ANNETE SAGAL
Co-founder and curator of CUTOUT COLLAGE ART PROJECT
Born in Kyiv in 1997. Multidisciplinary artist and certified art therapist, art curator. Member of the NGO "Ukrainian Art Therapy Association"
2018 – Got bachelor's degree in «International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy» at Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University.
2020 – received a certificate of completion of the course "Modern Art & Ideas" from The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
2020 – completed the online course "Project Management" from the University of Adelaide.
2022 – completed the online course "Curator of Contemporary Art" from SKVOT - School of Creative Industries.
2023 – received a certificate of completion of the postgraduate course "Art Therapy in Work with Children and Adults" from the Institute of Higher Psychology and Body Therapies.
2024 – received a certificate of completion of the online course "Healing with the Arts" from the University of Florida.
In her work, Annette actively uses collage as her main artistic direction. She also has an interest in analog photography, literary art, and music, which translates into writing poetry, lyrics, and DJing. She publishes all her works in her own project THE MOMENT.
Tirelessly working on the development of art in Ukraine, Annette became the founder of the first Ukrainian community of collage artists – KYIV COLLAGE COLLECTIVE and KYIV COLLAGE SCHOOL. She is also a co-founder of the CUTOUT COLLAGE art project, where she actively works as a designer, content manager and curator of international artists and exhibitions.
One of the main goals of this creative personality is to build diplomatic cultural relations between Ukraine and the world through art. Annette achieves this goal by organizing collage exhibitions with artists from different countries. Her work contributes to the expansion of cultural exchange and mutual understanding between nations.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
- “For the Sake of the Letter”, an exhibition dedicated to the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war, organized by the community My Ministry of Culture under the patronage of CUTOUT, Le Bonheur est Dans L'instant gallery, Paris, France.
- “Looking into Ourselves”, a collective exhibition of CUTOUT residents as part of the KAOS collage festival, Kranj, Slovenia.
- "Looking into Ourselves", a collective exhibition of CUTOUT residents, CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- " Facets ", group exhibition of Ukrainian collage in collaboration with G.ART Gallery, Freiluft Kunst Klub Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- "Facets", group exhibition of Ukrainian collage in collaboration with G.ART Gallery, Cafe Kyiv, Berlin, Germany.
2023
- «FREEDOM» – CUTOUT COLLAGE FESTIVAL KYIV-PARIS 2023, CAC M17, Kyiv, Ukraine and gallery Le Bonheur est Dans L'instant, Paris, France.
- «Children of Dr. Frankenstein 2» – Collective collage exhibition, CAC White World, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «THE MOMENT» – personal collage exhibition, CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Genesis of Being» – Collective collage exhibition by CUTOUT, Gunpowder Tower, Lviv, Ukraine.
- «Beauty Will Save the World» – Group photography exhibition raising awareness about Kinburn Peninsula, Ukraine that is being occupied and destroyed by ruzzia, Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum, Frederikshavn, Denmark.
- «Me and War» – Collective collage exhibition dedicated to the reflections of 2022 ru-Ukrainian war, Museum of Kyiv History, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2022 – «PARALLELS» – an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, TUFA, Trier, Germany.
- «Planet Love 3.0» – Ukrainian collage, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, IMAGURU CLUB, Madrid, Spain.
2022
- «Zallery» – a virtual exhibition of zine artwork, Art Therapy Lab.
- «Planet Love» – Ukrainian collage, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, art studio El Sitio S, Madrid, Spain.
- «PARALLELS» – an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, Ukrainian Culture Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- «PARALLELS» – an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, National Museum of the Holodomor-genocide, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «OTOÑO EN MADRID» – group collage exhibition, IMAGURU Culture Space, Madrid, Spain.
- «CUTOUT AGAIN!» – an exhibition of collages from the CUTOUT collection, Knyzhkovy Lev bookstore, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Connected Art» – group art exhibition, Zannart.Holysart gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
- «Genesis of Being» – charity poster exhibition of CUTOUT, Beyond Limits gallery, Berlin, Germany.
- «At skabe virkelighed | Creating Reality», Ukrainian animation, Læsø Kunsthal, Læsø, Denmark (Curator and participant).
- «KAOS» IV International Collage Festival, Mergentaler Street Gallery, Kranj, Slovenia
- «Supernova. Art of Ukraine», collective project «Mur inamovible», Basel Art Center, Curators: Anna Lugovska, Anna Avetova, Basel, Switzerland.
- «POST-IT!», collective exhibition of small collages, Coupee Collage Collective, Bibliotheek de Krook, Ghent, Belgium.
- FIRST PAN-EUROPEAN DIGITAL ART FAIR, online group exhibition.
- «ALC Collage Festival», group exhibition, Alicante, Spain.
- «Segments of life», collective collage exhibition, CUTOUT LOVERS, Art gallery «Mytets», Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Planet Love», group collage exhibition of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO residents, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Group exhibition «Ukrainian Collage», Khmelnytsky Regional Art Museum, curator Oleg Vasylenko, Khmelnytsky, Ukraine.
2021
- «Orange», collective collage exhibition, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Third collective collage exhibition, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Second collective exhibition of collage, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «KYIV-BASED voseny» - autumn showcase of the Kyiv's independent cultural community, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Festival of New Ukrainian Culture «SPALAKH», Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Opening of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, residents collective exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- The first contemporary collage festival in Ukraine «CUTOUT FESTIVAL», RA Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Ukrainian Collage», Mystetskyi Arsenal (International Festival «X Book Arsenal»), Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Earth Patterns», international online group photography exhibition presented at ARTSTEPS
- «The Colors of Parajanov», group collage exhibition, Ivan Kavaleridze Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2019
- «Vyrobnyky Mriy at Plastikwood», art festival, Plastikwood, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2013
- «Photosushka», House of the Artist, Kyiv, Ukraine.
ARTWORKS
As an artist and individual, I strive for equality, stability and sustainable life.
Going through the challenges of living in times of war, I feel the need to protect and showcase myself as an artist and do the same for Ukrainian culture and artists as a curator. I consider myself an ambassador of Ukrainian culture, in particular collage art. Creating art is, first of all, a conversation with myself. I listen, learn, negotiate with my inner child, and together we collaborate to create a work of art in the form of a collage, a photograph, a poem, or even a sensual mix of two tracks.
I work with issues of sensitivity, human rights, injustice, feminism, and the good and beautiful side of life. We live in uncertain times, and I believe that Art is an activity that will save the younger generation.