https://antonshebetko.com Anton Shebetko Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:27:28 +0000 https://antonshebetko.com en https://antonshebetko.com/About-1 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:26:36 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/About-1 About Anton Shebetko (he/him) is a Ukrainian artist, photographer, curator, and writer from Kyiv who currently lives in Amsterdam. His works focus on the issues facing the LGBTQIA+ community in Ukraine, themes of memory, loss of identity, multiplicity of history, and the role that photography and archival materials can play in revealing these stories. Most of his research is devoted to the forgotten queer history of Ukraine; part of it was recently published in his book "A Very Brief and Subjective Queer History of Ukraine". His work has been exhibited at the FOAM Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Schwules Museum and&nbsp; nGbK am Alex in Berlin, Germany; Q21 Exhibition Space in Vienna, Austria; Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland; CENTQUATRE-PARIS in Paris, France; BWA Studio in Wroclaw, Poland; Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart, Germany; and PinchukArtCentre and Mystetskyi Arsenal in Kyiv, Ukraine. He participated in Kyiv Biennial in 2023 and was a nominee for PinchukArtPrize in 2025. He curated exhibitions and film programs for Schwules Museum, Melkweg Expo and WORM Rotterdam. He was a recipient of the RM Residency Award and the Where Love Is Illegal Fellowship.&nbsp;He gave talks and lectures at Maastricht University, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and Between Bridges Gallery. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Link to the portfolio and CV CV:Education:2018-2022 — Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Bachelor of Arts Current and upcoming:&nbsp; 2026 — What We Talk About, When We Talk About Crimea, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland 2026 — Home: Perspectives, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway 2026 — Cruising Amsterdam, No Limits Art Castle x BUTT Magazine, Warmoes Biennial, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2025 — A Heart That Beats: Focus On Queer Ukrainian Art, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany2025 — Freedom - An Unfinished Story, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (DHMD), Dresden, Germany Curatorial:&nbsp; 2025 — A Heart That Beats: Focus On Queer Ukrainian Art,Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany2025 —&nbsp;Closer to the Truth: Forms of Art in Wartime Ukraine, WORM x FOTODOK, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2024 — Heelz on Wheelz, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2023 — Recharge and Revolt: Queer Resistance and Rave Culture in Ukraine, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands Solo exhibitions:2023 — Ukrainian Queer TV: An Open Archive, Kauno menininkų namai, Kaunas, Lithuania 2023 — A Brief Queer History of Ukraine, BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland 2023 — To Know Us Better, Unity Theater, Liverpool, United Kingdom 2022 — Three Kind Reminders, Okna, Porto, Portugal 2022 — What grows in the heart, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2022 — To Know Us Better, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2021&nbsp;— Ditya Poroka, Noch, Odesa, Ukraine2019 — It's Not the End of the World, Robert Kananj Gallery, Toronto, Canada2019 — Rituals, Club Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands2018 — We were here, IZOLYATSIA Foundation, Izone, Kyiv, Ukraine2018 — Common People, Robert Kananaj Gallery, Toronto, Canada2017 — Summer Moved on, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine2016 — Gospel of Leg, Art Area DK, Kharkiv, UkraineGroup exhibitions:2025 — uni form: Broken Twill, P61 Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2025 — Shame of the shuffled cards, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, Netherlands2025 — uni form: Broken Twill, Total Museum, Seoul, South Korea 2025 — A Heart That Beats: Focus On Queer Ukrainian Art, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany2025 — Freedom - An Unfinished Story, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (DHMD), Dresden, Germany 2025 — Exhibition of shortlisted nominees for PinchukArtPrize 2025, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine 2025 — Prospects 2025, Mondriaan Funds, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2025 — Beyond These Walls, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2024 — Home: Ukrainian Photography, UK Words, The Turnpike Gallery, Wigan &amp; Leigh, UK 2024 — Structures of Reciprocity, Jam Factory Art Centre, Lviv, Ukraine 2024 — Amsterdam Art Week X Rietveld Alumni: Canopy, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands2024 — Heelz on Wheelz, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands2024 — Tom of Finland Art &amp; Culture Festival, Berghain, Berlin, Germany 2024 — Essential Goods, Pavillion of Culture, Kyiv, Ukraine2024 — Kyiv Perennial, nGbK am Alex, Berlin, Germany2024 — Best of Graduates Legacy, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2024 — No Dancing Allowed/2, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands2023 — Kyiv Biennial, Augarten Contemporary &amp; Never at Home, Vienna, Austria2023 — Recharge and Revolt: Queer Resistance and Rave Culture in Ukraine, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2023 — Ted Noten &amp; co. - over waarde, Museum Jan, Amstelveen, Netherlands2023 — Queerstories_UA_PL, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland 2023 — Kunst und Leben in Zeiten des Krieges, Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany 2023 — KunstRAI x Rietveld Alumni: A Hook’s Eye, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands2023 — Home. Perspectives, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK2023 — Ukrainian Perspectives: Photography from the 1940s–now, ChaShaMa, New York, USA 2022 — #Ukraine. Images of War, Photo Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland2022 — Onbereikbare liefde, 033fotostad, Amersfoort, Netherlands 2022 — Big DaDa, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2022 — Graduation Show, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2022 — Best of Graduates, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2022 — No Dancing Allowed, Frei_raum Q21 Exhibition Space, Wien, Austria 2022 — Never Not Fighting, Hyper Hypo, Athens, Greece 2022&nbsp;— Slava Ukraini!, Galeria Czwartek, Warsaw, Poland 2022&nbsp;— Simeiz, Oceanic Imaginaries, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam2021 — While We Were Waiting, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2021 — Garden after Gods, JUMP Contemporary Art Center, Poltava, Ukraine2021 — I don't wanna dance, Brave! Factory Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine 2021 — Sensitivity, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine 2020 — #брюдершафт, Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv 2020&nbsp;— Standartas, Autarkia, Vilnius, Lithuania2020 — Of Texture and Structure, Fotografia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia 2020 — Common People, Circulation(s) Festival, Paris, France2019 — Disobedient bodies, Kmytiv Museum of Art, Kmytiv, Ukraine2019 — 32 (part of exhibition from MUHI competition finalists), Taras Shevchenko Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine2019 — UPHA IN DA OFFICE, Kyiv, Ukraine2019 — Formation, Brave! Factory Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine2019 — UPHA: Made in Ukraine, AkT, Kyiv, Ukraine2019 — MIM: A Queer Fundraiser for the Benefit of Refugees, WestergasTheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands2019 — Common People, Careful with That Axe, Eugene, AkT, Kyiv, Ukraine2019 — Deep storage, LOLA BAE, Amsterdam, Netherlands2018 — Pomada Festival, Warsaw, Poland2017 — Festival of Young Ukrainian Artists, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine2017 — We are Youth, AkT, Kyiv, Ukraine2017 — Call and Response: Art as Resistance, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, USA2017 — Container Love, MS Dockville, Hamburg, Germany2016 — Photographic Unconscious, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine2016 — I'm Not There, Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv, UkraineSelected film screenings: 2025 — Visions of Ukraine: Queer Shorts from Ukraine, Barbican, UK2025 — Utrecht Queer Film Festival, Netherlands2024 — Open Out Festival, Norway2024 — Queer Porto Film Festival, Portugal2024 — Queer Lisboa Film Festival, Portugal2024 — goEast Film Festival, Ukraine2024 — 2Annas Film Festival, Latvia2023 — Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine2023 — Slovak Queer Film Festival, Slovakia2023 — BARDAK Film Fest, Ukraine2023 — Outfilm Festival, Poland2023 — Mezipatra Film Festival, Czech Republic2023 — BEAST Film Festival, Portugal2023 — Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece2023 — Sunny Bunny Film Festival, Ukraine2023 — Lovers Film Festival, Italy2022 — image+nation Film Festival, Canada Festivals: 2024 — Tom of Finland Art &amp; Culture Festival, Berlin, Germany2022 — Fotofestiwal Lodz, Poland2022 — The Queer Archive Festival, Athens, Greece2020 — Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi, Georgia2020 — Circulation(s) Festival, Paris, France2017 — Festival of Young Ukrainian Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine Awards: 2026 — FUTURES Photography, nominated by FOTODOK Utrecht 2025 — Nominee for PinchukArtPrize, Kyiv, Ukraine 2022 — Ron Mandos Residency Award, Amsterdam, Netherlands2019 — Finalist, MUHI 2019, Ukraine2019 — Shortlist, Discovery of the Year, Ukrcontempphoto Awards, Ukraine 2016 — Finalist of Non Stop Media Festival VII, Kharkiv, UkraineResidencies, fellowships, grants: 2025 — Mijn Eerste Aanvraag, AFK, Netherlands2025 — Culture Moves Europe, Goethe-Institut2024 — Artist Start, Mondriaan Fonds, Netherlands2022 — Artist in residence, MuseumQuartier, Wien, Austria 2022 — Where Love Is Illegal Fellowship 2022 — Once Upon a Queer, organised by IZOLYATSIA Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine 2018 — Coming Out of Isolation, organised by IZOLYATSIA Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine Lectures, artist talks, panel discussions: 2025 — Queer