MARIA SHAPRANOVA
Resident of CUTOUT COLLAGE ART PROJECT: August 2021 - Present
She was born on January 30, 1999 in the city of Mykolaiv. In 2006, she moved with her family to the city of Brovary, Kyiv region. Since childhood, she was fond of drawing and visited the House of Children's and Youth Creativity. In Brovary, she was engaged in social activities, was a member of the youth organization ONUM (Union of Ukrainian Independent Youth)
In 2020, she graduated from the National Aviation University in Kyiv, receiving a bachelor's degree in architecture. In 2022, she received a master's degree in architecture and urban planning.
She started making collages in 2018.
The first collages were made from old drawings, it was the beginning of rethinking her own creativity. in 2020, during the quarantine, she began to engage in collage more actively, the only way to give free rein to the emotions born as a result of the anticipation of irreversible changes in the world.
In 2021, she began to discover the world of modern Ukrainian collage, met Ukrainian collage artists. After several works sold to collectors and exhibitions, the hobby grew into a true passion.
She is currently engaged in collage, painting and works in the field of architecture and design.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
- "Look into Yourself", 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.
- «Paving the way», Peremoga space, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Mutilated Sky», National Museum Kyiv Art Gallery, 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.
- «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
- «One day after», Imagine Point, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors», Book Lion Bookstore, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «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.
- «WAY» – personal collage exhibition, Malevich Bar, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Między niebem a ziemią», Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej, Krakow, Poland.
- «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.
- «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.
- «Eyes wide shut» group exhibition, Firetti Contemporary, Curators: Celine Azem, Mara Firetti, Oceane Sailly, Dubai, UAE.
- «Segments of life», collective collage exhibition, CUTOUT LOVERS, Art gallery «Mytets», Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Planet Love», collective collage exhibition, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Group exhibition «Ukrainian Collage», Khmelnytskyi Regional Art Museum, curator Oleg Vasylenko, Khmelnytskyi, 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.
- Exhibition within the Festival of New Ukrainian Culture «SPALAKH» Art Zavod Platforma, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Opening of a collage workshop, collective exhibition of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO residents, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Exhibition of JAPANESE project POP-UP store, Squat 17b yard cafe, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Exhibition of Erotic Art from the project Pop-up store Tviy Prostir, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Fair of Contemporary Art in Stein Studio, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Exhibition «Collage Stories», DiA Gallery, Drohobych, Ukraine
- Group exhibition «Ukrainian Collage», Mystetskyi Arsenal, as part of the International Festival «X Book Arsenal», Kyiv, Ukraine.
ARTWORKS
I am a very emotional person, but I have never been able to express my emotions properly. Until I got acquainted with the art of collage, as a way to gather pieces of one's own identity together.
Each person has their own unique personality path, which is the result of the collision of many unique life circumstances, external and internal changes. We pave our way and through many interconnected paths we become an integral part of one whole, the history of the formation of a certain era. Collage is my vision of different and at the same time similar stories. People, animals, cities, families... These stories, in my opinion, can only be conveyed by collage. Collage is like deconstructing reality, reproducing fragments of memory.
I believe that collage is the best way to get to know yourself, your «inside» and its interaction with the world around you. In my works, I pay the most attention to fundamental human emotions, including sexual ones, and self-knowledge, I highlight social issues that I consider important, namely the topics of feminism, veganism, and the development of Ukrainian national consciousness.
