Košice Artist in Residence
We would like to invite you to Šopa Gallery for a reading and discussion on the topic of Queer Resistance, led by our resident, Belarusian artist, Lisa Deikun. In a world where simply existing as a queer person can be seen as an act of resistance, this reading event, inspired by Donna Haraway’s concept of […]
Eva Bubla is a Hungarian artist, activist, researcher, and independent curator. Her work has been centered around current ecological and social concerns. At the boundaries of art and science, her projects aim to map, perceive, interpret, and as such (re)connect audiences to the local ecosystem. She is keen on working together with local communities and […]
Iryna Loskot (*2001) is a Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist. She graduated from the Kharkiv National University of Arts named after Kotlyarevsky with a degree in puppetry. Her practice explores the exploitation of the environment and resistance to this exploitation. In her works, Iryna creates a common space of memory for humans and non-humans. Her approach involves […]
Lisa Deikun was born in 1992 in Minsk, Belarus. She has been engaged in creative pursuitsthroughout her entire life starting from art classes in elementary school and continuing withenrollment in a contemporary art course during her time at European College Liberal Arts.In 2022, Lisa was forced to leave her homeland due to political persecution because […]
Final presentation: 02.05.2024 / 18.00 The final presentation of Kay Yoon’s artistic exploration “Behind the Scene of Absence” includes the fusion of research materials and creative process borne during her residency program in Kosice. Within this presentation, Yoon delves into the intricate interplay of visibility – a labyrinth construct entwining permissions, prohibitions, presence and absence. […]
We cordially invite you to the first event of this year, where the traditional format of Open Studios Night is changing into a new form of Meet & Greet. The goal of this event is to provide an opportunity for closer contact and personal dialogue with artists in our community.