Olia Fedorova
Born in 1994 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. A multidisciplinary conceptual artist who works with performance, photography, video, and text. In 2016, she graduated from Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts. Finalist of “Non Stop Media VIII” Contemporary Art Festival (Kharkiv, 2016); Nathan Altman Contemporary Visual Art Contest finalist (Vinnytsia, 2016) and winner (Vinnytsia, 2017); MUHi (Young Ukrainian Artists) finalist (Kyiv, 2017), Second Biennale of Ukraine’s Young Art finalist (Kharkiv, 2019). Had solo exhibitions in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipro, Odessa, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine), Turin (Italy) and Graz (Austria). Participated in art residencies, group exhibitions and projects in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Spain, Argentina, Japan, USA and other. Temporary based in Graz, Austria.
My work is focused on research and interaction with the environment being a semantic space. Gently interfering with it, I observe how the environment welcomes my presence (or not), whether it changes due to my actions in real life and in the eyes of an outside viewer. Also I engage in writing as a physical, meditative and (self) therapeutic practice.



“When I was writing these words I was thinking about all those people, including myself, from whom russia stole their best years. How many young and beautiful Ukrainians now have to sacrifice their lives while fighting and saving the lives of others.”