- 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