Kurmaz Sasha

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Untitled 160x106.7 cm, paper, printed on photo paper, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2013
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Kurmaz Sasha
Date of birth: 1986
Place of residence: Kyiv

Sasha Kurmaz was born in 1986 in Kyiv.

He graduated in design from the National Academy of Culture and Arts in 2008, following studies at the Kyiv Electromechanical College. He began his artistic career as a graffiti artist in the early 2000s, later expanding into photography, video, performance, and public interventions.

His notable works include Vain Youth(2010), Target, Wasted Youth, and Tools of Resistance—a documentary series on the Maidan protests. He received the C/O Berlin Talent Award in 2016, the Kazimir Malevich Art Award in 2020, and the Grand Prix at Images Vevey in 2023.

His work has been exhibited at C/O Berlin, PinchukArtCentre, Saatchi Gallery, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw), among other international venues.

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