Various dimensions, recycled textile, doll parts, glass eyes, vintage light bulbs, etc.
Author: Lia Dostlieva
Black on Prussian Blue (2020; with Andrii Dostliev)
This project is a reconstruction based on the family album of a Wehrmacht soldier aiming to research the notion of … More
The Wondrous and True Story of Kubuś Hirschler (2020; with Andrii Dostliev)
An unduly restrictive view of salvation (Vinnytsia Limbo) — the book (2020; with Andrii Dostliev)
Photographic prints, video interviews. A publication based on our photographic project “An unduly restrictive view of salvation (Vinnytsia Limbo)” shot … More
Dark COVID edition (2020)
COVID-19 extension of the Dark (2018). Set of collages inspired by abnormal mental states and related comments. In 2018 I … More
I Love When Canaries Are Singing (2019)
Installation. Armchairs, indoor plants, table, stuffed birds from recycled materials, the sound of singing canaries. “Miner’s canary” is an expression … More
An unduly restrictive view of salvation (Vinnytsia Limbo) (2019; with Andrii Dostliev)
Photographic prints, video interviews. In the 2000s, Vinnytsia, a relatively small city in Ukraine, temporarily became an important hub of … More
Abobal → Yabobal (2018; with Dmytro Kuziakin and Zakenty Gorobiov)
We don’t exactly know, who Abobal is. Or if exists even. Nevertheless, here is the book about his adventures. Book … More
Dark (2018 – 2020)
Set of collages inspired by abnormal mental states and related comments. In 2018 I was diagnosed with MDD (major depressive … More
“I still feel sorry when I throw away food – Grandma used to tell me stories about the Holodomor.” (2018; with Andrii Dostliev)
Ink and pencil on toned paper, fragments of found photographs. Series of 44. Post-photographic research, which explores traces of a … More
Fairy Castles of Donetsk (2018; with Andrii Dostliev)
Remember how in the nineties we had cockroaches at home, and when you lit the stove the floor turned red … More
In Donetsk, there were no real mountains so we used to stare at spoil tips instead and dream (2018)
I Lied in Visa Center (2018)
The starting point of this project was an anonymous inscription on the toilet wall in Martin-Gropius-Bau, which said “I lied … More
298 (2017)
“298” was an 8 hours long performance during which the artist and the volunteers made 298 dolls which symbolise each … More
The cynocephali of Donbas (2017)
Lia (32) and Andrij (33), a cynocephali couple from Donetsk The myth about dog-headed people (“cynocephali”) inhabiting Eastern Ukrainian territories … More
Licking War Wounds (2016 – 2021, with Andrii Dostliev)
This tank-shaped salt lamp was purchased from a souvenir shop in Bakhmut in late 2016. Bakhmut (formerly Artemivsk) is a … More
Reconstruction of Memory (2016; with Andrii Dostliev)
The Russian occupation of Crimea and the military invasion into Eastern Ukraine forced a million and a half people (according … More
The Beach (2016; with Yulia Polunina)
Installation. Stones from Crimea. Dimensions variable. The south coast of Crimea has been the traditional place to spend their summer … More
Continuity (2015)
Video documentation of the performance (2 hours). 18 m of tracing paper, pencil. In the year 2014, my family and … More
Connection (2013-2014)
Connection project is an emotional art intervention into urban space. Urbanization pulse dictates us its accelerating pace. We exist in … More
Affect of Memory (2013)
Here’s a photo from a family album: there are my relatives on it and also strangers whose names I don’t … More
Sacrifice (2012)
I hand over my vulnerability to thee, I throw it to thy feet, a silent sacrifice. I put myself at … More
Textile sculptures (2010 – 2015)
Exhibitions: 2009 Ruchnye veschi, Kyiv, Ukraine2009 Shtuki, Kyiv, Ukraine2009 personal exhibition, Gung`ю`buzz, Donetsk, Ukraine2009 Artefact, Donetsk, Ukraine2010 Heart Made, Kyiv, … More