Mariia Drozdova

I work in the following areas: painting, graphics, photography, collage, performance, installation. 2017-2020 – Teacher at the Step Computer Academy. Course in drawing, composition and art history. Kharkiv, Ukraine. I received a classical art education, but I also work in the field of contemporary art. My works are in collections in the following countries: Ukraine, USA, Ireland, England, Poland, Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland, in the collection of the Spazio-Tempo Arte Foundation Italy, the Museum of National History Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark. Panevezys Civic Art Gallery. Panevezys, Lithuania.

2026 — Performance Weekend "The Other Nearby: Beyond Beauty." Svetlana Fedonyuk's performance "Wolf's Cage," realized in collaboration with Maria Drozdova's work "The Nurse." 2025 — Exhibition "The Other Nearby," Korsakov Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art (MCCUA). Lutsk, Ukraine. 2025 — "Going Beyond the Boundaries," Documentary Film, directed by Svetlana Fedonyuk. Participation: Performance "Prayer" and interview at MCUA, Lutsk, Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjKSAiBfNo&lc=UgxESgdJMsHrEprAo9V4AaABAg.APTzZz83htVAPVLPH-tkY4 2025 — Publication in the English-language print magazine DACH [DAKH]. DACH MAGAZINE - A print magazine in English featuring contemporary Ukrainian prose, poetry, art, photography, and music. First edition. Publisher: Victoria Spalek Magazine presentation on March 11, 2025, at Cafe Kyiv, Berlin, Germany. 2025 - Publication on the Wilson Center website. Article "Filling the Empty Spaces of My Consciousness" by Blair A. Ruble. As part of the project THE JOURNEY, authored by writer and artist Enzo Comin. Washington, DC https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/filling-empty-spaces-my-consciousness 2024 - Exhibition "Man and the City 2024. Contemporary Contexts" as part of the International Photography Biennial. Panevezys Civic Art Gallery. Panevezys, Lithuania. Publication in the catalog. 2024 – Publication in the first print edition of THE JOURNEY #1, pp. 12-16, by writer and artist Enzo Comin. Italy https://online.fliphtml5.com/rpabje/owtv/#p=13 2024 – Interview "My Performance is a Sacred Ritual." The program series "Conversation at the Korsakov Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art," season #3, for the Rayon.Kultura channel. Interviewer: Svetlana Fedonyuk - author, host, director, and cultural studies specialist from the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0egPlki24 2023 - MSUMK ART FORUM "Cosmogony. Art. Noosphere. Ecology." Korsakov Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art. Lutsk, Ukraine. Speaker. The topic of the speech is "The Influence of Art, through Inclusive Practices, on the Development of a Conscious Society, as the Main Component of the Formation of the Noosphere." https://www.facebook.com/maria.drozdova.9889/posts/pfbid0s8kW4obxhmMxwd9N8axhTFyC2FCRp3gM2D3oUSqk3es5T3QQuM1jmvky27BtGCAhl?mibextid=YxdKMJ 2023 - Lecture "The Sacred, Taboo, and Stigma in Art." Performance Weekend. Korsakov Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art. Lutsk, Ukraine. Curator: Ales Tomakh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyHjUj6UvtI 2023 - Performance Weekend. Korsakov Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art. Lutsk, Ukraine. Performance "Prayer," art object. Curator: Ales Tomakh. https://www.visitlutsk.com/p-yat-styhij-u-muzeyi-korsakiv-provely-pershyj-performatyvnyj-vikend/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB_aus5TazM 2023 – Publication in THE JOURNEY FANZINE. Article: "ART IN A THE FRONT-LINE CITY." Author: writer and artist Enzo Comin. https://thejourneyzine.blogspot.com/2023/10/art-in-the-front-line-city.html#more https://thejourneyzine.blogspot.com/2023/10/arte-in-una-citta-sul-fronte.html 2023 – Fifth Festival of Contemporary Women's Art. Exhibition "Allegory of Power." Ukrainian Association for Women's Studies in Art (UAFRA), with the support of the Institute of Contemporary Art Problems of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine. Institute of Contemporary Art Problems, Kyiv, Ukraine. 2 projects. 