Kateryna Lysovenko

b. 1989

Katerina Lisovenko received classical art education at the Odesa Art College and then at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv. Additionally, she completed a course in Contemporary Art at KAMA. Lisovenko's artistic language began with the inheritance of the socialist realist tradition, which later transformed through active recontextualization. In her practice, she explores the themes of power, ideology, and the transitional state from the Soviet to the contemporary era. Her works often feature the image of the victim, regardless of the topic she chooses - the dominance of the art academy, right-wing violence, religious persecution, or harassment. With the onset of the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine, these themes became more pronounced and acquired new meanings. Before the war, Lisovenko lived in Kyiv; later she relocated to Austria. In her recent works, she focuses on the victims of the war, believing that human lives should not be reduced to statistics.