
For someone to be an artist - it's a «smooth» and logical choice. You’ve probably heard these stories about "I’ve started drawing from childhood", "my dad is an artist", "first I went to art school", etc. For me, this is the way of struggle and internal changes ever since I’ve consciously decided that I'm not an engineer, but I’m an artist.
Over time, when I proceeded from drawing and painting to photography, video and creating installations, I began refer to different techniques as my own artistic tools. I appreciate the skills that I’ve already had and I study new ones every time.
I suppose time is the most value of human life. I try not to waste either my time or the time of spectators. Therefore, I oppose the annotations to visual works. I express all the meanings and utterances directly in the work.
Local and temporary themes inspire me less than global and universal. But I'm very concerned about the connections that arise between them. I'm agitated by the cosmos and the human psyche equally, but even more I'm interested in how they are related to one another. I use my daily life and artistic practice to study these areas of knowledge.
Local and temporary themes inspire me less than global and universal. But I'm very concerned about the connections that arise between them. I'm agitated by the cosmos and the human psyche equally, but even more I'm interested in how they are related to one another. I use my daily life and artistic practice to study these areas of knowledge.
I do not believe in the objective thinking of a single person. Subjectivity is our main wealth. The keepers of this wealth are artists. I carefully keep my subjectivity and respect yours. This is what I consider to be the condition for the peaceful cohabitation of people.