Lesia Khomenko
Lesia Khomenko is a multidisciplinary artist who reconsiders the role of painting – she deconstructs narrative images and transforms paintings into objects, installations, performances, or videos.
Lesia Khomenko (b. 1980 in Kyiv, Ukraine). Graduated National academy of fine art and architecture in 2004. Co-founder and member of R.E.P. group (since 2004) and curatorial group Hudrada (since 2008) in Ukraine. She was in the short list of PinchukArtPrize (2009, 2011 and 2013), Future Generations Art Price with R.E.P. group (2012) founded by Victor Pinchuk and Kazimir Malevich Artist Award (2012 and 2016).
Her works are in public collections including M HKA (BEL), Ludwig Museum (HU), Art Collection Telecom (DE), and Albertinum (DE). Lesiaʼs works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions, among others at Ukrainian Museum in New York, New York (US); MUSEUM DE FUNDATIE (NL), Albertinum, Dresden (DE); Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition the Venice Biennial, Venice (IT); The European Parliament (BE); Museum Folkwang (DE); Fridman Gallery, NYC (US).
She participated in the residencies at Oasis Pointe Residency, Miami, FL, USA (2022-2023), Martha MOCA Artist Residency, NJ, USA (2022), Emergency Residency Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland (2022), Working Room, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (Curated and participated) (2022), Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria (2021), LIA (Leipzig International Art), Leipzig, Germany (2008).
Khomenko’s works have been covered and reviewed by The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Art Newspaper, and Frieze, among others. She was taking part in panels and public talks in MoMA, NY, NY (2022), Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT (2022), James Gallery at CUNY, NY, (2023), Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL (2023) Scandinavia House, NY, NY (2023).
She currently lives in New York City, NY, USA.
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