Sasha Kurmaz

Sasha Kurmaz was born in Kyiv, Ukraine where he currently lives and works. He graduated from the Design Department at the National Academy of Culture and Arts in Kyiv in 2008, and the Communications Engineering Department at the Kyiv Electromechancal College in 2005.

Sasha is an interdisciplinary artist. He uses various media and approaches in his artistic practice such as photography, video, and performative situations, as well as diverse strategies to engage the audience through collaborative practice. He also actively experiments with found and archival images and develops conceptual artists' books. The main focus of his work is social and political issues and global challenges that Ukrainian society has faced in recent years.

Kurmaz's works have been widely presented at many international exhibitions and festivals, including exhibitions at the Latvian Museum of Photography, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Kaunas Photo Festival, Akademie der Künste (Berlin), NRW-

Forum Düsseldorf, Museum Folkwang, Athens Photo Festival, C/O Berlin, Skovde Art Museum, Zamek Ujazdowski, Format Photo Festival, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, and many others.

In 2016 he received the C/O Berlin Talent Award (Germany), and Kazimir Malevich Artist Award in 2020 (Ukraine).