b. Odesa | UA
Lives and works in Odesa | UA and Berlin | DE
Member of Common Ground Studio, Berlin | DE
Sofiia Holubeva is a Ukrainian interdisciplinary artist living between Berlin and Odesa. Sofiia was born in 1997, in Odesa, Ukraine. Since 2024 she has been studying at the Berlin University of Arts (Fine Arts). In 2021, she completed her master's degree at the National Academy of Fine Arts (Monumental Arts), Kyiv | UA. In 2019, she took a course at KAMA (Contemporary Art), Kyiv | UA. In 2015, she graduated from the Grekov Odesa Art College, (Painting), Odesa | UA.
Holubeva creates site-specific art that combines different media such as paintings, graphics, performances, installations, objects, videos, and mosaics. In her artistic practice, she focuses on exploring the themes of memory, the impact of war on human life and landscape, and how digitalization affects art. Sofiia is interested in the concepts of home and connection and often involves her family in her projects. The artist explores the history of painting and the role this medium can play today.
Holubeva is an active participant in international exhibitions, residencies, art festivals, and projects in Ukraine and abroad. Sofiia has participated in exhibitions in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Germany, Spain, France, Monaco, Denmark and other countries. Her works have been covered by such publications as Tagesspiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Mitec, NWZ, Monopol, TAZ, and MorgenPost
Lecturer, “The Path. The Story of Project Creation and the Search for Opportunities”, Museum of Personal Collections named after Bleschunov, Odesa | UA
Artist Talk, “The importance of the community-based practicies in contemporary art”, Jewish Center “Migdal”, Odesa | UA
Artist Talk, “Women Peace and Security”, United Nations World Food Innovation Accelerator, Munich | DE
Lecturer, “Life and art between Ukraine and Germany. Cultural diplomacy”; SKAF - the network of professional artists for refugees, Aarhus | DK
Lecturer, “Importance of art residencies for art practice”; The Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus | DK
Lecturer, “The movement in Painting”; Danish Talent Academy, Holstebro | DK
Lecturer, “Art and Politic”, The Franco-German Youth Office (OFAJ), Berlin | DE
Manager , Ukrainian Cultural Community, Berlin | DE
Lecturer, “Art and Democracy”, OFAJ, Berlin | DE
Artist Talk “Conversation with the artist”, residency “Sorry no rooms are available”, Uzhhorod | UA
Lecturer, Summer Art Course, Monaco Chess Club, Monaco | MC
Lecturer, “Art and Protest” der Raum, Friedrichshafen | DE
Lecturer, “Art is a weapon and how it became one”, festival “Art weapon”, Alte Münze, Berlin | DE
Lecturer, “European wars from the perspective of women”, European Academy, Berlin | DE
Teaching Assistant, Fine Art, Odesa Art School of Kostandy # 1, Odesa | UA
Course “Artist's career”; LankoGermanTalk, Kyiv | UA
Student in Fine Art; University of Arts, Berlin | DE
Course "How art utters war in a situation of a crisis of language"; Method Fund and Universität Kassel
BAI Studio Program; Berlin Art Institute, Berlin | DE
Online course “Artist without Borders”; NGO Internews Ukraine, funded by the EU Delegation to Ukraine
Course in Conceptual Photography led by Bratkov and Frolova; Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin | DE
Guest student in Art in Context, UDK, Berlin | DE
Course in Contemporary Art, Kyiv Academy of Media Art, Kyiv | UA
BA in Fine Art, National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, Kyiv | UA
AA in Fine Art Odesa Art College of Hrekov, Odesa | UA
exhibition “Connection,” Museum of Personal Collections named after Bleschunov, Odesa | UA
apartment exhibition “Friendly Tennis”, Odesa | UA
exhibition ”40x30x20” Vol 1, 2, United Nations World Food Innovation Accelerator, Munich | DE
exhibition "No changes on the beach?", artist-run space "KUT", Kyiv | UA
exhibition “Lifes”, cultural center “MaltFabrik”; Ebeltoft | DK
exhibition “40x30x20 (volume 2)”, X-room; Ebeltoft | DK
performance “Kindness, Honesty, Compassion, Resilience…” Strandvej; Ebeltoft | DK
Open studio, cultural center “MaltFabrik”; Ebeltoft | DK
exhibition “At a distance”, Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa | UA
apartment exhibition “Connection”, Auguststrasse, Berlin | DE
