Vlodko Kaufman


Vlodko Kaufman is a Ukrainian artist of German descent, painter, graphic artist and performer. He is the author of many art projects, and participant in solo and group exhibitions.
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Biography

Vlodko Kaufman was born on March 2, 1957, in Karaganda, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. He studied at the Lviv School of Applied and Decorative Arts named after Ivan Trush in 1974–1978. He studied at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute, majoring in architecture in 1978-1980. Kaufman received first prize, in painting, "Autumn Meetings" from Lviv Art Gallery in 1986. He worked in the variety theater "Don't be sad!" as artist in residence in 1988. In 1989-1993, he was a member of the art society "The Way" and participated in its group exhibitions in Lviv, Kharkiv, Lublin and Kraków.
In 1992, he was the main artist of the "Vyvyh" festival. In 1993, he was the main artist of the festival "Ukrainian Youth of Christ". In 1993, he became a co-founder of the artistic association "Dzyga". He was its art director. In 1993, he presented the opening "Letters to Earthlings, or the Eighth Seal" in the Lviv Art Gallery, as well as the exhibition and installation "Incomprehensible Ruin".
In 2005-2006, his painting "Disposal of Nostalgia*" was installed in "Dzyza".
He became a co-founder of the Institute of Modern Art in 2007. In 2008, the performances "Home Excursion" and "Sacred Poltva" as part of the "Art-Depot" project, the performance "Declaration of Emptiness" as part of the "GogolFest" festival, performance and video art in the clockwork of the Drohobytsk Town Hall as part of the III Bruno Schultz International Festival "Performance in Clock", installation, performance "B. N." within the framework of the Week of Actual Art. He actively collaborated with the Lviv Academic Theater named after Lesya Kurbas, the National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after M. Zankovetska, the First Ukrainian Theater for Children and Youth, the National Academic Theater named after I. Franko.
He was the curator of the "Week of Current Art" project in 2008-2009 and curator of the parallel program of the First International Art Festival "Fort. Missia" in 2009.
In 2009, he presented the performance "Shachivnytsia" as part of the "L2" project, as well as during the Contemporary Art Week in Lviv. Installed graphics "Bird therapy" in "Dzyza".

Works

Personal projects

Listi do Zemlyan abo Vosma Pechat, happening, Lviv Art GalleryNezbagnenna ruynatsіya, exhibition and installation, Lviv Art GalleryDzerkalny korop, happening, Znesinnia Park Den narodzhennya, happening, The Gunpowder Tower Їzha, performance, art studio of Emmanuil Mysko Komedіya ekstazu, performance, Dzyga Culture and Art Center klub-kav'yarnya "Vavіlon KhKh…", kitsch, Ukrayina Cinema Center Retrospektsіya, performance and installation, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Versії napovnennya, installation, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Povernennya Іkara, art-mix, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Shchodennik, with Natalka Shimin, performance and installation, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Chas-konstanta. Vіdeo І, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Second Hand. Vіdeo ІІ, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Lapannya chasu. Vіdeo ІІІ, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Tse shche ne svoboda…, art-provocation of the streets of Lviv; video, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Dzerkalny khrest, exhibition and installation, Dzyga Culture and Art Center І ti Bruno…, exhibition and installation, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Mekhanіchna anatomіya zvuku, performance, installation and object, The Gunpowder Tower Gra v gru, polygraphic project, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Tekhnologіya chuynostі, installed painting, Dzyga Culture and Art Center and Sensus Vesna bez nazvi, exhibition and performance, Young Spectator's Theatre U fokusі snu, performance and installation, club-gallery K-11 Pam'yatі Dyushampa, performance, club-cafe Lialka Tsitati dlya gnіzd, installed graphics, objects and photographs, club-gallery K-11 ; in 2005 was played in the club-gallery Alchemia and in 2006 in the Dzyga Culture and Art Center Padіnnya polyotu, performance and video art, first part in Stryiskyi Park, second part in gallery L-art ; in 2005 was played in KrakówUtilіzatsіya nostalgії, installed painting, Dzyga Culture and Art Center, in cafe Pіd klepsidroiu Karpatorozdіl, installed painting, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Pobutova ekskursіya, performance, part of Art-Depo project Svyashchenna Poltva, installation, part of Art-Depo project Deklaratsіya porozhnechі, performance, part of GogolFest festival Vistava v godinniku, performance and video art inside the clock mechanism of the city hall building in Drohobych, as part of the 3rd International Bruno Schulz FestivalB. N., performance and installation, Week of Contemporary Art Shakhіvnitsya, performance, part of the project L2 and Week of Contemporary Art Ptakhoterapіya, installed graphics, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Chas ribi, performance, festival Shultsfest-2010 Sproba peredchuttya, installation, First International Art Festival Fort. Missia B. N., performance, Week of Contemporary Art

