Victoria Pidust                      
Born in Nikopol, Ukraine
Lives and works as an artist and photographer since 2015 in Berlin


Education

2020-2021      Postgraduate, Fine Art, Painting, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
2017 - 2020     Diploma, Fine Art, Painting, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
2015 - 2017     Visual Communication, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin


Teaching
2024                 Guest lecturer, summer semester,  MA Photography, écal, Lausanne, Swizeland

Prizes

2022                 Kunstfonds Bonn NEUSTART KULTUR-Stipendium 
                         Artist Inside Feelowship
2022                 
Mart Stam Prize
2015-2017      DAAD Studying grant


Exhibitions

2024
Jühnsdorf Church, Jühnsdorf, Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Berlin
From Venice with love, Stallmann, Berlin
Giudecca Showroom, Stallmann, Venice
Lossy, duo show with Volo Bevza, Galerie Crone, Vienna

2023
Another Day at the Office, OFFICE IMPART, Berlin
Junger Berliner Salon, Ludwig space, Munich
The Lobster Needs to Get Rid of Its Shell, a&o Kunsthalle, Leipzig
Home. Perspectives., Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
RAW Photo Trienale Worpswede, 2023, Worpswede
Expect the Unexpected. Current concepts for Photography, Kunstmuseum Bonn, catalogue
Realms, JVDW gallery, Düsseldorf
Only a part, not the hole, Lage Egal, Berlin

2022
Hot Little Pool Vol.1, Lobe Space, Berlin
GRASSROOTS, JVDW space, Düsseldorf
Sirens are calling from the shadows, A:D:CURATORIAL, Berlin
Artist Inside fellowship, C&A Kaufcenter, Berlin
2022, CRONE, curated by festival, Vienna
IST-BLN, Ambidexter, Istanbul
New Talents 2022, FUHRWERKSWAAGE, Cologne
POSTOST :  Україна / UKRAINE, Stiftung Neue Kunst Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin
Reclaim Award 2022, Cologne
OUT OF OFFICE, FAHRENHEIT space with Galerie Judith Andreae, Berlin
Extension, BEL ETAGE project, Kleiner Wasserspeicher, Berlin
SUPER SUPER MARKT, 7 Himmel bio markt, Berlin
CONVERGENCE, KUNZTEN Show #1, Projektraum 145, Berlin

2021
Cross-side crystal hybrid orbital, HVW8, Berlin
*AND THAT’S A GOOD THING. , Gallery Judith Andreae, Bonn
HYPERTEXT FICTION, Bistro21, Leipzig
BETWIXT, 054 Am Tacheles, Berlin
Which side up, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße, Berlin
Sensitivity. Contemporary Ukrainian photography, MYSTETSKYI ARSENAL, Kyiv
open-ended photography, Robert Morat Gallery, Berlin
PORÖS, Lobe Block, Berlin
Bildmassage, jvdw space, Düsseldorf *Solo
I will not think about this for too long, Kunstverein kjubh, Cologne *Solo
Mart Stam Prize 2020, Parterre, Berlin
Mart Stam Prize 2020, Kunstverein, Marburg

2020
DIG IT, Caldo Worldwide, Online, Internet
Hybrids, ZERO FOLD, Cologne *Solo
Not canceled, Weserhalle, Berlin
Unbounded Unleashed Unforgiving, Haimney, Barcelona, Spain
New generation of contemporary art, Haimney, Artsy Online

2019
STRG alt, Bar K Berlin, Berlin
*, Projektraum Bethanien, Berlin
Painting Painting Painting, Vollreinigung Raum, Berlin

2018
SPOT-T - project / 2nd edition, Venco, Berlin

2017
EPISODE, Museum Kesselhaus, Berlin
Drag & Drop, curated by Victoria Pidust und Volo Bevza, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin



Books / Publications / Podcasts / Text / Platforms



Weltkunst: https://www.weltkunst.de/kunsthandel/2022/11/kunst-kaufen-art-cologne-victoria-pidust-miriam-cahn

Weltkunst: https://www.weltkunst.de/kunstwissen/2022/05/ukraine-krieg-kulturerbe-unesco-im-fadenkreuz

Berlin Art Link: https://www.berlinartlink.com/2022/03/15/victoria-pidust-volo-bevza-interview-%20ukrainian-%20artists/

Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/716141/ukrainian-artists-are-building-anti-tank-obstacles/

Artnet: https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/ukrainian-artists-2081534?amp=1

Monopol Magazine: https://www.monopol-magazin.de/victoria-pidust-und-volo-bevza-ukrainekrieg-kuenstler

Monopol Magazine: https://www.monopol-magazin.de/shows/2022-i-curated-eva-kraus-volo-bevza

t-online: https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/id_91760422/widerstand-in-ukraine-krieg-wird-gewonnen-die-frage-ist-zu-welchem-preis-.html

KUNSTFORUM April 2023: Expect the Unexpected. Aktuelle Konzepte für Fotografie, p.315

Catalogue‚ Expect the Unexpected‘ Aktuelle Konzepte für Fotografie, Kunstmuseum Bonn, p.14-15, 52-57

AUTRE ISSUE 15 FALL WINTER 2022: Mobilized, Interwiew with Camille Ange Pailler, LOSING MY RELIGION, p.26-27

Artmagazine, 2022 - curated by Eva Kraus & Volo Bevza: Dem Krieg so nah, dem Krieg so fern: https://www.artmagazine.cc/content121470.html

Super Super Markt In the studio: Victoria Pidust: https://super-super-markt.com/blogs/stories/in-the-studio-victoria-pidust

AUTRE: A Look Back on Vienna’s “Curated by” Gallery Festival, CRONE WIEN: https://autre.love/journal/2022/10/14/a-look-back-on-viennas-curated-by-gallery-festival

Publication ‚118 IMAGES 80 PAGES‘, Victoria Pidust, designed by STUDIO Anne Büttner, 2022: https://www.instagram.com/p/CuAe9_OIBpq/?igsh=b3UwbHFmYXA4dGZk

HUNDHUND. Studio Visit with Ukrainian Photographer Victoria Pidust. Catching Distortions of Reality: https://www.hundhund.com/blogs/stories/catching-distortions-of-reality-studio-visit-with-ukrainian-photographer-victoria-pidust?srsltid=AfmBOop4fhjUqLfafRagCXutxqxtHa85aikvFKh4TJLVACjNon9YEBct

Fotomuseum Winterthur Plta(t)form 2022: https://www.fotomuseum.ch/de/photographer-post/victoria-pidust/

1992 – Dreißig Jahre Gegenwart, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn

Mart Stam Preis 2020, catalogue, Verlag Kettler: https://www.verlag-kettler.de/de/buecher/mart-stam-preis-2020/

Text ‚Bedeutung als Artefakt‘ , by Michael Reisch– zu den Arbeiten von Victoria Pidust

Foam Talks x Paris Photo - Simon Lehner & Victoria Pidust: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/foam-talks-x-paris-photo-simon-lehner-victoria-pidust/id1542018484?i=1000540515157

AnOther, Three Artists You Need to Know, From Photoworks Director Shoair Mavlian: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13714/three-artists-you-need-to-know-from-photoworks-director-shoair-mavlian

Numéro, Paris Photo 2021: 5 young talents in photography to discover absolutel

PHOTONEWS 11, 2021, Interview by Claudia Kursawe: https://photonews.de/zeitung/november-2021/

Book ‚UPHA made in Ukraine‘ of contemporary photographers of Ukraine, BOOKSHA publishing: https://booksha.com