exhibition “2022 / 2023”, DerRaum, Friedrichshafen | DE
exhibition “40x30x20”, Ukrainian Cultural Comunity, Berlin | DE
exhibition "40x30x20", Ukrainian Cultural Community, Berlin | DE
exhibition "Those who are running", Ukrainian Cultural Community, Berlin | DE
performance “Here and Now”, in collaboration with musician Valentin Panasiuk, Nizhniy Val 35, Kyiv | UA
project “Shelter” in collaboration with musician Valentyn Panasiuk, NAFAA, Kyiv | UA
audio performance in collaboration with musicians Ksenia Kostina and Valentyn Panasiuk, Sabina Gallery, Kyiv | UA
reenactment of the performance "Process", Sabina Gallery, Kyiv | UA
exhibition “2019”, Jewish Center “Migdal”, Odesa | UA
exhibition “Lanscape”, Melenevsky Gallery, Odesa | UA
exhibition “Untitled”, Buteeth, Odesa | UA
exhibition “EU UA – Community of Artists in Europe”, Weltkunstzimmer Art Space, Düsseldorf | DE
exhibition “What Remains of Us” organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Odesa, Green Theater, Odesa | UA
exhibition “Shadow from the water”, Office of the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kyiv | UA
exhibition as part of the screening of the film “Wounded”, art center Leipzig West, Leipzig | DE
exhibition “Enjoying by the rustle of black leaves”, bezzvuchnodohlukhoty, artist-run space Splav, Kyiv | UA
exhibition “Fußnoten”, gallery “Bunker an Lütsowstrasse”; Berlin | DE
exhibition “Misto”, gallery “Nothing”; Yaffo | IL
exhibition “Rundgang”, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin | DE
exhibition “Collecting”, Kruchi Gallery, Kyiv | UA
exhibition “Odesa Summer”, Serpen Gallery, Berlin | DE
exhibition “BAI fellows”, Berlin Art Institute, Berlin | DE
exhibition “In synergy with the city”, Avangarden Gallery, Kyiv | UA
exhibition “Between yesterday and today”, Decameron, Odesa | UA
exhibition “Elusive Now”, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin | DE
exhibition “Memories of the future”, Schloss Schonhausen, Berlin | DE
exhibition “In den Mai”, Forum Factory, Berlin | DE
exhibition “Berlin-based”, Kunst Haus AG 92, Berlin | DE
exhibition “Untitled”, Gallery p61, Berlin | DE
auction "Resistance" in support of Impact Force Unbroken, Villa Grisebach, Berlin | DE
exhibition “Cracks - Artists in the Berlin Exile”, Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin | DE
levkas biennale, center of contemporary art "White world", Kyiv | UA
art fair "Down the rabbit hole", Schwan Locke Hotel, München | DE
exhibition "There was some story’’, Korydor, Uzhhorod | UA
exhibition "Concentration of the Will", MI7, Kviv | UA
exhibition "Kolyska", Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum, Berlin | DE
exhibition "Responding to the Environment", Moos Space, Berlin | DE
reenactment of performance "Almost home“, Europische Academy, Berlin | DE
exhibition "Golden scars“, Schloss Schonhausen, Berlin | DE
exhibition "The future is not ours to see", Upstairs gallery, Oldenburg | DE
art festival "National code", Hotel Aquino, Berlin | DE
virtual exhibition "Aggression explodes in silence"
art market "BAAM", Moos Space, Berlin | DE
exhibition "You know that you are human", Zionkirchne, Berlin | DE
exhibition "Connected Art #2", Galeria Zannart, Warsaw | PL
exhibition "Walking home, reconstruction", 31 Art Space, Lviv | UA
performance "Earth”, Stiftung Neue Kunst, Berlin | DE
exhibition "Martial”, Pelechki Institute, Berlin | DE
exhibition "Desire lines", Cantaloop Club, Chemnitz | DE
exhibition "Information", Halle 14, Leipzig | DE
VR exhibition, Ukrainian Pavilion, DSL VR Space
exhibition "Walking home", residency "Sorry no rooms available", Uzhhorod | UA
exhibition "Ukrainization", SLP gallery, Berlin | DE
auction dedicated to fundraising for victims in Ukraine "Testament of Bucha", Ukrainian Cultural Comunity, Berlin | DE
exhibition "Point in time", Imaginart, Barcelona | SP
exhibition "I's Your Move, Du bist am zug", Berlin | DE
exhibition "Open day", Ukrainian Cultural Comunity, Berlin | DE
performance "Almost home", House of Hanna Churchill, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin | FR
exhibition "3 Open day in The Stein Studio", The Stein Studio, Kyiv | UA
exhibition "Connect", Mykolayiv Art Week, Mykolaiv | UA
exhibition "The sky above us", space Peremoga, Kyiv | UA
exhibition "Kama13 students", Sabina Gallery, Kyiv | UA
