CUTOUT Festival 2025 begins in Paris

The third international collage festival CUTОUT begins this fall. The theme of the festival was “IDENTITY CODE: Nation, Culture, Politics.” This theme is dedicated to the study of identity in the context of cultural, political and social changes.

The organizers of the project chose Paris as the starting point for the event thanks to gallerist Xavier Gras, who has been a constant supporter of the Ukrainian collage community, which has been actively developing since 2021.

On 10.10.2025 at 17:00, the first exhibition within the framework of the CUTОUT festival will open in Paris at the gallery Le Bonheur Est Dans L’instant, which translates as “Happiness is in the Moment”.

Collage: Julia Sonata

The participants of the first exhibition:

CUTOUT residents: Lesia Aikhert, Daria Balova, Iryna Dunaeva, Anna Zhukova, Daria Zymenko, Alla Kuchma, Iryna Kudriashova, Oksana Maiarchuk, Valeriia Miroshnikova, Olena Morozova, Valeriia Roscheniuk, Gnna Rusyava, Annete Sagal, Anna Samoilovych, Alisa Salnikova, Katya Syta, Maryna Siliakova, Julia Sonata, Iryna Tatarenko, Tetyana Tretiakova, Mila Cheprasova, Yaroslava Shkolna.

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

As well as participants of the international open call, who were recognized by the jury: Clara Vardanian, Ielyzaveta Litvinenko, Alina Lobanova, Olga Rutkowiak, Evgenia Shastina, Lubov Stehniienko, Olena Ushakova, Vadym Yudytskyi, Iuliia Shulga.

Exhibition dates: 10–17.10.2025

Gallery Le Bonheur Est Dans L’instant

Address: 72 Rue Amelot, Paris, France

The CUTOUT festival is one of the main events of the collage environment around the world, which will continue this year in two more capitals — Tokyo and Kyiv, where it will present an interesting list of artists from all over the world.

Curators: Annete Sagal, Katya Syta,

Xavier Gras

Poster design: Ganna Rusyava

Collage on poster: Daria Zymenko