Vlodko Kaufman
Born 1957, Karaganda (Kazakhstan)
1974-1978 – studied at the Ivan Trush School of Applied and Decorative Arts
1978-1980 – studied at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute (Architecture)
1989-1993 – Member of the Art Society „Path”
1993 – co-founder of the Art Association „Dzyga”
2007 – co-founder of the „Institute of Contemporary Art”
Curator of the festival ?Days of Performance Art in Lviv? (Ukraine)
Curator of the ?Week of Contemporary Art? (Lviv, Ukraine)
Collaborating with Les Kurbas Academic Theatre (Lviv), Ivan Franko Ukrainian National Drama
Theatre (Kyiv).
Solo exhibitions and projects:
1993 – „Letters to the Earthligs, or Eighth Printing?, happening, Lviv Art Gallery
1993 – „Unfathomable Destruction”, project-installation, Lviv Art Gallery
1994 – „Mirror Carp”, happening, transformation, Znesinnia park, Lviv
1994 – „Birthday”, happening, Powder Tower, Lviv
1995 – „Food”, performance, Art Workshop of E. Myskiv, Lviv
1995 – „Comedy of Ecstasy”, performance, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
1996 – „Retrospection”, performance and installation, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
1997 – „Versions of Filling”, installation, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
1998 – „The Returning of Icarus”, art-mix, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
1998 – „Diary” (with N.Shymin), performance-installation, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
1999 – „Time-Constant. Vydyvo I”, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
2000 – „Second Hand (from the second hands). Vydyvo II”, gallery „Dziga”, Lviv
2000 – „Cathing of Time. Vydyvo III”, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
2001 – „This Is Not Freedom Yet…”, art-provocation in the streets of the city, vydyvo, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
2001 – „Mirror Cross”, project-installation, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
2001 – „And You, Bruno…”, project-installation, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
2002 – „Mechanical Anatomy of Sound”, performance-installation-object, Powder Tower, Lviv, route Kiev (10 km), Hamaliyivske peat bog
2002 – „Playing the Game”, printing, project, gallery „Dzyga”, „Az-Art” publisher house, Lviv
2002 – „Technology of Responsiveness”, installed painting, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv, „Sensus”, Kyiv
2003 – „In the Focus of Dream”, installation, performance, club-gallery „K-11”, Kyiv
2003 – „In memory of Duchamp”, performance, club-cafe „Doll”, Lviv
2004-2006 – „Quotes for Nests”, installed graphics, objects, photo, club-gallery „K-11”, Kyiv, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv, Sea Gallery, Odesa, gallery „Alchemy”, Cracow
2004-2005 – „Falling of the Flight”, perfomance, video-art, Lviv, Kyiv, Cracow.
2005-2006 – „Utilization of Nostalgia”, installed painting, gallery „Dzyga”, cafe „Under the Hourglass”, Lviv
2007-2010 – „Karpatorozdil (Carpathian Divide)”, painting, installation, gallery „Dzyga”, Palace of Arts, Lviv, Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art, Kyiv
2008 – „Home Tour”, performance, festival „Art-Depot”, Lviv
2008 – „Holy Poltva”, installation, festival „Art-Depot”, Lviv
2008 – „Declaration of Emptiness”, performance, festival „GogolFest”, Kyiv
2008 – „The Spectacle in the Clock”, performance and video-art, vydyvo in clockwork of Town Hall in Drohobych, III International Festival of Bruno Schulz, Drogobych
2008-2010 – „B.N”, installation, performance, „Week of Contemporary Art”, Lviv
2009 – „Chessboard”, performance, project ?L2?, Lublin, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
2009 – „Ptakhoterapiya (Therapy of Birds)”, installed graphics, gallery „Dzyga”, Lviv
2009-2012 – „Ecotheatre”, object, Lublin, Popovychi, Lviv
2010-2015 – „Ryboterapiya (Therapy of Fishes)”, „Centrum Kultury”, Lublin, gallery „Rotunda”, Poznan, „Municipal Gallery”, Kharkiv, gallery „Dzyga”, Palace of Arts, Lviv.
2010 – „Time of Fish”, performance, V International Festival of Bruno Schulz, Drogobych
2010-2014 – „Attempt of Premonition”, transformation in performance, installation, happening, Popovychi, Cracow, Tel Aviv, Kyiv
2011 – „Ecomutation”, performance, „Days of Performance Art in Lviv”
2011 – „Ecorestoration”, installation, Lublin
2013 – „The Shoring”, installation, gallery „Detenpyla”, Lviv
2014 – „Volunteers”, installation, „Week of Contemporary Art”, Lviv
2014 – „Freedom is:”, installation, „Museum of Maidan/Museum of Freedom”, Kyiv
