Перформанс «Red Crossing» на PQ 2019. Автор: Нік Тобієр. Фотограф: Войтех Бртніцький. We are starting the new year with active work. As always, we are open to communication, partnerships and constructive suggestions. Today, we are pleased to announce that the Scenography Gallery will organise and present the Ukrainian Student Pavilion at one of the two main exhibitions of the international Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design 2027 . ‘Absence and silence as spaces of pote

31 October at 17:00 at the National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery"   will host a presentation of the exhibition The Kyiv School Triennial of Stage Design named after Danylo Lider. The exhibition will present the creative work of more than 20 Ukrainian set designers of different generations, which has been implemented over the past three years in domestic and foreign theatres. The exhibition will feature models, sketches, costumes, and photos of performances that were staged in the

Oleh Tatarynov (born 1978) is a set designer, painter, student of Danilo Lider, and long-time curator of the D. Lider Triennial of Set Design. His name is associated with a number of landmark theatre projects implemented throughout Ukraine. In 1996, he graduated from the Taras Shevchenko State Art School. He continued his studies at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, where he studied painting and scenography in the workshops of Danylo Lider and Alla Kyrychen

Lyudmyla Nahorna  (born in 1958) — theatre artist, painter, master of scenography and theatre costume design. She also works in the field of spatial textiles and easel painting. Her works have repeatedly represented Ukraine at national and international art exhibitions. In the performing arts, Lyudmila Nahorna skilfully combines a deep understanding of national drama with a subtle artistic vision of the stage image. She received her art education at the Taras Shevchenko Repub

Asya Kozina  (born in 1984) — artist, sculptor, designer. She works in a unique author's technique of paper sculpture and paper relief. She was born in the Dnipropetrovsk region. From early childhood, she felt drawn to art, which led her to the Cherkasy Children's Art School, which she graduated from in 1999. She later continued her studies at Khmelnytskyi National University, where she earned a master's degree in the Faculty of Fine and Decorative Arts. Her talent was recogn

Maria Pohrebnyak  (born in 1984)   — set designer, theatre costume designer and puppet theatre artist, member of UNIMA-Ukraine. Her creative work includes set designs for leading theatres in Kyiv and Ukraine, as well as participation in art exhibitions and projects. In particular, at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design in 2023 ( Ukrainian Pavilion  " Garden of Living Things " ). She graduated from the Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Tel

The exhibition features photographs of theatrical costumes by both prominent Ukrainian artists of the 20th century and contemporary...

📅 Exhibition dates:  27 September – 5 October 2025 📍 Loka tion:   Main Post Office Building, 1 Slovats'koho Street (entrance from...

📅 Exhibition:  26 September – 12 October 2025 📍 Loka tion:   Experimental stage "Lviv Opera: The Painter" The exhibition "The...

📅 Exhibition dates:  26 September – 9 October 2025 📍 Location:   Gallery of the Dzyga Art Centre 26 September   in the gallery of the...

Poetry reading by Maryna Ponomarenko, harpsichord performance by Varvara Turta. Composer Sofia Baibakova, concept author and costume designer Bohdan Polishchuk. *** If Peter Bruegel had lived in Troyeshchyna I would wake up in the morning and have my mother-in-law's stuffed cabbage rolls for breakfast. I would snack on pickled cucumbers or sour cherries. I looked out the window. I saw hunters going out into the snow. They are so bristly, sleepy, confused They walk th

🗓 Cars:  September 28 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 📍 Location:  Main Post Office Building, 1 Slovats'koho Street (entrance from Kopernika Street) The "Set Designer's Workshop for Children" at the Main Post Office Building brought together young participants who, with the support of the "Free and Caring" School of Arts, created their own interpretations of stage images. The event showed that scenography can be accessible even to the youngest children, helping them to develop a sens

Participants in the discussion: Artur Buzenko is a theatre photographer from Lviv, theatre "Word and Voice" , author of the project "Noise"   (2023), participant in Ukrainian and international exhibitions. Daria Bedernychek is a Lviv-based photographer who works with portraits, boudoir and theatre. She is the author of the projects "100 Self-Portraits in 100 Days" ,  "rozKAZHI" , and a laureate of the Lviv City Council award (2021). Anastasia Khlibnyk is a photographer and jo

Director Oleh Oneshchak, composer Maria Verbyana, set designer: Oleksandra Nahirna. Starring: Oleh Oneshchak and Maria Verbyana This is not just a performance — it is a story about those who are fighting for our future, and at the same time an artistic way of expressing gratitude to our defenders. "Friend"   is a unique volunteer project by director Oleh Oneshchak and composer Maria Verbyana. It is based on the poetry of outstanding Ukrainian authors of the 20th century: Yevh

🗓 When:  27 September 13:00 – 15:00 📍 Location:  Zenyk Art Gallery (third floor), 7 Shota Rustaveli Street Keynote speakers: Jürgen Münzer  (Austria), installation and performance artist, sculptor Birutė Ukrainate (Lithuania), set designer, costume designer Daria Litvinenko (Ukraine/Austria), interdisciplinary artist Anna Turlo (Ukraine/Czech Republic), director Ruslana Basenko (Ukraine/Czech Republic), set designer Bohdan Polischuk  (Ukraine), artist, director, curator of

School Curator:  artist   Natalia Rydvanetska School theme:  historical costume, its stylisation and interpretation; costume as a component of scenography ( Participants selected through open call ) Autumn School: Day 1 On the first day, artist Natalia Rydvanetska gave two lectures on historical costume. Using examples from her own work — sketches and photographs of costumes in performances — she shared her experience of collaborating with various literary texts, directors an

🗓 When:  26 September at 4 p.m. 📍 Location:  Zenyk Art Gallery (third floor), 7 Shota Rustaveli Street 📸 Photographs by Khrystyna Korol.

On 26 September, a double event took place in the foyer of the Maria Zankovetska National Theatre: the presentation of a special issue of Proscenium dedicated to the art of scenography and the opening of the Scenographer exhibition to mark the 95th anniversary of Myron Kyprian  – an artist who designed more than 350 performances and worked as the theatre's chief artist for 56 years. The second floor of the theatre displays models of stage designs, sketches, drawings, and cost

🗓 When:  26 September, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 📍 Location:  Les Kurbas Academic Theatre (Stage), Les Kurbas Street Master class on the basics of theatre lighting — from theory to practice: "Let's talk about light, let's talk with light!" About the speaker: Svitlana Zmeeva is a photographer and lighting artist. She graduated from the Kyiv Technological Institute with a degree in Advertising Photography and Photo Production. She has worked in portrait and theatre photography a

🗓 When:  26 September at 10:30 – 11:30  📍 Location:  9 Valova Street On 26 September at 10:30 a.m. at the Faculty of Culture and Arts of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv a meeting was held – a public discussion with student set designers and teachers from art institutions as part of the Lviv Quadriennael of Scenography 2025 . The event was attended by students from leading art academies: National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (NAOMA), Kyiv National University