Yana Bachynska/Jan Bačynsjkyj

Yana Bachynska/Jan Bačynsjkyj (b. 1991) is a Ukrainian artist and curator working with film, text, and textile. His practice focuses on memory, disappearing cultural heritage, and the reconfiguration of personal and collective narratives under conditions of instability. He is particularly interested in how intimate materials and historical references operate as witnesses to continuity and endurance across generations. Jan is a co-founder of Queer.War.Archive

Residency dates: 1. 2. – 26. 2. 2026

RESIDENCY PROJECT 

During the residency, Jan will work on the preparation of a large-scale installation intended for the Biennale Matter of Art. The project brings together multiple works created between 2022 and 2026 during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including textile bas-reliefs and textual fragments. Conceived as a single spatial composition, the installation reflects on continuity, fragmentation, and the persistence of personal and collective narratives over time.

EDUCATION

2019    MA in multimedia at the Academy of Art in Szczecin (PL)

2013    MA in philosophy at the National University of Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv (UA)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025    Joy, Garbage, Resurrection, Polana Institute (PL)

2024    A privileged refugee, Trafostacja Sztuki w Szczecinie (PL)

2023    Pantheon of fleeing Spirits, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
2022    PinchukArtCentre Prize, The PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (UA)

2022    Marseille Festival of Documentary Film, Marseille, (FR)
2021    Peršyj Lvivskyj Kvir, Lviv Municipal Art Center, Lviv (UA)

2020    New Future, Industra Gallery, Brno (CZ)

2019    Zukunftsvisionen, Görlitz (DE)

2017    The Kyiv International – Kyiv Biennial 2017 (UA)