2023 - VI Open International Festival of Conceptual Photography. National Union of Art Photographers of Ukraine. Publication in the catalog. Two single photographs and one diptych. Pp. 35, 37, 63. https://www.calameo.com/read/0002677808ab204510699?fbclid=IwAR1ua3PkIxxut-cO_BTiWZCFiKCUyBZMLr2cHu4Hzm6ccgaunVOmZ74jTLA 2023 - Exhibition "Cosmogony of Meanings." Korsakov Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art. 2 projects. Curators: Viktor Korsak, Ales Tomakh. Lutsk, Ukraine. Publication in the catalog "Cosmogony of Meanings." Page 68, section "Fire." 2022 - Artisterium 15. Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition. Georgian-Ukrainian exhibition "Tomorrow." Curated by Viktoria Danelyan (Ukraine), Magda Guruli (Georgia). Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature, Tbilisi, Georgia. http://tomorrow.dream-projects.org/mariia_drozdova.html 2022 - Exhibition "MAKE ART NOT WAR" for peace in Ukraine, a call to stop the bombing, and a fundraiser. CAM | Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy. 2021 - Artist Talk: "Sacred Performance: Understanding Symbols and Codes from the Perspective of the Author and Viewer, How Taboos Influence the Author's Vision." Municipal Gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine. 2021 – Performance "Washing the Roots," event "Performance Night," parallel program of the exhibition "NO TABOO. Renewal," dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the NON Stop Media festival, VOVATANYA Gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine. 2021 – Exhibition "NO TABOO. Renewal," dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the NON Stop Media festival, Municipal Gallery and VOVATANYA Gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine. 2021 - International art project #365daysafter, organized by M O K O N S H U. Partners: Garaža KAMBA Art Gallery, DE LICEIRAS 18 International Art Residency, Snarte Space Independent Institute of Contemporary Art, K A M S O M O L Creative Agency. http://mokonshu.art/en/artists-stories-en/mariia-drozdova-ukr/?fbclid=IwAR0D5R3i_786sO1W-HrCan2vI8mlfeqrWHEN82U_CgYDPGM-m66QOjB2wSU 2021 - Publication in MOST INFLUENTIAL ART Magazine, 6th edition, print issue dated June 10, 2021. 2021 - NFT Collage Project 2021 - Publication on the Galphia portal https://www.galphia.com/artist_madr.html 2021 - Publication in the book "Young Ukrainian Artists Competition 2009-2021." Shcherbenko Art Center, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. Page 142 2020 - Exhibition "Albrecht Dürer's Paraphrases," dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Kharkiv-Nuremberg twinning and the 25th anniversary of the founding of the educational and cultural organization "Nuremberg House." Curator - Ales Tomakh. With the support of the Goethe-Institut. Kharkiv Art Museum. Kharkiv, Ukraine. 2020 – Publication in JaamZIN Creative magazine, Issue 1, Volume 3, January 2020. https://issuu.com/jaamzin/docs/jaamzin_creative_jan_2020 https://www.jaamzin.com/post/painter-drozdova-maria 2019 – Exhibition of finalists of the VI All-Ukrainian Nathan Altman Contemporary Art Competition. Curated by Oleksandr Nikityuk. Vinnytsia, Ukraine. 2019 – Solo exhibition "Praeterita", Port.agency, Port creative hub, Kyiv, Ukraine. 2019 – Publication in "Business" magazine (consultation for the article), September 2019 edition, issues 35-39. 2019 – Exhibition "ENTROPIA", MetaCulture. Organized by socl:e. With the support of the French Institute in Ukraine. Performance, object. Kyiv, Ukraine. 2018 – Carbonarium Festival, Carbon art space, Kyiv, Ukraine 2018 – Participation in the AuctionFR auction, with the support of Galeria Sztuki STALOWA 2018 – Galeria Sztuki STALOWA, Warsaw, Poland, Auction XXXIII and pre-competition exhibition of contemporary art 2018 – New Wave Exhibition (New Wave Fast No. 3). Lviv, Ukraine 2017 – Center for Media Communications and Visual Studies. V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. International Barcamp "Karazin Media Symposium". 2017 – Days of Art Performance Festival, Dziga Gallery, performance, Lviv, Ukraine. http://lvivartlab.com/events/mariia-drozdova/ 2017 - Passed the competitive selection of 14 participants for a portfolio review with Christopher Makos and Paul Solberg, as part of the exhibition Christopher Makos: "The Age of Andy Warhol." Portfolio review participant. Izolyatsia Cultural Platform, Kyiv, Ukraine. 