Tereza Brabash (UA)
1984, Lviv (Ukraine)
Graduated from the Department of Fine Textiles of the Lviv National Academy of Arts (2006). Two-time scholarship holder of the “Gaude Polonia” program of the Polish Ministry of Culture (2010, 2016). Since 2010, a member of the National Union of Artist of Ukraine. Works with textiles, installation, audiovisual art and land art. Active participant of international exhibitions, festivals, plein-airs, art projects in Ukraine and abroad. Owns multiple awards, among them two highest honors: the Golden Medal and the Akapi Foundation Award for the best debut at the 15th International Textile Triennial in Lodz, Poland (2016) for the work “Rain in UA”. Lives and works in Lviv.

Mykhaylo Barabash (UA)
1980, Ternopil (Ukraine)
An interdisciplinary artist works on the border of different genres: new media, installations, performance, painting, land art, graphic techniques. He studied at the Lviv National Academy of Arts. ). Two-time scholarship holder of the “Gaude Polonia” program of the Polish Ministry of Culture (2011, 2016). Participant of all-Ukrainian, international exhibitions, festivals and plein-airs in Ukraine and abroad. Co-organizer and member of the Art Association "NURT". Organizer and curator of the Festival of Audiovisual Art "TETRAMATICS" (Lviv, 2013, 2015, 2017), Art Project "Sacred Space" (Lviv, 2012-2018, Ternopil, 2017), "Mental Game" (Poznan, Poland, 2016), «Mask. LEM ” (Lviv, 2016). Lives and works in Lviv.

Joanna Zemanek (PL)
1979, Łęki, Małopolska province (Poland)
Graduated from the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts (2005), where she obtained degrees in textile art and painting. She earned the degree of Habilitated Doctor of Fine Arts (2019). J. Zemanek is a recipient of the Visegrad Award (2018) and winner of the Polish Cultural Institute Award at the Textile Art of Today international triennial of textile art in Bratislava, Slovakia (2015). She was also named the best emerging artist at the International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź. Joanna works in such arias as painting, drawing, textile art, creates objects, installations, videos, and she is also a curator. Participant of many collective and personal exhibitions. Lives and works in Krakow.

Sofiia Kozlova (UA)
2000, Kamianske (Ukraine)
Sofiia studies at the Lviv National Academy of Arts at the Department of Contemporary Art Practices. Participant of the international plein-air in Toruń (2019, Poland), School of Performance (Lviv, 2019). Areas of interests - video, performance, installation. Lives and works in Lviv and Kamianske.

Ruslan Tremba (UA)
1980, Uzhhorod (Ukraine)
Graduated from the Lviv Academy of Arts, Department of Art Glass (2005). Ruslan worked in the studio of Valentin Raevsky (Kyiv), developed sketches for participation in the Venice Triennial of Tempered Glass, where the artist's work took third place (2002). Ruslan Tremba experiments with different materials - wood, canvas, paper, fabric, metal, ceiling. Creative practice covers a wide range of different arts: painting, stained glass, installation, object, digital art. He has participated in many exhibitions as part of the creative group "Esmarch's Mug", created in collaboration with fellow graduates of the Academy (2010). R. Tremba won the Grand Prix of the third international exhibition of graphics "Art Line" in Minsk (2010), and is also the winner of the festival Feldman Art Park'15 in the category "Painting" (2015). Participant of numerous group exhibitions, author of almost two dozen solo exhibitions in various cities of Ukraine, Italy and Montenegro. Lives and works in Uzhhorod.

Volodymyr Topii (UA)
1979, Sudova Vyshnia, Lviv region (Ukraine)
Graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts with a degree in Interior Design (2003). Scholarship holder of the "Gaude Polonia" program of the Polish Ministry of Culture. Works with painting, performance and installation. Since 2006 Volodymyr has solo and group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. He is a regular participant of Lviv art festivals "Days of Performance Art in Lviv", "Franco Mission" as well as international art festivals, including – Malamut (Ostrava, 2015); Pierre_feuille_ciseaux (Paris, 2015); ZAZ (Tel Aviv). Lives and works in Lviv.

Olexa Furdiyak (UA)
1962, Skalat, Ternopil region (Ukraine)
Graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts (1990 - 1996). Works with sculpture, installation and video. Since 1990 he participates in projects and exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. Selected exhibitions: "Shtolnia" (sculpture, installation, video), gallery "Dzyga" (Lviv, 2020); "Rituals" (sculpture, installation, video), Gallery! FEST, (Lviv, 2019); "Exhibition" (sculpture, installation), The Korsaks Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art (Lutsk, 2018); "Aurum places" (sculpture, installation), Zenko Gallery (Tatariv, 2018); "Show Promise" (sculpture, installation) Zenko Foundation / Palace of Arts (Lviv, 2017). Lives and works in Lviv.

Grzegorz Sztwiertnia (PL)
1968, Cieszyn (Poland)
Studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He graduated with honors under Professor Jerzy Nowosielski's supervision in 1992. Author of dozens of individual exhibitions and a participant of over one hundred exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He works in multiple disciplines: painting and drawing, sculpture and installation, new media, theory of art, photography and video. Currently he is a full professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He runs an interdisciplinary studio at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy and classes on the theory and practice of new media at the Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sącz. Grzegorz Sztwiertnia is a winner of many awards, among others: the Jan Cybis Award (2017) and the Gloria Artis Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture (2018). Lives and works in Krakow.

Vitalii Shupliak (UA)
1993, Berezhany (Ukraine)
Graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts, chair of sacred art (2014); as an exchange student studied in Poland at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, department of art, sculpture, and intermedia (2012 - 2013); graduated from the University of Arts in Poznan, Poland, department of art education (2014 - 2016), department of sculpture and spatial activities (2016 - 2018). Vitalii studied at the postgraduate program at the Braunschweig University of Art, Germany (2017 - 2019). In 2013 – 2014 was a member of the Carrousel group. Mostly works with video, installations, and spatial activities. Author of ten solo exhibitions and participant in more than eighty group exhibitions. Founder of “Pi” Gallery. Works and lives in Germany.

Anton Saienko (UA)
1989, Sumy (Ukraine)
Studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (2013 - 2019), Kyiv Academy of Media Arts (2009), Sumy Higher School of Arts and Culture named after Dmitro Bortniansky (2006 - 2009). Graduated from the customized course “Attention Space” provided by Method Fund. Works in the genres of painting, installation, land art, and performance. Winner of a special award of the MUKHi competition (2015). Lives and works in Kyiv.

Alexander Yudin (UA)
1971, Frolovo, Volgograd region (Russian)
Photographer, graphic artist, film director. Worked at the Mykolayiv Regional Academic Puppet Theater as an artist-butaphor, chief of the Butaphor department (1997-2007). From 1989 to 2007 Alexander participated in group exhibitions in St. Petersburg, Kherson, Mykolayv. Since 2010 he cooperates with the Centre of Cultural Development "Totem" (Kherson). Author and director of short films for which he developed his own screenplays and props. From 2010 to 2016 Alexander Yudin participated in international festivals, in particular in the Kyiv International Short Film Festival (2015); Blackbird Film Festival (2015, USA); Reggio Film Festival (2015, Italy) and others. His films have been shown in many countries – Ukraine, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Argentina, and Armenia and were awarded prizes. Lives and works in Kherson.

Curators:
Mykhaylo Barabash (UA)
1980, Ternopil (Ukraine)
An interdisciplinary artist works on the border of different genres: new media, installations, performance, painting, land art, graphic techniques. He studied at the Lviv National Academy of Arts. ). Two-time scholarship holder of the “Gaude Polonia” program of the Polish Ministry of Culture (2011, 2016). Co-organizer and member of the Art Association "NURT". Organizer and curator of the Festival of Audiovisual Art "TETRAMATICS" (Lviv, 2013, 2015, 2017), Art Project "Sacred Space" (Lviv, 2012-2018, Ternopil, 2017), "Mental Game" (Poznan, Poland, 2016), «Mask. LEM ” (Lviv, 2016). Lives and works in Lviv.

Daryna Skrynnyk-Myska(UA)
1980, Lviv, Ukraine
Curator, art critic, artist, PhD. Since 2018 - head of the Department of Contemporary Art Practices of Lviv National Academy of Arts, Ukraine. Participant of scientific conferences, round tables, discussions, scientific seminars. Author of scientific and journalistic articles. Co-curator of the project "Act of Reception-Transfer" (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, 2018), participant of the project "Days of Modernism in Lviv" (2016), participant of the project "Putzli" together with O. Lozynsky (gallery "Dzyga", 2017), member of the expert group to develop the concept of the Museum of Contemporary Art Korsakov (Lutsk, Ukraine, 2018). Co-curator of the II Biennale of Contemporary Young Art (Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019). Co-curator of the Art Project "Sacred Space IX. The Expulsion from Paradise ” (Lviv, Ukraine, 2020).