Contemporary Art Gallery of Ukraine «UKV»

The gallery’s activities are aimed at promoting the normalization of Ukraine’s artistic life, stimulating creative processes in contemporary Ukrainian art, and its integration into the global cultural space.

The profile of the gallery’s exhibition and collection activities is dictated by the need to present a comprehensive picture of today’s Ukrainian art, which could include its most interesting phenomena and names. This relates to traditional art, but primarily to experimental […]

Paying close attention primarily to the artistic value of contemporary Ukrainian art, the gallery at the same time does not neglect the intention to contribute to the formation of the infrastructure without which it will be very difficult for it to develop: the contemporary art market.

The gallery actively started and carries out charitable programs related to the revival of Ukrainian spiritual culture, especially concerning Kyiv art museums.

The owner of the gallery is a small cultural-commercial collective enterprise “Kleynod”.

[ref]from the press release of the Ukrainian Contemporary Art Gallery “UKV”, undated[/ref]

 Name: Ukrainian Contemporary Art Gallery “UKV”
Source: from the gallery’s press release
Name: UKV-gallery
Source: from the gallery’s press release
Name: Gallery “UKV”
Source: from invitations to the gallery’s exhibitions
Status: not functioning
Locations
Start: 1992
End: 1994
Address: Sichnevoho Povstannya (Ivana Mazepy) St., 21, building 19, office 15
City: Kyiv
Country: Ukraine
History
Start: autumn 1991
End: autumn 1991
Events:

The gallery was founded by Tetyana Krendelova.

Start: November 1991
End: November 1991
Events:

The project of contemporary art exhibitions “Marathon Blitz” was launched and the first exhibition in this series — “Artists of the Paris Commune“, which presented works by young Kyiv artists.

Start: 1992
End: 1992
Events:

The exhibition “Calm” was held, which became the gallery’s largest project and included works by Kyiv, Odesa, Rostov, and Moscow artists in the exposition.

Start: 1992
End: 1993
Events:

During one year of operation, the gallery held about 10 projects of national and international format. In particular, an exhibition-presentation of the gallery’s collection was organized in Helsinki, Finland. In addition, the gallery director sponsored a plein air in Zakarpattia with the participation of Ukrainian artists and organized a report exhibition in Kyiv, although only Krendelova’s enterprise “Kleynod”, which also sponsored contemporary art gallery projects, was listed on invitations and posters.

Start: 1993
End: 1993
Events:

Closure of the gallery’s activities.