Independent curator, collider, researcher based in Zürich.
Practice:My practice bases on the belief that significant transformations are only possible with conscious work with an unknown, holistic overview, personal involvement and responsibility, trust and partnership.
Research:The "matter of creativity", conscious work with the unknown, exploration of individual qualities, synchronisation with the impact of collective actions. The challenges, bases and conditions of horizontal leadership, partnership for sustainable social transformations.
Since 2015, I have been a curator of collective design exhibitions in frameworks design weeks such as Bologna Design Week, Paris Design Week and Milan Design Week.
In 2018 in partnership with Sana Moreau, founded the Ukrainian Design Brands project which has become the debut export platform for the entire sector of Ukraine’s creative economy in the field of furniture design at international exhibition Maison&Object (Paris).
In 2021 together with the neurophilosopher Olga Duda, on the base her author's method Open Circle (multidimensional methodology at the intersection of sciences) we launched the Design Future Practice project, which formed the basis of the next programme, Design of Future and following next the Design of Changes.
In 2022 I continued my research already in Switzerland. During Dec '22 and Jan ’23 I developed the concept and conducted LAB 1 - a series of workshops aimed at understanding the radius of human gravity/impact on the surrounding world and testing to design-modelling the Future.
In 2023, together with designer and head of NGO Design4Ukraine Jaroslaw Belinski in framework Zurich Design Weeks launched the Kyiv Design Week (KDW) design festival. The first edition took place simultaneously in two countries - Switzerland and Ukraine. The second edition KDW in 2024 created the design- bridges between Kyiv - Paris - Zurich.
Education:Master Curatorial Studies at ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), Zürich, Switzerland (2022 - 2024)
Bachelor International Environmental Cooperation at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine (2005 - 2008)
AZHIO College of Economics and Business Management, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998 -1999)

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