Alena Kuznetsova

Alena Kuznetsova is a professional multidisciplinary artist born in 1986 in Arkhangelsk. Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine. Participated in numerous Ukrainian and international projects, is an author of 15 solo shows, and has been exhibiting since 2009. Alena’s creative work includes painting (main media), graphics, video installation, ceramic sculpture, text art, and land art. She endeavours to find a fragile balance between humans and nature within transformations, femininity, and fragility. The artist explores decentralized communities and horizontal connections in the context of events taking place in Ukraine.

Selected solo shows: 2025 – Familiar Ground, Mlyn, Kyiv (UA) 2023 – Flowers or Explosions, Forsa gallery, Kyiv (UA) 2022 – Relations with the image, Imagine point gallery, Kyiv (UA) 2021 – Gamma, Ornament Art Space, Kyiv (UA) 2019 Trajectory, Mironova foundation, Kyiv (UA) Mechanical Ballet. Act 3, French Institute, Kyiv (UA) 2018 – FLUX, Triptych: Global Arts Workshop, Kyiv (UA) 2017 What color do you see?, MASLO the gallery, Khmelnytskyi (UA) KILL BILL, America house, Kyiv (UA) Selected group shows: 2025 Meaning After Loss, Goethe-Institut+MRI, Ukrainskyi Dim, Kyiv Serendipitous Events, Port of Culture, Ukrainskyi Dim, Kyiv 2024 Melancholy, Draft Gallery, Kyiv Sci-Fi Art, Portal 11 Gallery, Kyiv 2023 Concentration of the will, M17 Contemporary art center, Kyiv Ukrainian 12, Portraits International gallery, Brussels (BE) 2022 From Ukraine with love, Gallerie Lorien, Copenhagen (DK) And Get Up!, Gallery Lavra, Kyiv Wartime. Reflections…, Dzyga, Lviv (UA) The Art of Resistance, Sala d'Exposicions Municipal, Valencia (SP)

Education: 2003-2008 – KNUBA, Master's degree, specialty Fine Arts, Kyiv. 1996-2001 – Children's art school, Svitlovodsk, Kirovograd region. Other Educational programs: 2022 – Art in Times of Crisis (Dr Emma Mahony), NCAD, Dublin. 2015 – School of Visual Communications, Kyiv. 2014-2015 – School of Contemporary Art, MARI, Kyiv.