2017 - Creation of an icon for the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God. Kharkiv, Ukraine. The church collection includes three icons made by me. 2016 - Galeria Sztuki STALOWA, Warsaw, Poland, 23rd Auction and Pre-Competition Exhibition of Contemporary Art 2016 - Galeria Sztuki STALOWA, Warsaw, Poland, 22nd Auction and Pre-Competition Exhibition of Contemporary Art 2015 - MONA INNER SPACES, REZYDENCJA exhibition, 2 projects, video art, text, painting, collage. Poznan, Poland. 2015 - "Ostatnia wieczerza," Galeria Rotundra, UAP, Poznan, Poland. Performance, art objects. 2015 - Up Gallery Berlin, "Not-Aufnahme / Emergency Room" project for 48 hours, Neukölln. Performance. 2 performances and 1 action. 2015 - Wystawa Końcoworoczna, UAP. Pracownia Sztuki Performance UAP. Performance. Photographic documentation. Curated by Professor Janusz Baldyga. Publication in the catalog "Pracownia Sztuki Performance" 2014/2015. Poznań, Poland. 2015 - Checkpoint #8, Plac Wolności, Poznań, Design Days. Performance. 2015 - Art Plainair. Skokie, Poland. Performance. Land art. Curated by Professor Janusz Baldyga. 2015 - Final stage of the exhibition for the Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Prize competition. Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark. Video project "Foods of the Land." 2015 - Up Gallery, Berlin exhibition "UNEASE", Richardstrasse 43/44. Performance. Curated by Professor Janusz Baldyga. 2015 – Yermilov Center. Exhibition "Zero Without a Stick." Kharkiv, Ukraine. 2015 – GAUDE POLONIA grant program. Curator: Professor Janusz Baldyga. 2014 – Publication on the art portal cultprostir.ua: "Art is Watching You" by Irina Denisova. 2014 – Kyiv. Slava Frolova's Art Picnic. Pavilion 10 at VDNKh. Exhibition "Golden Rain Above Us." Curator: Nina Murashkina. 2014 – Publication in RETUNE magazine 2014 – Spazio-Tempo Arte exhibition: HUMAN RIGHTS? #MEMENTO FONDAZIONE OPERA CAMPANA DEI CADUTI LARGO EUSEBIO IORI COLLE DI MIRAVALLE - ROVERETO TRENTO ITALY project "When the State Starts to Kill, It Always Calls Itself the Homeland" by Maria Drozdova, Ukraine. Curated by Roberto Ronca 2013 - Publication in Kock magazin #5 2013 - Christmas Fair at the Yermilov Center, Kharkiv 2013 - Publication in the second edition of the print magazine "Irreversible Fleshyness" 2013 - Dziga Gallery, Lviv. Project "Clouds. Invisible Crystals," curated by Volodko Kaufman 2012 - Institute of Contemporary Art, MUKhi competition, Kyiv. Ukraine 2012 - Nominee for the sixth NON STOP MEDIA youth project festival "Delicacies of the Earth" 2012 - Days of apartment exhibitions "zero budget" of the "Sincerity" project 2012 - Winzavod online gallery 2011 - "Garden of Laughing Animals" as part of the "Human Factor in Action" contemporary art festival, Kostyurynskyi Lane Gallery, Kharkiv; 2010 - Exhibition at the Polytechnic University library; 2009 - Volunteer teacher at the "Kindness through the Eyes of Children" children's drawing competition 2009 - StreetArt Fest (painting on Nauki Avenue, 76), Kharkiv, Ukraine 2009 - Gagarinfest, Kharkiv, Ukraine 2008 - Exhibition "You Have to Pay for a Horse," Expressive Art Festival "Nebo," Kharkiv, Ukraine, Actors' House. 2007 - "The Road Home," Repin Art School No. 1, Kharkiv; 2005 - "Artists of the Future" museum project, "Awakening" exhibition, Kharkiv Art Museum 2004 - "My Corner," Repin Art School No. 1, Kharkiv, Ukraine

2003-2007 Kharkiv Art College; Specialty - decorative and applied arts; Qualification - easel painting. Diploma with honors. 2007 - 2013 Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. Department - fine arts. Faculty - monumental painting. Specialist-artist of monumental painting, teacher. Diploma with honors. 2009-2011 free listener in the courses of painting, graphics and composition in the studio of Vitaly Lenchin. 2015 - GAUDE POLONIA Scholarship Program. Curator, professor Janusz Bałdyga (prof. dr Janusz Bałdyga, prof. zw. UAP). Resident at the University of Arts in Poznan. Poland. 2015 - listener at lectures of professor Marcin Berdyszak (prof. dr hab. Marcin Berdyszak, prof. zw. UAP). GAUDE POLONIA scholarship program. Resident at the University of Arts in Poznan. Poland. 2016- Studied 2D graphics 2017- Performance School - Sandra Johnston and Alastair MacLennan, program - "Search for paths". Lviv, Ukraine 2019 - Art Marketing Course "How to promote your own cultural product". Based on the results of the course, participation in training on a competitive basis. Kharkov. Ukraine.