Lesia Vasylchenko (born in Kyiv, Ukraine) works across a range of media, including video, photography, installation, and curatorial. In her research-based practice, Vasylchenko explores encounters between visual cultures, media technologies, and chronopolitics. She is the founder of STRUKTURA. Time, a cross-disciplinary initiative for research and practice within the framework of visual arts, media archaeology, literature, and philosophy. She holds a degree in Journalism from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and in Fine Arts from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Vasylchenko has recently exhibited at the Pochen Biennial for Multimedia Art (Ex Oriente Ignis), the MUNCH Museum's Triennale (The Machine Is Us), and the Henie Onstad Triennale for Photography and New Media (New Visions). She was nominated for the Sparebankstiftelsen DNB Grant Exhibition in 2022 and is the recipient of the Sandefjord Kunstforenings Art Prize in 2023. She is currently nominated for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2025. Her work is part of the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA / Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki, Finland.
January 2025 / Exhibition: Blooming Midnight, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien
January / Exhibition: Mirrormap; Fondation Opale, Lens
February / Solo exhibition: Children Of Infinity; ADIACENZE, Bologna
February / Exhibition: PinchukArtCentre Prize 2025, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv
May / Solo exhibition: Chronosphere, Riga Photography Biennial; Riga Art Space, Riga
June / Exhibition: TBA; Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker
July / Exhibition: Planet on a Pin, Voloshyn Gallery, Miami
September / Exhibition: Sunset Every Two Years; KlaipÄ—da Biennial, KlaipÄ—da
September / Exhibition: Breaking the Course of the European Boomerang; Pragovka Gallery, Prague
October / Exhibition: TBA; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
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https://networkcultures.org/longform/2024/12/10/chronosphere/
https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/603298/lesia-vasylchenkochronosphere/
https://necsus-ejms.org/scale-infrastructure-and-extractivism/
https://kunstkritikk.com/the-chrononaut/
https://www.norskebilledkunstnere.no/billedkunst/aktuelt/planetarisk-sansing-en-samtale-med-lesia-vasylchenko/
https://www.xronosphere.com/
https://struktura-time.com/
l.vasylchenko8@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/lesia_____vasylchenko/