Denys Shantar
Instagram: @saint.deonys
Portfolio available upon request
Lives and works in Antwerp and Zurich
Co -founder of Motherland Movement to support Ukrainian volunteers and refugees
2020 - 2021 MA Costume Design Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASKA), Antwerp (BE)
2016 - 2019 BA in Fine Art at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Zurich (CH)
1997 Born in Kherson, Ukraine
Exhibitions
On view
Solo
04.09.22 - 6.11.22
Quadrennial Ieper at St. Martin Cathedral & St. Peter Church (BE)
Group exhibition
03.09.22 - 15.10.22
Describe your pain from 1 to 10/ Grand Palais Bern (CH)
20.05 -30.09.22
Gabrovo Biennial/ Museum of Humor and Satire Gabrovo (BG)
Past
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival/ Morpho Antwerp (BE)
ABC of Subbacultcha/ S.M.A.K Ghent (BE)
KUNSTpause/ Chollerhalle Zug (CH)
Demolution/ K.L.8 Brussels (BE)
Annual Festival of Alternative Art/ ACCEA Yerevan (AM)
Currents #9/ Z33 House for Contemporary Art Hasselt (BE)
2021
To Be Antwerp/ Selected by A Living Gallery (BE)
House Without a Roof/ Footnote Center for Image and Text Belgrade (RS)
Show up Show-Off/ Onboards Biennale Antwerp (BE)
ENCORE!/ Selection from the Masters Expo 21 Antwerp (BE)
MA Degree show/ Royal Academy Antwerp (BE)
Historie, Heesters & Meesters/ Academy open air (BE)
Jaman öner/ VR exhibition (KZ)
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2020
INSIEME/online exhibition (IT)
Watch and save me/ MultiMadeira Residency Funchal (PT)
2019
KUNSTpause/ governmental building Zug (CH)
House of hard knocks/ NOASS Riga (LV)
BA Degreeshow/ ZHdK Zürich (CH)
KUNSTpause/ Chollerhalle Zug (CH)
2018
QWAS/ ZHdK Zurich and Central Exhibition Space Almaty (CH/KZ)
KUNSTpause/ lakeside promenade Zug (CH)
A MIRROR HAS MORE THAN TWO SIDES/ ARTBAT FEST Almaty (KZ)
The Clouds Are Fake/ SKLAD Suchum (Abkhazia)
Portraits of.../ Photobastei Zurich (CH)
youngART/ ZeughausKultur Brig (CH)
2017
QWAS/ ZHdK Zurich and Kino Arman Almaty (CH/KZ)
Resonanz/ ChemicalMoonBaby Zurich (CH)
Oberliht/ Zpatiu Chisinau (MD)
Residency
2021
FLACC/ Genk (BE)
Footnote Center for Image and Text / Belgrade (RS)
2020
MultiMadeira/ Funchal (PT)
Awards and nominations
2022
Emerging Artist Award/ Gabrovo Biennial (BG)
2021
Royal Academy Department Prize in Costume Design/ Antwerp (BE)
2020 - 2021
Fritz-Gerber-Foundation Scholarship/ Zurich (CH)
2020
ZHdK-AVINA Student Project Fund/ Zurich (CH)
2019 - 2020
Studio Grant Migros Herden/ Zurich (CH)
2017
vfg Young Talent Award*shortlisted/ Zurich (CH)
Summer School
2019
Summer School as School/ Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina (RKS)
2017
Summer School of Art/ ZHdK and Oberliht (CH and MD)
Curation
2022
Modern Religious Art Museum/ Ypres Quadrennial (BE)
Motherland/ Het Bos (BE)
L. I. A. Gallery/ Antwerp (BE)
2021
International performance program/ To Be Antwerp (BE)
Museums Collection
Flag Triptych/ Museum of Humor and Satire Gabrovo (BG)
Interviews and Publications
2022
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival /atv.be
New Masters Interview /Subbacultcha Belgium
Diary fragment/ Mister Motley (NL)
2021 (Sculpture project)