ART UKRAINE presents the 2011 TOP-100 most influencial people in contemporary Ukrainian art-scene.

For this project we invited many experts and professionals – people who throughout the entire year have kept their hand on the pulse of Ukrainian art life. Some of the results were quite unexpected; some of  the members of the expert committee have even themselves made it into the rating. And this is not surprising taking into account the level of Ukraine’s cultural and art infrastructure’s development and the size of the local art-community.

Ratings are always questionable and their results are very often influenced by collective subjectivity, but nonetheless they are an important part of the art-process. So without further ado we present our TOP-100 of people, who in 2011 have taken an active part in development of Ukrainian art and whose work was widely appreciated and acknowledged.

 

Article for ART UKRAINE 6-1(25-26) December 2011- February 2012.

 

Members of the expert committee:

Katerina Botanova. Director of Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, editor-in-chief at KORYDOR.in.ua online discussion panel

Aleksandr Soloviov. Leading contemporary art curator in Ukraine, deputy director general for museum and exhibition activities and art-marketing at Mystetskyi Arsenal.

Olga Balashova. Art-historian, professor at National Academy of Arts and Architecture, author or courses on contemporary art and media art for Cultural Project public educational program.

Vasil Cherepanin. Director of NaUKMA Visual Culture Centre, faculty member at NaUKMA department for cultural studies, editor of the Ukrainian edition of «Політична критика» magazine.

Olesya Ostrovska-Liuta. Curator, critic, Cultural Heritage projects coordinator at Rinat Akhmetov Foundation for Development of Ukraine.

Sergei Semenov. Editor of Culture and Science section of «Эксперт» magazine, screenwriter.

Sergei Vasiliev. Observer at «Коммерсант Украина» magazine, art-critic.

Alisa Lozhkina. Critic and art-historian, editor-in-chief of ART UKRAINE magazine.

Maria Khrushchak. Art-critic, curator, editor-in-chief at «Ukrainian Culture» magazine 
 

Daryna Zholdak. Project manager at Mystetskyi Arsenal, member of the Arsenale 2012 team, previously director of Коллекция gallery, contributing author at ART UKRAINE magazine.

Viktoria Burlaka. Art critic, art-dealer. Owner of Галерея на Институтской gallery, curator at Mystetskyi Arsenal’s Mala Galereya

Yulia Kuprina. Correspondet for «Focus» magazine (Culture section)

Irina Illiushina. Corresponder for «Korrespondent» Magazine.

Aksinia Kurina. Journalist, specialist in video and film, creative producer.

Kateryna Stukalova. Art critic, curator.

 

TOP-100 people in Ukrainian art community 2011 

1. Natalia Zabolotna. Director general of Mystetskyi Arsenal art and museum complex

2. Aleksandr Soloviov. Curator, art critic

3. Igor Voronov. Collector, patron, entrepreneur

 

4. Viktor Pinchuk. Entrepreneur, patron, owner of PinchukArtCentre 

5. Arsen Savadov. Artist 

6. Aleksandr Roitburd. Artist

7. Alisa Lozhkina. Editor-in-Chief of ART UKRAINE magazine 

8. Olesya Ostrovska-Liuta. Art-manager, critic 

9. Katerina Botanova. Director of Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, editor-in-chief at KORYDOR.in.ua online discussions panel

10. Liubom Mikhailova. Founder of IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives

11. Zhanna Kadyrova. Artist

12. Nikita Kadan. Artist

13. Marina Shcherbenko. Owner of Bottega Gallery

14. Anatoliy Krivolap. Artist.

15. Eckhard Schneider. Director general at PinchukArtCentre

16. Bjorn Geldhof. Art-manager at PinchukArtCentre

17. Boris Mikhailov. Artist

18. Ilya Chichkan. Artist

19. Igor Abramovich. Art-dealer

20. Oksana Barshinova. Head of XX – early XXI century art department at the National Museum of Art. History of contemporary art lecturer at the National Academy of Arts and Architecture (НАОМА)

21. Pavlo Gudimov. Founder and curator at Ya Gallery art centre, architect, musician

22. Olga Balashova. Art-historian, theory and history of art lecturer at National Academy of Arts and Architecture

23. Natalia Zhevago. Founder of Cultural Project public educational program

24. Vasilii Tsagolov. Artist

25. Mykola Ridnyi. Artist

26. Viktor Marushchenko. Photographer

27. Oksana Mas. Artist

28. Oleg Baishev. Gallerist

29. Vlada Ralko. Artist

30. Maria Khrushchak. Art-critic, curator, editor-in-chief of «Ukrainian Culture» magazine

31. Oleg Tistol. Artist

32. Masha Shubina. Artist

33. Vasilenko brothers. Co-owners of Zolotoe Sechenie auction house.

34. Viktor Sidorenko. Founder and director of Modern Art Research Institute of National Academy of Arts. Deputy director at the National Academy of Arts. Professor at Kharkiv Academy or Arts and Design

35. Tatiana Mironova. Owner of Mironova Gallery

36. Vasil Cherepanin. Director of NaUKMA Visual Culture Centre, faculty member at NaUKMA department for cultural studies, editor of the Ukrainian edition of «Політична критика» magazine.

