WAR ON MY CANVAS Anton Shebetko, EtchingRoom1, En Rozen, Niek Verschoor 16 March - 13 April 2024
Introduction to the artists by Marianna Djulay, Curator and Director of “Kastanje”, Dutch-Ukrainian cultural centre
Opening by Liliya Levandovska, Ukrainian activist working at Radboud University, coordinator of the Nijmegen4Ukraine initiative.
And in the presence of Andrew Unstoppable (Andriy Siromakha) War On My Canvas is an exhibition of four artists whose work and life has been invaded by the current Russian war against Ukraine.
Anton Shebetko, EtchingRoom1, En Rozen and Niek Verschoor show in direct or more subtle images the impact the Russian attacks in Ukraine are having on their work as artists.
Anton Shebetko (he/him) is a Ukranian artist, photographer, curator and writer from Kyiv who lives and works in Amsterdam. His work focuses on the issues facing the LGBTQ+ community in Ukraine, themes as memory, loss of identity, multiplicity of history, and the role that photography and archival materials play in revealing these stories.
EtchingRoom1 is the artistic group founded in 2016 by two graphic artists Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova in Kyiv, Ukraine. Based in Berlin, the artists work in etching and also create mosaics and installations.
En Rozen is a Kyiv-based musician, visual artist and writer. She previously worked independently in these three fields but has recently come to see them as one, interacting in the same reality. We will be showing a video compilation of her work.
Niek Verschoor, in his multi-media works, investigates and researches violence, and the threat of violence in our society, and commemorates its victims.
Exhibition curated by Suzanne Biederberg and Niek Verschoor Coordinator Niek Verschoor