The exhibition “I am a problem here.?” is open at the M17 CAC!

On October 16, 2025, M17 Contemporary Art Center opened the exhibition project “I am a problem here.?”. The exhibition brings together contemporary Ukrainian women artists from different generations and regions, both those who remain in Ukraine and those who now reside abroad.

The project explores the experiences of women in today’s reality and within the context of war, as well as the challenges surrounding their presence in society and culture today. The exhibition project is curated by Maria Kulikovska.

“This exhibition is about the inner, emotional state — about fragility and vulnerability, yet also about strength, resilience, and the ability to continue living. It is a collective whisper about something personal, dense, embodied: like soft skin and fur, like fragile earthen clay, born from an honest perception of the world. It does not seek to answer the question of who suffers more.

It is not about confrontation, but about the intimate, the unspoken — what is often hard to voice aloud. Fleshly, bodily, uncomfortable, yet real. Something that remains painfully relevant.” – Maria Kulikovska, curator of the “I am a problem here.?” exhibition project

“This is not our first collaboration with Maria Kulikovska — previously she took part in the M17 exhibitions as an artist. We are delighted she has responded to our invitation to curate and to create the first exhibition at M17 composed entirely of women’s voices.

For us, it is important to emphasise: we do not single out artists by gender or grant women a ‘special status’. We implemented this project because we believe that a female perspective allows us to see the situation, emotions, and vulnerability differently. It is a way of speaking about the present not through facts and numbers, not through the chronicle of events we encounter in the news, but through the experiences, expressions, and testimonies of women artists.” – Natalia Shpytkovska, Director of M17 Contemporary Art Center

Artists of the project: AntiGonna, Diana Berh, Svitlana Biedarieva, Julia Beliaeva, Oksana Briukhovetska, Dasha Chechushkova, Polina Choni, Olena Dombrovska, Margo Dubovska, Ksenia Hnylytska, Alevtina Kakhidze, Daria Khozhai, Kinderseele, Alina Kopytsia, Anastasiia Kulik, Maria Kulikovska, Nina Laguta, Anastasiia Leliuk, Kateryna Lisova, Liuba Malikova, Maria Matiashova, Daria Molokoiedova, Polina Moroz, Sevilâ Nariman-qızı, Orlan, Alina Prokopenko, Masha Reva, Richka, Rina Riha, Anna Serzhant, Polina Shcherbyna, Tania Shcheglova, Maryna Skuharieva, Olga Stein, Yevheniia Sydorenko, Karina Synytsia, Maryna Talutto, Tamara Turliun, Anastasiia Tymoshenko, V (anonymous artist), Emine Ziyatdin.

Learn more about the project

The exhibition is supported by Adamovskiy Foundation.

M17 Work Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 AM – 8 PM (closed on Mondays).

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Admission with a ticket

The public programme will include guided curatorial tours, lectures, reviews, performances, and artist talks.