37. Stas Voliazlovskyi. Artist.

38. Sergei Bratkov. Artist

39. Sergei Zarva. Artist

40. Daryna Zholdak. Project manager at Mystetskyi Arsenal

41. Igor Gayday. Photographer

42. Olga Zhuk. Curator and manager of «Книжковий Арсенал» international festival.

43. Yevgenia Belorusets. Artist, social activist, contributing author at «ПРОStory» magazine.

44. Kateryna Stukalova. Art-critic, curator.

45. Tatiana Tumasian. Head of Kharkiv Municipal Gallery

46. Yuri Vakulenko. Head of Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art

47. Anatoly Dymtchuk. Collector, gallerist, contemporary art curator

48. Viktoria Burlaka. Art analyst, curator, gallerist, art-dealer.

49. Pavel Makov. Artist

50. Igor Gusiev. Artist, poet

51. Natalia Filonenko. Independent curator, art-critic.

52. Alevtina Kakhidze. Artist

53. Ruslan Tarabukin. Co-fouder of M17 Contemporary Art Centre.

54. Ianina Prudenko. Culture analyst, media-theorist, professor at St. Thomas Aquinas Superior Institute of Religious Sciences (“Christian culture in Ukraine” course), cultural events manager

55. Aleksei Radinskyi. NaUKMA Visual Culture Centre activist, editor of the Ukrainian edition of «Політична критика»

56. Luidmila Bereznitska. Gallerist, collector, curator, art-critic, art-historian, owner of Bereznitsky & Partner Gallery, founder and director of EIDOS contemporary art support foundation.

57. Vladimir Budnikov. Professor at National Academy of Arts and Architecture.

58. Vladimir Mitin. Collector.

59. Yevgenii Karas. Curator. Owner at Karas Gallery

60. Tiberi Silvashi. Artist

61. Anatolyi Belov. Artist

62. Andrei Trilisskyi. Curator, art-critic, collector, director of RA and RA-photo galleries, founder and president of KievFotoCom International photography festival

63. Olga Kozlovska. Journalist

64. Uta Kilter. Performance and video artist, curator, art-critic, author and host of «Situation UTE» TV program focusing on contemporary art

65. Larisa Vebediktova. Choreographer, performer, director of TanzLaboratorium theatre and workshop

66. Maria Zadorozhna. Art-historian

67. Viktor Khamatov. President of Ukrainian art-galleries Association and Soviart centre for contemporary art, international and local projects’ producer

68. Hamlet Zinkovsky. Artist

69. Aleksandr Shcheluchenko. Curator and director at ЦЕХ

70. Konstantin Doroshenko. Co-founder of Doroshenko-Gryshchenko Clinic art curatorial association

71. Aleksandr Dubovik. Artist

72. Vladimir Kuznietsov. Artist

73. Aksinia Kurina. Journalist, specialist in video and film, creative producer

74. Sergei Anufriev. Artist.

75. Lesia Zaets. Video artist

76. Denis Belkievytch. Project manager at Petr Konchalovsky Foundation (Moscow)

77. Vladimir Vorotniev. Graphic artist

78. Aleksandr Orlov. Restaurateur, producer, collector

79. Vita Susak. Art-historian, head of the XIX-XX European art department at Lviv Art Gallery. Author of “Ukrainian artists of Paris. 1900–1939»

80. Vladimir Kadygrob. Art-manager, co-founder of Kadygrob & Taylor Art projects

81. Aleksandr Volodarsky. Computer software specialist, journalist, editor

82. Larisa Babyi. Critic, curator, participant and initiator of experimental projects

83. Tatiana Gershuni. Artist

84. Apl315. Graffiti artist

85. Bogdan Shumilovytch. Curator, art-historian

86. Alina Ermolova. Culture manager, educational program coordinator at IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives

87. Aleksei Sai. Artist

88. Natalia Chermalykh. Art-historian, contributing author at «ПРОStory» magazine

89. Daniil Galkin. Artist

90. Felix Pustynin. Owner of ХудПромо gallery

91. Kateryna Mishchenko. Editor at «ПРОStory» magazine

92. Anna Milashevych. Curator, critic, author, photographer, co-founder and director of Black Square Gallery (Miami, USA)

93. Kateryna Taylor. Art-consultant, co-founder of Kadygrob & Taylor Art projects, co-founder of Art Management

94. Aida Dzangirova. Head of Lavra Gallery. Coordinator of ILOVEKIEV festival, international graffiti project MURALISSIMO

95. Homer. Photographer, street-artist

96. Vladimir Sai. Artist

97. Anatolyi Gankevytch. Artist

98. Phillip Pishchik. Architect, artist, teacher

99. Natasha Schulte. Photographer

100. Dobrynia Ivanov. Artist