Alisa Lozhkina

Alisa Lozhkina
Born (1981-07-24) July 24, 1981
Kyiv, Ukraine
OccupationsArtist, Art historian, curator, art critic, writer
Notable workThe Art of Ukraine (Thames & Hudson, 2024)
Websitealisalozhkina.com

Alisa Lozhkina (Ukrainian: Ложкіна Аліса В’ячеславівна) is a California-based artist, art historian, curator, critic, and writer, known for her research on modern and contemporary art. She is the author of The Art of Ukraine, published in the World of Art series by Thames & Hudson in 2024.

Biography

Lozhkina was born on 24 July 1981 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She graduated from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in 2008, and then studied in Moscow in 2012-2013. She began her career as an art critic and curator in Ukraine.[1] Lozhkina was editor‑in‑chief of the magazine Art Ukraine from 2010 to 2016.[1][2] She was a deputy director and chief curator at Mystetskyi Arsenal from 2013 to 2017 as well.[3][4]

Lozhkina is also a practising artist aside from curatorial and scholarly works. Her website presents a body of work that includes digital art, painting, textile sculptures, and mixed-media projects.[5]

Work

Artistic and curatorial activity

Lozhkina has curated and co-curated major exhibitions promoting Ukrainian art internationally, including: Permanent Revolution: Ukrainian Art Now at Ludwig Museum, Budapest (2018), Between Fire and Fire: Contemporary Art from Ukraine at Semperdepot / Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (2019–2020).[3][1]

Lozhkina played a key role as part of the curatorial team behind the Pompidou Centre's contemporary Ukrainian art initiative, "Ukraine: Contemporary Donation", described as an international effort involving Ukrainian curators, including Lozhkina, Solovyev, and Barshynova. She also participated in a related round table at the Kandinsky Library moderated by curators from the Centre Pompidou.[6][7]

In 2022, Lozhkina debuted her exhibition Beast of War/Bird of Hope—a curatorial response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine—at the Aspen Institute in Colorado.[8][9] The show traveled the following year to Washington, D.C., where it was presented at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Other notable projects include I Am a Drop in the Ocean: Art of the Ukrainian Revolution and Long Path to Freedom. In 2023 she presented Ukrainian contemporary art at Beaux-Arts de Paris during Week-end de l'Est.[10]

Other

Her book The Art of Ukraine was released in 2024 by Thames & Hudson as part of the World of Art series, covering the history of Ukrainian art from the early 20th century to the present.[2]

She also wrote Permanent Revolution: Art in Ukraine, XX to early XXI century, first published in Ukrainian by ArtHuss and later translated into French, with presentations at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.[3]

Lozhkina is also the author of a Ukrainian translation of the ancient Indian poem Devi Mahatmya (The Glory of the Goddess), providing translation, commentary, and illustrations for the edition. The design concept for the publication was created by designer Anna K.[5]

Her April 2022 essay in Texte zur Kunst, "We Are Only Seen When We Die", explores art in wartime and positions Lozhkina as both critic and creator.[11]

In Artnet, her curatorship of "I Am a Drop in the Ocean" at Künstlerhaus Wien is discussed, emphasizing her close engagement with artists active during the Maidan uprising.[12]

Lozhkina has lectured extensively at major academic and cultural institutions including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, MoMA, and others, discussing Ukrainian art, decolonial identity, and cultural resistance.[13]

She published "A Suitcase, a Candle, and a Hammer: Ukrainian Artists Face the Russian Invasion" in the Los Angeles Review of Books, reflecting on the artistic responses to conflict in Ukraine.[14]

Books

  • The Art of Ukraine (World of Art series). London – New York: Thames & Hudson, 2024.
  • Devi Māhātmya: Greatness of the Goddess. Sanskrit text translated, illustrated, and annotated by Alisa Lozhkina. Kyiv: Ruslan Khalikov Publishing House, 2024.
  • Une révolution permanente, 1880–2020: l’art ukrainien contemporain et ses racines. Paris: Nouvelles Éditions Place, 2020.
  • Permanent Revolution: Art in Ukraine from the 20th to the Early 21st Century. Kyiv: ArtHuss, 2021.
  • Space Within: Naïve and Outsider Art in Ukraine and the World. Edited by Alisa Lozhkina. Kyiv: ArtBook, 2020.
  • Art Work Reader. Edited by Alisa Lozhkina. Kyiv: Mystetskyi Arsenal Publishing, 2018.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Пухарев, П. О. (12 December 2016). "Ложкіна Аліса В'ячеславівна". Енциклопедія Сучасної України (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Alisa Lozhkina". Thames & Hudson. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Alisa Lozhkina". Academia.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Alisa Lozhkina". Harvard Divinity School. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Alisa Lozhkina – Official Website". alisalozhkina.com. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Major Ukrainian art Bequest Enters the Pompidou Centre". Art Focus Now. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Soirée « Ukraine, Une donation contemporaine »". Bibliothèque Kandinsky/Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Beast of War/Bird of Hope: A Note from Curator Alisa Lozhkina". Aspen Institute. September 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Aspen Institute hosts Ukraine art exhibit through October". Aspen Daily News. August 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Week-end de l'Est: Alisa Lozhkina". Beaux-Arts de Paris. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "We Are Only Seen When We Die: Notes on the War and Art in Ukraine". Texte zur Kunst. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Protest Art From Kiev's Independence Square Goes up in Vienna". Artnet News. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Presentations & Talks – including Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute". Svitlana Biedarieva's site / Harvard events list. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "AlisaLozhkina contributor page, LARB". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

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