Marko Kolomytskyi. Opening 22.05.2026. Paris
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2026 by admin
MAMAN SOUS CELLOPHANE
Marko Kolomytskyi
Opening Friday 22.05 from 5pm
Motto Paris
Motto invites you to MAMAN SOUS CELLOPHANE, a solo exhibition by Marko Kolomytskyi. Drawing on personal family photographs rescued from occupied Alchevsk and smuggled to Paris in a Russian artist’s suitcase, the work pairs each image with a major political event between Russia and Ukraine occurring on the same day or month — turning the caption into an act of intervention that shatters the innocence of the family archive.
“I worked from my personal family archives – photographs and documents kept in my flat in Alchevsk. This project transforms private memory into a political perspective. My artistic gesture lies precisely in the act of captioning: I have selected dated images to systematically juxtapose them with major political events that occurred between Russia and Ukraine on the same day or in the same month as a family event.”
Marko Kolomytskyi was born in 1999 in Alchevsk, in the Donbas region of Ukraine. After spending seven years in Asia, including four in Japan, he lived in Canada before settling in Paris. Building on his previous artistic experience and driven by the need to develop his practice in a new context, he is currently studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Since 2021, he has been collaborating with Varvara Kornieieva as part of the duo SU Group, which explores memory and identity through hybrid media. Since 2022, he has also been working with Alisa Berger on projects combining film, performance and sound experimentation. In 2025, they presented RAPTURE at the Berlinale.
In 2023, he studied lithography at Tokyo University of the Arts, furthering his research into materiality and gesture. In 2025, he continued his training at IRCAM, developing his work around sound and experimental composition. That same year, he held his first solo exhibition in Japan and his works were showcased at the Polish Pavilion at WorldExpo Osaka 2025.
His artistic practice revolves around language, which he regards as his primary medium, and is expressed through installation, printmaking (lithography and linocut), performance, theatre and film. Inspired by conceptual art, his work combines reflection with poetic sensibility.He is the founder of MAYAK, a club for poets and writers in Paris, where he continues his research into the limits of language and collective expression.
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