Group projects

  • Group exhibitions 1989–1993) of the Shliaj art group in Lviv, Kharkiv, Lublin and Krakow
  • Main artist in festival ViViKh-92
  • Main artist in festival Ukraїnska molod – Khristovі
  • Main artist in the tour of contemporary Ukrainian music Svoboda Viboru throughout Ukraine
  • Main artist in festival of Ukrainian culture in Przemysl, Poland
  • Scenography, together with Natalka Shimin, of the theater production Apokrifi, directed by Volodymyr Kuchynskyi, Les Kurbas Theatre Perfosalon, Dzyga Culture and Art Center
  • Group exhibition of Lviv artists Vlasny dosvіd, exhibition of paintings
  • Scenography, together with Natalka Shimin, Antonina Denisiuc y Serhiy Sinitsyn, of the play Tretє tisyacholіttya, Lviv Palace of ArtsDifraktsіya tekstu, all-Ukrainian artists' book exhibition, Dzyga Culture and Art Center
  • Main artist in the international art project Ґrandi Mistetstva, Lviv Theatre of Opera and BalletPrividi іkon - Ekologіya-2003, art laboratory, Experimental Ceramic and Sculptural Factory Velike Brunove gnіzdo, Pam'yatnik Danilovі Galitskomu and other, project Novy Noїv kovcheg, art laboratory in Sida hamlet Mіlіtarny sentiment, installation, Mova Festival, Dzyga Culture and Art Center
  • Scenography of the play Nash Taras, directed by Roman Valko, Yuri Drohobych Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater Donumenta, festival of Ukrainian culture
  • Scenography of the play Art, directed by Vadym Sikorskyi, Maria Zankovetska Theatre Padіnnya polyotu, performance and video art, project Utopіya, gallery L-art Josef Beuys, installation, project Dіti Boysa, Dzyga Culture and Art Center Paralelі Znakіv, Easter installations, Dzyga Culture and Art Center
  • Scenography of the play Ukr. shchastya, directed by Roman Valko, Young Spectator's Theatre Narkіs, art space directed by Volodymyr Kuchynskyi, Les Kurbas Theatre B. N., object, 2nd Symposium Ekologіya-Z000, Chas zbirati kamіnnya, abandoned austrian underground warehouses
  • Scenography of the play Ochіkuyuchi na Godo…, art space directed by Oleksiy Kravchuk, Les Kurbas Theatre Posered Rayu na maydanі, art space directed by Volodymyr Kuchynskyi, Ivan Franko National [Academic Drama Theater] MA – NA – HAT – TA, directed by Volodymyr Kuchynskyi, Les Kurbas Theatre Transformatsіya avangardu, performance, together with Serhiy Savchenko and Yuriy Yaremchuk, Lublin reANIMATION, Lviv Art Gallery
  • Exhibition Lvіv, project Who is Lviv, New Synagogue IDEA, performance, IV European Festival of Performing Arts War and 2nd Days of Performance Art in KyivTeplotrasa, object, VI Bienalle of Experimental Textile Textile Frenzy Amnezіya, abo Malenkі podruzhnі zlochini, art space by Eric-Emanuel Schmitt, director de escena Volodymyr Kuchynskyi, Les Kurbas Theatre Dvі kvіtki kolyoru іndigo, video sequence directed by Oleksandr Bіlozub, Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater
  • Curator of project Tizhden aktualnogo mistetstva in Week of Contemporary Art from 2008 and 2009 Ekoteatr, installation, OPEN CITY International Festival
  • Curator of supporting program of 1st International Art Festival Fort. Missia
  • Curator of the triennial Ukrainian Cross-Section
  • Triennial of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Flashback. Ukrainian Media Art of the 1990s, Mystetskyi Arsenal