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Ukraine, 1973
In her works she critically examines sociopolitical changes and topics such as consumer behavior, ecology, plants, feminism and life in war zones. She attended the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kiev and the Jan van Eyck Academy. She has received honorable mentions awarded by Ars Electronica and the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Women in Arts award from UN Women Ukraine. She was awarded the Kazimir Malevich Prize and won first place in the Competition for Young Curators and Artists of the Center for Contemporary Art at Kyiv-Mohyla National University.
Alevtina Kakhidze. Sigo dibujando esta guerra, 2022-2025. Vista de instalación. Foto: Byron Mármol. Cortesía: Fundación Paiz / Bienal de Arte Paiz
Alevtina Kakhidze. I still draw this war, 2022-2025. Installation view. Photo: Courtesy: Fundación Paiz / Bienal de Arte Paiz
Sigo dibujando esta guerra, 2022-2025
41 dibujos,7 libretas y video de realidad aumentada
22’46’’
Cortesía de la artista
Desde su casa cerca de Kyiv, Alevtina Kakhidze dibuja desde la experiencia directa de la guerra, siguiendo los pasos de su madre, quien se negó a abandonar su hogar en Zhdanivka,en el óblast de Donetsk, Ucrania, territorio ocupado por los rusos desde 2014. Durante años, madre e hija sostuvieron una relación a distancia atravesada por la violencia, que la artista transformó y tradujo en imágenes que representan e imaginan la vida cotidiana en una zona de conflicto. Hoy, tras sobrevivir al asedio ruso escondida en un sótano, Kakhidze continúa dibujando desde Ucrania. Su obra se resiste al olvido y convierte el miedo en un testimonio vivo.
I still draw this war, 2022-2025
41 drawings, 7 notebooks and augmented reality video
22’46’’
Courtesy of the artist
From her home near Kyiv, Alevtina Kakhidze draws from her direct experience of war, following in the footsteps of her mother, who refused to leave her home in Zhdanivka, in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, a territory occupied by Russia since 2014. For years, mother and daughter maintained a long-distance relationship marked by violence, which the artist transformed and translated into images that represent and imagine everyday life in a conflict zone. Today after surviving the Russian siege hidden in a basement, Kakhidze continues to draw from Ukraine. Her work resists oblivion and turns fear into a living testimony.