Anatol Stepanenko – Subjective research of space
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March 23, 2023
March 24, 2023
Double room, Hotel Intourist-Zakarpattia,

Anatol Stepanenko, born in 1948 in Irpin, Kyiv region. Representative of the New Wave (Nova khvylia), artist, curator, film director and performer.

In 1967, graduated the Kyiv Art and Industrial Technical School (now M. Boychuk KDADPMD)
In 1977, graduated the Lviv Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts.
In 1984, graduated the Higher Directing and Screenwriting Courses in Moscow.
In 1993–1998 he worked in Switzerland. 1994 – received a scholarship from the Christopf Merian Stiftung, IAAB (International Artists Exchange Program), Basel, Switzerland.
1988-1989, member of the artistic group “White Crow”.

Movies
1986, “Full Moon. Nocturne”, based on Valery Shevchuk’s novel “The Centurion Maiden”, artist-director, Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio
1989, “The Watchmaker and the Chicken”, based on the play by Ivan Kocherga, production director, Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio

Selected personal exhibitions
2018 “Mask Rebellion”, Triptych ART gallery, Kyiv
2010 NY ART gallery, Kyiv
2007 Museum of Modern Fine Art of Ukraine
2007 Museum of Cultural Heritage, Kyiv
2000 AAM Gallery, Atag Asset Management, Basel, Switzerland
1999 MITTE, Cultural Center Gundeldinger Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
1998 Kyiv Museum of History
1996 Oerlikon Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1996 Center for Arts, Culture and Integration, Trier, Germany
1994 Christoph Merian Stiftung, IAAB, Basel, Switzerland

Important group exhibitions
2018 FLASHBACK. Ukrainian media art of the 90s. Artistic Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2017 “Event Horizon”. Artistic Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, Great Britain
2011 “Space Odyssey-2011”, Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2004 “Farewell to arms”. The “Museum of Modern Art” project of the Viktor Pinchuk Foundation “Contemporary Art in Ukraine”. Artistic Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2001 Markers: An Outdoor Banner Event of Artists and Poets for Venice Biennale Venice, Italy
1999 IV International Triennial of Graphics, Kochi, Japan

Presentation on March 23
Presentation documentation: photo credit Mykhailo Melnychenko

Recording of the presentation

Presentation on March 24
Presentation documentation: photo credit Mykhailo Melnychenko

Documentation of the presentation: photo credit Petro Ryaska

Recording of the presentation

Anatol Stepanenko’s residence and events were made possible thanks to the support of:
European Cultural Foundation
The beaux-arts Academy in Paris

The photos for the presentation were provided by the author and the Research Platform of the PAC from the archive of Ruta Korshunova