CUTOUT Collage Festival 2025 in Kyiv

On November 14, Kyiv National Art Gallery and CUTOUT COLLAGE ART PROJECT will present the final exhibition of this year's international collage festival CUTOUT, which takes place in three capitals of the world this year — Kyiv, Paris, and Tokyo — exploring the theme "IDENTITY CODE: Nation, Culture, Politics." 

Kyiv will welcome 132 authors from around the world, presenting their collages in analog, digital, and mixed media, as well as animations, installations, and art books. Most of the works are mini-format collages, which form the basis of the exhibition. 

Collage: Darka Shpykuliak

The CUTOUT Collage Festival is one of the main events in the collage world, taking place every two years since 2021. In addition to the festival, the art project creates independent exhibitions on socio-political topics important to Ukraine, in particular in support of Ukrainian prisoners of war; it has a collage studio and a residence for artists seeking professional development in the field of collage.

The co-founders of CUTOUT COLLAGE ART PROJECT, Annete Sagal and Katya Syta, have elevated collage from a simple technique to an art form that is now attracting the interest of galleries and museums throughout Ukraine.

The main exhibition of the festival will feature artists:

CUTOUT Residents: 

Lesia Aikhert, Daria Balova, Iryna Dunaeva, Anna Zhukova, Daria Zymenko, AK Electra, Iryna Kudriashova, Iryna Mazur, Oksana Maiarchuk, VMRSHNKV, Olena Morozova, Valeriia Roshcheniuk, Ganna Rusyava, Nataliia Savina, Annete Sagal, Anna Samoilovych, Alisa Salnikova, Katya Syta, Maryna Siliakova, Julia Sonata, Iryna Tatarenko, Tetyana Tretiakova, Mila Cheprasova, Yaroslava Shkolna

Invited Ukrainian artists:Iryna iSky, Iryna Vale, Eva Holts, Dmytro Zhuravel, Olena Zaretska, Oleksandr Liapin, Tiberiĭ Silʹvashi, Sveta Ostrovska, Sasha Chichkan.

Invited international artists:

Allison Anne, Susana Blasco, Kike Congrains, Clive Knights, Jake Dombroski, Jake Kennedy, Taras Palijh Lachowsky, Saskia Reis, Julia Volonts.

Artists from Japan: Hanzoumon, Yuji Ito, Michael Roberts, Aoi Tsuda, Eri Arai.

French artists: 

Maelle Amand, Claude Artier, Cléo Bataille, Eva Baussart, Z.Eightsus, Fátima Frade, Patrice Huguier, Jack Leone, Adela Lorincz.

Winners of the Ukraine open call: Ave Libertatemaveamor, Illya Bel, Bastya, Lusi Bogdanowicz, Kateryna Bondarets, Vynohradova, Iryna Vlasiuk, Vllasenko, Oleksandra Viazinko, Anastasiia Halushka, Anastasiia Hlivinska, Tetyana Hubska, Viktoriia Hunina, Anhelina Datsiuk, Dmytro Ilchuk, hola.momento, daiinache, Daria Isakovych, M.K.bee, Mila Kosynska, Kryvych, Oleksandr Kudriashov, Oleksandra Kulikovska, Nastya Kulik & Anna Yutchenko, Olena Kulish, Olena Ushakova, Kate Lavska, Ielizaveta, Alina Lobanova, Iren Moroz, Svietoslava Myloradovych, Vera Mukhina, Oksana Oleksiiva, Anna Pylypchuk, Tany Pototska, Nataliia Okhman, OlhaOnish, Olha Onishchuk, Helen Osadcha, Kateryna Rodiuk, Eliza Sereda, Maryna Syrovatka, Veronika Synenka, Olena Sorochynska, Lubov Stehniienko, Iryna Tymkul, Liliia Topoliuk, Kruholska, Roksoliana-Vasylyna Horoz, Asia Tsyhankova, Irina Cheremisina, Evgenia Shastina, Collage.Absurdage, Nataly Shkurat, Darka Shpykuliak, Vadym Yudytskyi.

Winners of the international open call: Marcella Campo | kaendirave, William Culpepper, Enna Egnal, Agnieszka Fyda | acfstudio, Melanie Golde, Simão Matos | glu3on, Helene Guay | LNK, Vanda Jurkovic, Leon Kaps, Jelizaveta Krotova, Lindsay McFarlane | Johny_Oakway, Bea Montero, Ré Phillips, Marie V. Recalde, Olga Rutkowiak, Diana Segovia, Sudeshna Saha | সুদেSHNA, TO I OWO KOLAŻ I SŁOWO, Stephen Tomasko, Clara Vardanian, Anke Vos, Sara Zinelli, ZULFA.

Grand opening of the exhibition: November 14, 5-7 p.m. (free admission)

Exhibition dates: 14.11-02.12.2025

Kyiv National Art Gallery

Tereshchenkivs'ka street, 9, Kyiv, Ukraine

Admission ticket: 200 UAH / 100 UAH for students and pensioners

Curators: Annete Sagal, Katya Syta, Veronika Shchukina

Poster design: Ganna Rusyava

Collage on poster: Julia Sonata