Yaryna Shumska (1989) is a visual artist, performer, curator and lecturer based in Ukraine.

Her art and research practice focus on the concept of presence expressed through the body and the visual sign it creates. It is about presence as a manifestation of the “here and now”, the spoken and unsaid, what we say out loud and what remains between the lines. In her practice, she uses performance, painting, installation, photo and video documentation as media.

Graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts (monumental painting). She was a grant holder of the “Gaude Polonia” scholarship program of the Minister of Culture of Poland. Yaryna is an author of solo exhibitions and art projects in Ukraine, Poland, and Spain, a participant in numerous exhibitions, performance art festivals, and conferences in Ukraine, Poland, Italy, Norway, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Japan, Thailand, Canada, USA etc.

She is a co-organiser and co-curator of the “School of Performance” (2019), “FNAF in Lviv” in the framework of the International festival “Days of Art Performance in Lviv” (2024), online residency ¨At the place¨ and ¨Performance Archiv. Ukraine¨ (2020).

Her recent works were presented at Venice International Performance Week VIPAW (Venice, Italy), Arctic Action (Svalbard, Norway).

For more detailed information: www.yarynashumska.com

Video documentation:

ACCEPTANCE OF EMPTINESS 2023. Vilnius, Lithuania. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sglfDZxe–k&t=5s

CAUTION FLAMMABLE. 2024. Arctic Action, Svalbard, Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjJhA-7HH4o