Kateryna Aliinyk

Born in 1998 in Luhansk, Ukraine. Focused on painting, Kateryna Aliinyk also works with text, creates objects and installations. She is one of the most interesting voices on the contemporary Ukrainian art scene. The main topics of her art are war and the occupation of Ukraine as well as their consequences depicted through imagery, metaphors of nature, and non-anthropocentric optics. In her most recent practice, she has become increasingly drawn to exploring the philosophical context of the cycle of life and humanity's relationship with nature. 

A graduate in painting of the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture in Kiev (2021), she has also completed contemporary art courses at the KAMA Kyiv Academy of Media Arts and at the Method Fund (both in 2020). Artist-in-residence at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (2022). 

Kateryna Aliinyk’s works have been exhibited worldwide, including Ukraine, Poland, Ireland, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Italy, UK and Romania. 

In 2024 and 2026 she was invited to participate in group exhibitions organised by PinchukArtCentre, which accompanied the International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Italy: 'From Ukraine: Dare to Dream' (2024), 'Still Joy – From Ukraine Into the World' (2026). 

In June 2025 she won the First Special Prize at the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2025 for the 'Blades of Grass with Blades of Steel' project. 

She lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.