(*1993, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian artist, based in Berlin. He mainly works with video installation, painting and performance. Vitalii Shupliak explores the potential of free expression for the creation of new values, employing methods that permeate reality and virtuality, with a focus on migration, identity, and border issues.
Portfolio www.vitaliishupliak.com www.instagram.com/vitalii.shupliak/ vitalii.shupliak@gmail.com
Education 2017-19 Braunschweig University of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, postgraduate studies (Meisterschüler, Filmklasse), DE 2014-18 University of the Arts in Poznań, Faculty of Art Education, Faculty of Sculpture and Space Activities, PL 2012-13 Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Faculty of Painting, Faculty of Sculpture and Intermedia, PL 2010-14 Lviv National Academy of Arts, Faculty of Arts and Conservation of Art, Cathedral of Sacred Art, UA
Residencies / Stipends 2021-22 "Artist In Residency" (backsteinboot, Berlin), DE 2021 "Residents of the Universe" (YermilovCentre, Kharkiv), UA 2020 "Artsvit Gallery residency programme" (Artsvit Gallery, Dnipro), UA 2019 "Residency Programme" (IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kyiv), UA 2017 Scholarship Program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Gaude Polonia", PL
Awards 2024 "Oknoplast for art " (Honorable mention) (MOCAK Museum, Kraków), PL 2024 "Förderpreis Kunst+Stahl" (Award winner) (Hahner Technik, Peterberg), DE 2022 "15 IN OUT Festival" (Honorable mention) (Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk), PL 2021 "2 Minutes Short Film" (Award winner ex aequo) (34. Stuttgarter Filmwinters), DE 2018 "FilmFestSpezial" (Award winner) (Künstlerhaus, Hannover), DE 2018 "European Media Art Festival No 31" (Distinction "Best of") (Lagerhalle, Osnabrück), DE 2017 "12. InSPIRACJE "Breathtaking" ("The best project") (CSW "Trafo", Szczecin), PL
Selected individual exhibitions 2019 "Wearing out trousers" (IZONE, Kyiv), UA 2019 "Message to heaven" (Konsumverein, Braunschweig), DE 2018 "ID, please" (Rodriguez Gallery, as part of the Malta festival, Poznań), PL 2017 "Signals" (Vozdvizhenka Arts House, Kyiv), UA 2014 "Practical Action" ("Detenpyla" Gallery, Lviv), UA
Selected group exhibitions and film festivals 2023 "About Sharing. Art on the border" (National Museum, Poznań), PL 2023 "Fading Into Eigengrau" (Kesselhaus KINDL, Berlin), DE 2023 "(In)dependencies" (Museum Villa Stuck, Munich), DE 2023 "Art - Weapon" (Alte Münze, Berlin), DE 2022 "ENTER_NATURE" (Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin), DE 2022 "MITbeSTIMMEn" (Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin), DE
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