Artem Volokitin is one of the brightest and the most active representatives of the Ukrainian contemporary young artists generation. His high level of creativity was multiple times apprised by the professionals at the Ukrainian National as well as the international competitions.
Born on April 24, 1981, in the city of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine. In 2005 he graduated from Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. He lives and works in Kharkiv and Kyiv.
Major Awards:
2011 – Future Generation Art Prize, Venice, Palazzo Popadoppoli
2011- nominee for the Future Generation Art Prize
2010 – training in the workshop of Antony Gormley, London, United Kingdom
2009 – main award of PinchukArtCentre
2008 – winner of the youth art projects festival Non Stop Media, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2007- first rank winner of the Visual Arts Competition “Eidos 2006-2007”, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2006 – Grand Prix of the youth art projects festival Non Stop Media, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Major Exhibitions:
2014
“Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now», Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
“Art Vilnius’ 2014”, Lithuanian Exhibition Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Fear and Hope”, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Motherland”, art center of Korobchynskyi, Odessa, Ukraine
Collection Platform, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Probability Theory”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
International Symposium of Modern Art “Biriuchyi 014”, Biriuchyi Island, Ukraine
“New Ukrainian Dream”, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Ukrainian Landscape”, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Carpets”, within the framework of Non Stop Media, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Motherland”, Focus magazine project, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Cinema”, within the framework of Odessa Cinema Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Odessa, Ukraine
“Source of Pride 2”, Yermilov Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Art Voyage”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
2013
“Modern Ukrainian Artists”, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Collection Platform, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
International Symposium of Modern Art “Biriuchyi 013”, Biriuchyi Island, Ukraine
“Industrial Eden”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Presentation of Non Stop Media, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
“Beauty”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Source of Pride”, Yermilov Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Manipulation”, personal project, Khudpromo gallery, Odessa, Ukraine
“Weakness”, within the framework of the 3rd Odessa Biennale of Contemporary Art, Khudpromo gallery, Odessa, Ukraine
“Inner Light”, personal project, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Subtraction”, personal project, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Exit”, ice media objects in the city center, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2012
Collection Platform, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
Art Kyiv Contemporary, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
Construction, Yermilov Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Collection Platform, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Arsenale 2012”, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Absolute Black Body”, media objects in the city environment, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Kharkiv Stop Station”, Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Landscapes”, Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Social Euphoria”, Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011
Collection Platform, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
Art Kyiv Contemporary, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
“New Old Artists”, Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
“New Old Artists “, National Gallery of Art, Lviv, Ukraine
Future Generation Art Prize @ Venice, Palazzo Papadopoli, Venice, Italy
“Mr. Gold”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Independent”, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Heavy Artillery”, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2010
“Entrance Exit”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Bebibum”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Якщо/Если/If”, PERMM, Perm, Russia
“At Home”, Municipal Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Folk Relevant. Landscape”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009
“Mini Art”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
Exhibition of 20 nominees for the Award of PinchukArtCentre. Main Award
“Folk Relevant. Portrait”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Hero”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Fence”, HoholFEST, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Hero”, within the framework of the Week of Actual Art, Dzyha Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
“Tuning”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
“New Art from Ukraine 7”, ARTVILNIUS 09, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Touch”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2008
“Paper/not paper”, Art Kyiv Contemporary, Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Mixture”, Ya Gallery Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Sisters”, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Content” within the framework of the festival HoholFEST, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Carpets and Combinatorics” within the framework of the festival Non Stop Media, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Golden Section”, Poznan, Poland
“Content” – Grand Prix of the International Exhibition of Modern Painting “Kolorfеst”, Minsk, Belarus
2007
“Youngsters” – the first rank winner of the Visual Arts Competition “Eidos 2006-2007”
“Around the Sun”, Kharkiv State Art Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2006
“Within the format” – the first rank winner of the festival Non Stop Media, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2004
“Exercises” within the framework of the festival Non Stop Media, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2003
“Meeting” within the framework of the festival Non Stop Media, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Poster. Question” within the framework of the festival Non Stop Media, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine