• contact
    vikamitrichenko@gmail.com
  • about
    The problematic and sometimes absurd relationships we attach to personal memories have been a central topics within my practice for a long time. The unique baggage of specific people, places and circumstances often gather in complexity as we recall them, and sometimes provoke us to consciously or unconsciously, fictionalise the past for reasons that remain unknown even to ourselves. Working with the problematics of memory and recollection, utilising family tales and personal anecdotes, my attempt is to create multi-layered narratives which reflect the complexity of subjective experience and at the same time help to explore some shared cultural oddities and bizarre traditions. Making use of pastiche, colliding styles and meanings, fusing domestic kitsch with fragments of high art masterpieces is the means for me to enquire into paradoxical relationship between the low-level personal experience and the universal abstractions. The cultural heritage, the history of art, big social turbulences, global political and cultural shifts, they are in my opinion just patchworks sewed together from a huge number of small personal stories and little insignificant events. This constituent parts could be eclectic, of different prominence and origination. Their shapes, sizes and structure could vary significantly. Though combined together they produce a meaningful tissue of a bigger and more complex picture of the current social, political and artistic milieu.
  • CV
    Born 1972 in Minsk, BY. Lives and works in Amsterdam, NL
    www.vikamitrichenko.com
  • Education
    2006-07
    Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
    2000-04
    Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
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    Lectures and workshops at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, AKV|St.Joost Den Bosch, UvA University of Amsterdam, Ў Gallery Minsk BY, Wackersacademie Amsterdam, Ateliers Westerdok Amsterdam.
    2008-2015
    Docent of Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Ceramic department, Amsterdam, NL
  • Solo Exhibitions
    2023
    Keramikmuseum Staufen, Staufen im Breisgau, DE. 'Recent Notes'
    2019
    Pulsar art space, Antwerp, BE, 'Pieces With The Babbling Art'
    2012
    Het Academisch Medisch Centrum (AMC), Amsterdam, NL, 'The Trophy Cups'
    The Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam, NL, 'The Trophy Cups'
    2007
    Cibone gallery, Tokyo, JP, ‘Grandmother’s Treasures & Grandfather’s Predilections’
    2006
    Stedelijk Museum, Den Bosch, NL, 'Aesop's Pets'
    2005
    De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL, 'Pieces'
    2003
    cafe “Dwazezaken”, Amsterdam, NL, permanent ceramic wall mosaic
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    2024
    Micropia Museum Amsterdam, NL. 10 Years Of Micropia.
    2023
    Amsterdam Museum,NL. 'Refresh Amsterdam #2: War & Conflict'
    2022
    Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL So Far, Yet So Close.
    Manifesta 14, Pristina, XK, Secondary Archive.
    NDSM Drawing show, Amsterdam, NL. A Perfect Day.
    The Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam, NL. The Frozen Fountain 30 years.
    De Balie, Amsterdam, NL So Far, Yet So Close.
    Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle, NL. Beeldenfestival Anningahof.
    Kunsttraject Amsterdam, NL So Far, Yet So Close.
    2021
    The Grey Space in the Middle, Den Haag, NL. Belarus // In Transition.
    Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, UA. Every Day. Art, Solidarity, Resistance.
    Museum Folkwang, Essen, DE. CULTPROTEST.ME, Künstlerinnen für Demokratie in Belarus.
    2020
    Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE, Object Love.
    ROZENSTRAAT – a rose is a rose is a rose. Amsterdam, NL. 2020. A collective project by Amsterdam based artists.
    Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL, BELARUS // ART OF RESISTANCE
    Kunstraum Garagentor, Dusseldorf, DE, Locus.
    2018
    Museum de Domijnen Hedendaagse Kunst, Sittard, NL, Object Love
    VILLA SOKRATES Foundation, Krynki, PL, Pra__Bel
    Y Gallery, Minsk, BY, 'Zbor. Uncollectabales'
    Collect2018, Saatchi gallery, London, UK, The Trophy Cups with Mint gallery
    Het Academisch Medisch Centrum (AMC), Amsterdam, NL, PWTBA
    2017
    Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, BE, Streets & Memories, with Tatyana Yassievich and Anna Chepets
    Garage Rotterdam, NL, Humble
    Ministry of Security and Justice, Den Haag, NL, The Trophy Cups
    Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Den Haag, NL, Grandmother’s Treasures
    2016
    CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL, RENEWED PAST
    Foundation IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine, 'Zbor. Uncollectabales'
    2015
    Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn, NL, Royal Showpieces II
    Arsenal gallery, Białystok, PL, Zbor group exhibition
    VBCN Open Space, Amsterdam, NL, VBCN, 10 jaar
    2014
    Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, NL, 'Klei!'
    Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA, Re: Collection
    Křehký at Mikulov, Prague, CZ, Festival of Art and Design
    2013
    AFK office, Amsterdam, NL, 'The Trophy Cups'
    Mikulov Chateau, Prague, CZ, Festival of Art and Design
    Punt WG, Amsterdam, NL, 'Total Recall'
    Designblok Prague Design and Fashion Week, Prague, CZ
    Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle NL, Beelden 2013 (exh.cat.)
    2012
    Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL, We Zijn Open, permanent collection
    Het Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, NL, Celadon
    Amstel 41 gallery, Amsterdam, NL, -O-L-O-G-Y
    Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle NL, Beelden 2012 (exh.cat.)
    2011
    Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL, 'Temporary Stedelijk'
    Cibone gallery, Tokyo, JP, Designtide
    De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL, 'Made in China'
    2010
    International Biennale of Vallauris, FR, 'Gold'n Chromo'(exh.cat.)
    Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Den Haag, NL, 'Grandfather’s Predilections'
    The European Triennial of Small-Scale Sculpture 17th Edition, Murska Sobota, SI
    2009
    The Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, FR, 'Petits bouleversements au centre de la table'
    Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA, 'Object Factory, the Art of Industrial Ceramics' (exh.cat.)
    Dutch Ministry of Finance, Den Haag, NL, 'Made in China'
    Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA, 'Permanently Mad'
    De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL, 'Goud Omrand'
    MOCA, Taipei, TW, 'The Simple Art of Parody'
    2008
    HAN JI YUN Contemporary Space, Beijing, CN, 'RCS' (exh.cat.)
    Zuiderzee Museum, NL, 'My Art. Collectors share their passion'
    Kunsthall, Rotterdam, NL, '15 Jaar Marlies Dekkers'
    Bernardaud Foundation, Limoges, FR, 'Petits bouleversements au centre de la table', (exh. cat.)
    Gardiner Museum, Toronto, CA, 'Object Factory, the Art of Industrial Ceramics', (exh. cat.)
    Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Den Haag, NL, 'Grandmother’s Treasures'
    2007
    Het Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, NL, 'Hollands Porselein', (exh. cat.)
    Lambert van Meerten Museum, Delft, NL, 'Contour. Continuiteit', (exh. cat.)
    Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL, Open studious, (exh. cat.)
    2006
    Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam, NL, Collection of the Nederlandsche Bank
    Tweede Kamer der Staten-General, Den Haag, NL, 'Grandmother’s Treasures'
    Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, NL, 'Gespot. Aanwinsten vormgeving'
    Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL, Open studious, (exh. cat.)
    2005
    De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL, 'Aanwinsten 2005. Een keuze'
    Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL, 'Geel metalliek - goud voor Robert Smit'
    Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL, 'Sharp Youth avoid appreciation', (exh. cat.)
    2004
    Shell Research Technology Center, Amsterdam, NL, 'Shell Young Art Award'
    Het Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, NL, 'Lekker Decaden!', (exh. cat.)
    De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL, 'Goud Omrand', (exh. cat.)
  • Works in the public collections:
    Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
    Amsterdam Museum, NL
    Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA
    Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, NL
    Ministerie van OCW, Den Haag, NL
    Ministry of Justice and Security, NL
    De Nederlandsche Bank Amsterdam, NL
    Het Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, NL
    AkzoNobel, Amsterdam , NL
    LeasePlan Corporation, Almere, NL
    Houthof Buruma, Amsterdam, NL
    Fred Guurink Kunstencollectie, Rotterdam, NL
    Dwazezaken cafe, Amsterdam, NL
  • Fellowships/stipends
    2006
    Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, NL
    2007
    ABN-AMRO Bank, Amsterdam, NL
    2008
    Basisstipendium Mondriaan Fund, NL
    2010
    Subsidy for 'The Trophy Cups' project, AFK/Mondriaan Fund NL
    2012
    Basisstipendium Mondriaan Fund, NL
    2015
    Tijlfonds, NL
    2019
    Basisstipendium Mondriaan Fund, NL
    Stokroos stichting, NL. Mould&Dust
    2021
    Stokroos stichting, NL. August Diary