Dmytro Chepurnyi is an independent curator and writer based in Kyiv. He was born in 1994 in Luhansk, located north of the Donetsk coal basin. From 2016 to 2020, he collaborated with the IZOLYATSIA Foundation and coordinated the Donbas Studies research project. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of St Andrews (UK) and a member of the group Donbas Through Collaborative Frameworks (Ukraine/UK). He has collaborated with key cultural institutions in Ukraine, including Asortymentna Kimnata, Shcherbenko Art Centre, and PinchukArtCentre. He is a co-author of the book “Limits of Collaboration: Art, Ethics, and Donbas” (2022), along with Victoria Donovan and Daria Tsymbalyuk, and a co-editor of the publication “Curatorial Handbook” (2020), along with Oleksandra Pogrebnyak and Kateryna Iakovlenko.
Kyiv, Ukraine
E-mail: dc120320@gmail.com
Education & Workshops
2011–2013 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of History, Central & East European Studies.
2013–2018 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Bachelor Degree in Cultural Studies.
Apr–May 2019 Unіversity of St Andrews, School of Modern Languages (UK), GCRF Fellowship Programme, Centre for Russian, Soviet, Central and Eastern European Studies at the University of St Andrews.
December 2022 Research Residency at Centre for Urban History (Lviv, Ukraine).
August 2021 Un-archiving the Post-Industry (Centre for Urban History, Pokrovsk, Ukraine)
Oct–Nov 2019 Fellowship – Culture Bridges Programme (London, Edinburgh, UK)
August 2019 Viadrinicum Summer School (Viadrina University, Frankfurt-Oder, Germany)
June 2019 Internship — Trans Europe Halles Staff Exchange (Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Work Experience
Goethe-Institut Ukraine, Project coordinator, ‘Eastern Partnership’
Asortymentna Kimnata / proto prokciia NGO, Affiliated Curator
Shcherbenko Art Centre, MUHi Young Ukrainian Artists Competition 2021, Curator of Public Programme
Contemporary Art Rivne A-I-R program funded by Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Guest Curator
ICF IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Landscape As a Monument A-I-R program funded by Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Guest Curator
ICF IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Donbas Studies Research Project, Junior Curator, Project Coordinator
ZMINA A-I-R program funded by USAID and National Endowment for Democracy in towns of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Project Manager
Rodovid Press, Project Coordinator
Selected Books
Collective Fantasies and Eastern Resources. Kateryna Aliynyk, Natasha Chychasova / edited by Dmytro Chepurnyi and Anton Usanov – Kyiv: Asortymentna kimnata; Publish Pro, 2023 – 48 c. ISBN 978-617-8247-11-9 (Ukrainian)
Limits of Collaboration: Art, Ethics, and Donbas. Victoria Donovan and Darya Tsymbalyuk with Dmytro Chepurnyi, Viktor Zasypkin, Oleksandr Kuchynskyi, Kateryna Siryk. 2022. Kyiv: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Ukraine – 348 p. ISBN 978-617-549-077-8 (Ukrainian/English)
Contemporary Art Rivne / edited by Dmytro Chepurnyi. – Kyiv : Prostir Platform, 2021. – 126 pages. ISBN 978-617-549-047-1 (Ukrainian)Curatorial Handbook / edited by Dmytro Chepurnyi, Kateryna Iakovlenko, Oleksandra Pogrebnyak. – Kyiv: IZOLYATSIA. Platform of Cultural Initiatives, 2020. – 160 pages. ISBN 9786175021477 (Ukrainian)
Curatorial Handbook / edited by Dmytro Chepurnyi, Kateryna Iakovlenko, Oleksandra Pogrebnyak. – Kyiv: IZOLYATSIA. Platform of Cultural Initiatives, 2020. – 160 pages. ISBN 9786175021477 (Ukrainian)
Selected Articles & Interviews
The Landscape as a Monument: Time, Space and Memory in the Geographies of Eastern Ukraine (interviewed by Tanya Lokot) – Mediapolis: a journal of cities and culture (English)
Подолати роз’єднання: сучасне мистецтво сходу України – Mitec (Ukrainian)
«Будь-яка виставка — це спосіб категорізації матеріалу» Інтерв’ю з Оленою Червоник — LB.UA (Ukrainian)
Виставка N.: позиції глядач_ки, периферійний топос і зникнення людини авангард – Your Art (Ukrainian)
Dmytro Chepurnyi: Letter from Ukraine. February 22, 2022 – The Institute of Network Cultures (English)
Czego oczekujemy od Zachodu? Najostrzejszych sankcji, odłączenia Rosji od systemów bankowych [rozmowa] – Krytyka Polityczna (Polish)
Letter from Ukraine, February 22. Dmytro Chepurnyi in conversation – BLOK Magazine (English)
Kyiv’s Sublime Urban Spaces Are in Danger (written together with Megan Buskey) – The Atlantic (English)
Dima, Dmitry, Dmytro. Glory to the Heroes – Statement Ukraine Paper for The Cockerel with Black Wings: A Recovered Heirloom exhibition by 89books (English)
Landscape After The Battle. What We Can Learn From Our Ruins? – Soniakh Digest (English)
Розмова про п’ять мистецьких резиденцій «Асортиментної кімнати» – post impreza (Ukrainian)
Розширення пам’яті. Нові слова, якими ми описуємо війну, культуру і комеморацію – post impreza (Ukrainian)
Unpacking My Library – Solomiya Magazine Issue 2 (English)