Alevtina Kakhidze was born 1973 in Zhdanivka, Donetsk region, USSR. She is based in Muzychi, Ukraine, 26 kilometers from the city capital of Kyiv. Having grown up in the Donetsk region of Ukraine (since 1991), known for coal mining, she has experienced Ukraine’s abrupt and chaotic changes from the days of the USSR to the imbalanced environment after, including undeclared war between Russia and Ukraine that is going on today. Her practice encompasses performance, drawing, time-based media, curation and collaborative works and investigates complex issues from consumerism to plant culture, and from feminism to life in conflict zones.
Alevtina Kakhidze attended the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kyiv (1999-2004) and the Jan van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands (2004-2006). She is United Nations Tolerance Envoy in Ukraine since 2018, the Kazimir Malevich Artist Award winner in 2008, first prize winner of the Competition for Young Curators and Artists, Kyiv, Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA in 2002.
Participant of international and Ukrainian artistic exhibition projects:
- AboutCopyRights, Auction House Korners, Kyiv, 2020
- News: Room For Improving future, Room 46, Aarhus, Denmark, 2020
- Let The garden Be Without War, America House, Kyiv, 2019
- Room For Improved Futures: Adult Garden, Room 46, Aarhus, Denmark, 2018
- I Still Draw about Love, Plant and Things, Bozar, Brussels, 2017
- TV Studios / Rooms Without Doors, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, 2014
