ble dannet av Mykola Ridnyi, Serhiy Popov og Ganna Kriventsova i 2005. Med sin kunstneriske og kuratoriske praksis har de testet grensene for hva som aksepteres i Ukraina.
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SOSka Group ble etablert i Kharkiv, Ukraina i 2005 av Mykola Ridnyi (f. 1985), Serhiy Popov (f. 1978) og Ganna Kriventsova (f. 1985). I dag består SOSka Group av Mykola Ridnyi og Serhiy Popov.
Fra 2005 til 2012 sto deltagere av gruppen for den kuratoriske aktiviteten knyttet til SOSka gallery-lab i Kharkiv – en uavhengig plattform for utvikling av den lokale kunstsfære.
I 2009 kuraterte de den internasjonale utstillingen “The New History” i Kharkiv Museum of Art.
Siden 2011 har gruppen vært medarrangør for Days of apartment Exhibitions, en festival med selvorganisert utstillinger i Kharkiv.
Priser og gjesteatelierprogram:
2007 – Young artist prize from CEE Henkel Art Award. Vienna. AT
2008 – artist-in-residence program. KulturKontaktAustria, Vienna. AT
2011 – Guest Room Maribor, residence program. Maribor. SL
Utvalgte separatutstillinger:
2010 – “Memorial”. Curated by Francesca Solero. Project WE. Turin. IT
2009 – “Barter”. Curated by Vesna Krstich and Nikolas Drosos. The Cardboard gallery, Dumbo art centre. New York. US
2008 – “Dreamers”. Solo exhibition. Project Room, PinchukArtCentre. Kyiv. UA
Utvalgte gruppeutstillinger:
2013 – “Ukrainian News”. Center for contemporary art Ujazdowski Castle. Warsaw, PL
2013 – “Living as form (the nomadic version)”. Center of creative initiatives Fabrika. Moskow, RU
2012 – “Environ. Expirience of non institutional relationships. Kharkiv, 2004 – 2012″. Center of creative initiatives Fabrika. Moskow, RU
2012 – “Shelter”. Kunstverein das weisse haus. Vienna, AT
2012 – “Double game”. Special project of the 1st Kyiv biennial for contemporary art Arsenale. Art Arsenal. Kyiv. UA
2012 – “Angry birds”. Museum of modern art. Warsaw. PL
2011 – “The Global Contemporary. Art Worlds After 1989″. Curated by Peter Weibel, Andrea Buddensieg. ZKM / Centre for art and media. Karlsruhe. DE
2011 – “A Complicated Relation, part II”. Curated by Martin Shibli. Kalmar Konstmuseum. Kalmar. SE
2011 – “Impossible Community”. Curated by Victor Misiano. Moscow Museum of modern art. Moscow. RU
2011 – “An Elusive Object of Art”. Curated by Iara Boubnova. Galerie Dana Charkasi. Vienna. AT
2010 – “Intercool 3.0″. Curated by Birgit Richard, Inke Arns. Hartware MedienKunstVerein / Dortmunder U. Dortmund. DE
2010 – “IF. Ukrainian art in transition”. Curated by Ekaterina Degot. Musem for contemporary art. Perm. RU
2009 – “Wakefield Meadows”. Curated by Anca Mihulet. Pavilion UniCredit. Bucharest. RO
2009 – “The (Re) Socialization Of Art”. Curated by Reinigungsgesellschaft. Museum of modern art, Odessa, UA
2009 – “The future was yesterday”. Curated by R.E.P. group and Loose Associations. Student center gallery. Zagreb. HR
2009 – “Il Castello di Rivara apre le cantine”. Curated by Francesca Solero. Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivara. Turin. IT
2009 – “Curated by”. Gallery Hubert Winter / Vienna fair. Vienna. AT
2009 – “The New History”. Curated by SOSka group. Kharkiv museum of art. Kharkiv. UA
2008 – “New Print Politick: Post-Soviet Politics and Contemporary Art”. Ukrainian Institute of modern art. Chicago. US
2008 – “Artists in residence”. Art point at KulturKontaktAustria. Vienna. AT
2008 – «Grabbing at straws». Curated by Negative Capability (Chris Sharp, Joanna Fiduccia). Guenzani studio. Milan. IT
2008 – “68:08. Politics on streets”. Project Fabrica. Moscow. RU
2007 – “The Art World”. Gallery Feinkost. Berlin. DE
2007 – “Communities. Young art of Ukraine”. Gallery Arsenal. Byalystok. PL
2007 – “Critically in between”. Curated by Viktor Misiano in frame of exhibition cycle “Progressive nostalgia”. Art-Athens. Athens. GR
2006 – «Team colors». Gallery «F.A.I.T». Krakow. PL
2006 – «New communities». Caucasus biennale of contemporary art. Tbilisi. GE
2005 – «XXX». Gallery-laboratory SOSka. Kharkiv. UA
2005 – «SOSka artists». Gallery-laboratory SOSka. Kharkiv. UA
Utvalgte publiksjoner og kritikker:
“Scouting Ukraine: SOSka group” by Ekaterina Rietz-Rakul and Steve Schepens, Metropolis M magazine, №3 (33), Amsterdam, 2012
“Angry birds”. Exhibition catalogue. Museum of moder art, Warsaw, 2012
“The Global Contemporary. Art Worlds After 1989”. Exhibition newspaper. ZKM / Centre for art and media. Karlsruhe. 2011
“Fin arts – Die feine Kunst und die Kunst der Finanzen” by Irini Athanassakis. Kunstforum International, № 200: Kunst und Wirtschaft, 2010
“Post Gogol” by Steve Barnes. ARTnews, volume 109 / №5. New York, 2010
“To the South and Slightly to the West” by Ekaterina Degot. “If. Ukrainian art in transition”, exhibition catalogue. Perm museum for contemporary art, 2010
“Torino. Noi alternative. We” by Lorena Tadorni. Flash Art Italy, May, 2010
“We are Ukrainians” by Claire Staebler. Flash Art International, № 269, November-December, 2009
“The Vallue issue” by Elsy Lahner / Jasper Sharp. Parabol Art magazine, №5. Vienna, 2009
“Wakefield meadows” by Anca Mihulet. Wakefield meadows, exhibition catalogue. Unicredit Pavilion, Bucharest, 2009
“Prospects of a loboratory” by Mykola Ridnyi and Anna Kriventsova. Moskow Art magazine, № 73/74, 2009
“Nothing but your dreams. On Dreamers project by SOSka group” by Victor Misiano. Dreamers, exhibition catalogue. PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, 2008
“Between action and institution” by Ganna Kriventsova, Moskow Art magazine, № 67/68, 2008
“Eastern Unorthodox: Artists in search of a post-Soviet Ukrainian reality” by Jason Foumberg. Newcity Art, Chicago, September, 9th, 2008
“Catalogue / Art World /” by Ivan Mecl. Umelec English version. Prague, №1 – 2008
“Vom Nonkonformismus zur Orange revolution. Zur aktuallen Kunst der Ukraine” by Hlib Vysheslavsky. Postorange, exhibition catalogue. Kunsthalle, Vienna, 2006
ble grunnlagt da Det europeiske universitetet i St. Petersburg midlertidig stengte i 2008. SU har levd videre som et autonomt initiativ og har tatt for seg saker som løpsk byutvikling, aktivisters forhold til politiet, kunst, demokrati og sensur.