exhibition "Kyiv Plein Air", ArtHall D12 Gallery, Kyiv | UA
project “Women’s Art Challenge”, ECC Beit Grand, Odesa | UA
exhibition “In memory of Murashko”, NAFAA, Kyiv | UA
exhibition "Remember Greece", B-Dniester Museum of Local Lore, Belgorod-Dniester | UA
exhibition "Teachers-students", Museum of Pushkin, Odesa | UA
exhibition "Philosophy of Winter", Museum of Bleschunov, Odesa | UA
exhibition "You must know how to have fun!", rehabilitation center «House with an Angel», Odesa | UA
exhibition "Through the eyes of children, and not only", rehabilitation center «House with an Angel», Odesa | UA
Support for the international cultural exchange from the EU delegation to Ukraine; Program “Cultural exchange”, Berlin | DE
Funding of an art project for the exhibition “Memories Of The Future” Foundation Ernst von Siemens, Berlin | DE
BAI Social gUG Grant, BAI Studio Program, Berlin | DE
Funding of the program for artists at risk “Common Ground Studio”, DAAD and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Berlin | DE
Funding of an art project for the exhibition “Golden Narben”, Foundation Ernst von Siemens, Berlin | DE
Working grant, Ukrainian Cultural Community, Berlin | DE
Nomination for the Drawing Art Prize in Academy of Fine Arts, Kyiv National Academy of Fine Arts, Kyiv | UA
Support for the international cultural exchange, Rotary Club, Baia Mare | RO
residency “MaltAir”, Maltfabrik, Ebeltoft | DK
residency “Cultural Exchange” funded by the EU, Berlin | DE
residency “Exter”, Berlin Art Institute, Berlin | DE
residency UCC, Berlin | DE
residency “Desire Lines”, Chemnitz | DE
residency "Ukrainian landscape", Dniprodzerzhynsk | UA
residency "Transcarpathia", Volovets | UA
Rotary Club residency, Baia Mare | RO
“The love for the distant family”, by Felix Muller, Berliner Morgen Post
“Artists / Sofiia Holubeva”, by Editor Mala Gallery, UKRAINEABLAZE
“Emerging Ukrainian artists”, by Editor UI, Ukrainian Institute
“Ukrainians in Berlin”, by Lilly Schröder, Taz
“Stories of unrooted lives”, by Felix Mueller, Morgen Post
”Art is a language, by Sofiia Holubeva, OFAJ
“Franco-German Youth Office: Jubilee in politically difficult times”, by Johannes Kulms, DEUTSCHLANDFUNK
“Ukrainian modern art in Pankow”, by Editor BK, BERLINER KURIER
“Ukrainian cultural community in Berlin“, by Felix Leitmeyer, MONOPOL
“The beach in Odesa is completely empty now“, by Birgit Rieger, Tages Spiegel
”Chemnitz. October 26. 2022”, by Franziska Wöllner, SACHEN FERNSEHEN
“The case of Sofiia Holubeva”, by Elena Stagourakis, NEOPLANODION
“Sofiia Holubeva. Project “30×40“, by Editor Mitec, MITEC
“You know you are human. Point of resistance (V)“, by Editor Izolyatsia, IZOLYATSIA
“Life in the refuge”, Marc Calvo Hernandez, NUVOL
“Forward-looking cooperation”, by Ingmar Rothe, HYBRID SOCIETIES
“Those who are running”, by Sofiia Holubeva, DESIRE LINES
“An Artist at War. Creating in the face of destruction“, by Sara Ozen, 17 ACADEMY
"A point in time", by Aglaya Nogina, ELLE
"Exhibition of Ukrainian artists opens in Barcelona", by Olena Barsukova, LIFE PRAVDA
"You Know that you are human. POINTS of RESISTANCE 5, by Editor Odesa-journal, ODESA-JOURNAL
“You Know That You Are Human @ POINTS of RESISTANCE 5”, by Editor UI, Ukrainian Institute
“The cultural festival”, by Editor FR, Freie Presse
Ukrainian Art Reflects On War, Højskolebladet magazine, Copenhagen
Reminiscenes of The Future: Contemporary Art as a Guest at Schönhausen Palace, exh. cat., Schonhausen Palace, Berlin
INVICTA: Ukrainian Wartime Reimaginings for a Habitable Earth, McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada
Goldnarben, Artists of the Ukrainian Cultural Community visiting Schonhausen Palace, exh. cat., Schonhausen Palace, Berlin
You Know That You Are Human, exh. cat., Points Of Resistance 5, Berlin
Ukrainian War and Public and Private Art Projects, edited by Sumie Kawai, BIJUTSU TECHO, Tokyo
Migdal Times # 92, Odesa
Maltfabrikken, Ebeltoft | DK
Monaco Chess Club, Monaco | MO
Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin | DE
Jewish Center “Migdal”, Odesa | UA
Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum, Berlin | DE
Norrköping Ski Club, Norrköping | SW
Center “B’uteeth”, Odesa | UA
Rotary Club, Odesa | UA
Mansion-restaurant “Aleksandrovskiy”, Odesa | UA
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