History of Ukraine, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, Netherlands 2025 — Roles of archives in queer storytelling, REMIX 2025, Beeld&amp;Geluid, Hilversum, Netherlands 2025 — Anarchiving: Queering Narratives, Queer Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands2025 — Queer History of Ukraine, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam 2025 — Documenting Identity: LGBTQ+ Memory in Ukraine,&nbsp;Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm, Sweden 2024 — Europe's Finest Hours, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, Netherlands2024&nbsp;— Veselka Takeover, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands 2023&nbsp;—&nbsp;Perverse Collections: Building Europe's queer and trans archives, EYE Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2023&nbsp;— What is queer?, America House Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine 2023 — Ukraine: Role of Arts in Wartime, ifa gallery, Stuttgart, Germany 2023 — Research of queer cinema and queer culture in Ukraine, Sunny Bunny Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine 2023 — A Very Brief Queer History of Ukraine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands2023 — A Very Brief Queer History of Ukraine, Between Bridges, Berlin, Germany2023 — On Camouflage, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam2022 — Presentation of "A Very Brief and Subjective Queer History of Ukraine",&nbsp;Buchhandlung Walther König at MuseumsQuartier, Wien Books: 2023&nbsp;— Dik Fagazine (co-edited with Karol Radziszewski) 2022 — A Very Brief and Subjective Queer History of Ukraine, self-published2021 — Мальчики! (Boys!), self-publishedPublications:The New York Times, Butt Magazine, e-flux, Vice, British Journal of Photography, Sleek Mag, De Correspondent, Het Parool, W Magazine, Metropolis M, Kunstforum, BBC, Bird in Flight, Calvert Journal, KyivPost, DW Ukrainian, GUP Magazine, Huck Magazine, Don’t Take Fake Magazine Works in the collection: Akzonobel Art Foundation ING Collection The 21C Collection Supported by: <img width="358" height="376" width_o="358" height_o="376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d7596a1a024d7a3186a6ef407b0eedafec020721d0883e4f4f954726c65de06/MFO_LOGO_RGB_ROOD_SMALL.png" data-mid="202284850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/358/i/9d7596a1a024d7a3186a6ef407b0eedafec020721d0883e4f4f954726c65de06/MFO_LOGO_RGB_ROOD_SMALL.png" /> https://antonshebetko.com/Tryouts Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:42:13 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/Tryouts Tryouts 2025 Photo on aluminium, OSB"Tryouts" is a series of large-format photographs depicting homoerotic Soviet-era propagandist monuments that were either destroyed during the decommunization process or are now inaccessible. Each photograph is partially obscured by OSB panels with cutouts inspired by the works of Kazimir Malevich—an artist whose legacy has been successfully reappropriated into the national narrative of Ukraine. These cutouts highlight the homoerotic elements of the sculptures while rendering their Soviet propaganda aspects invisible to the viewer. By reframing these monuments through a queer lens, Tryouts challenges dominant historical narratives and explores the potential for alternative perspectives in the reading of history. <img width="958" height="1437" width_o="958" height_o="1437" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193882d3ea913e83dd85cdb5d9e9740313dd9bd3622abb3dcc33d4f40182ba07/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-2.jpg" data-mid="229195359" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/958/i/193882d3ea913e83dd85cdb5d9e9740313dd9bd3622abb3dcc33d4f40182ba07/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-2.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf1266ca57a7ec173d296bd08677fd21c9f1adf3aba4b113ab43a2a36a905dc2/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts.jpg" data-mid="229195360" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf1266ca57a7ec173d296bd08677fd21c9f1adf3aba4b113ab43a2a36a905dc2/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts.jpg" /> <img width="961" height="1441" width_o="961" height_o="1441" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05f36ee6c72f266b7697aa529c242507d02cbf5b389ba93af2c5c29557dcd3f8/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-3.jpg" data-mid="229195358" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/961/i/05f36ee6c72f266b7697aa529c242507d02cbf5b389ba93af2c5c29557dcd3f8/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-3.jpg" /> Installation shots from Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam: <img width="1426" height="950" width_o="1426" height_o="950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b2859befc2fd74e0f2549921e4a5ff25249a8eaae4e80e708617847d6291cc5/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-8.jpg" data-mid="229195792" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b2859befc2fd74e0f2549921e4a5ff25249a8eaae4e80e708617847d6291cc5/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-8.jpg" /> Installation shots from PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv: <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af0d2835d54cfa6992a562a28112ae2d934a3d81cf815c438e38061cfa8eaafd/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-7.jpg" data-mid="229195788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af0d2835d54cfa6992a562a28112ae2d934a3d81cf815c438e38061cfa8eaafd/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-7.jpg" /> <img width="5304" height="7952" width_o="5304" height_o="7952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13450f85976c2863b3500139f732c886612ff0c4290e2ea6ad4bd5c61aa78789/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-5.jpg" data-mid="229195355" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13450f85976c2863b3500139f732c886612ff0c4290e2ea6ad4bd5c61aa78789/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-5.jpg" /> <img width="1273" height="1909" width_o="1273" height_o="1909" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17f5e777898b1ab520afab1368eccc29c860a8209ec23748b0cfc1037e084f02/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-4.jpg" data-mid="229195356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17f5e777898b1ab520afab1368eccc29c860a8209ec23748b0cfc1037e084f02/Anton-Shebetko-Tryouts-4.jpg" /> Shown at:Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, Netherlands PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine https://antonshebetko.com/Dear-Sons-and-Daughters-of-Ukraine-2 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:27:28 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/Dear-Sons-and-Daughters-of-Ukraine-2 Dear Sons and Daughters of Ukraine 2025 Silkscreens, selection of the books <img width="6928" height="5018" width_o="6928" height_o="5018" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f84afd4fe4f41866b229e895c897c6fc506577da7266ec7e89fe196fd148f5e0/285DS_01143_2photoElaBialkowskaOKNOstudio.jpg" data-mid="235817326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f84afd4fe4f41866b229e895c897c6fc506577da7266ec7e89fe196fd148f5e0/285DS_01143_2photoElaBialkowskaOKNOstudio.jpg" /> The presence or absence of queerness in Ukrainian culture remains a subject of speculation in Ukrainian society. Though rarely explicit, queerness has existed in subtle, coded forms within the works and correspondence of Ukrainian artists and writers. The silkscreen series Dear Sons and Daughters of Ukraine presents portraits of scientists, artists, and political figures linked to Ukraine – whether through their origins or their contributions to the national canon. Their names are woven into the national narrative and often used to construct the collective myth of a nation. Yet the queer dimensions of their biographies are systematically silenced and erased. The portraits in series are printed white on white using the silkscreen printing technique that emphasizes how the non-heteronormative aspects of their biographies are invisible and inconvenient for propaganda, demonstrating the complexity of their identities. This ironic duality – being both present and absent – reflects a broader pattern: Ukrainian culture itself has often been rendered invisible, either dismissed or reframed through an imperial lens, with some of its most prominent figures appropriated and claimed as representatives of other nations. The project is complemented by the library of research materials: biographies, diaries, documentaries, and tabloids. It invites the viewers to immerse themselves in the context, do their own research, and find their own answers. Installation shots from PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv: <img width="8165" height="5443" width_o="8165" height_o="5443" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a7b29e6e4fe3e0deb6b601cc39c5ab85d2f922784bf64ca174577bc5d2ed793/303DSC00565photoElaBialkowskaOKNOstudio.jpg" data-mid="235928700" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a7b29e6e4fe3e0deb6b601cc39c5ab85d2f922784bf64ca174577bc5d2ed793/303DSC00565photoElaBialkowskaOKNOstudio.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="5000" width_o="3333" height_o="5000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/453160abaca6594ea4288ce58fc270f977cef8209a1157dc83224bdd1a2c8246/SSH_8210.jpg" data-mid="235928497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/453160abaca6594ea4288ce58fc270f977cef8209a1157dc83224bdd1a2c8246/SSH_8210.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="3780" width_o="3024" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e99f1d99761d2e6f49646ddac3db02ccd2afbeac608dd92f10febf45db12ec00/IMG_5691.jpg" data-mid="235928427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e99f1d99761d2e6f49646ddac3db02ccd2afbeac608dd92f10febf45db12ec00/IMG_5691.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="3780" width_o="3024" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76b18169a2ee84515df1b2074b579c55e155bce3a6c489e368f7ed7ecd849e42/IMG_5696.jpg" data-mid="235928439" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76b18169a2ee84515df1b2074b579c55e155bce3a6c489e368f7ed7ecd849e42/IMG_5696.jpg" /> <img width="2917" height="3647" width_o="2917" height_o="3647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba7b20b880286988662dea2863a67e88006cda143133e6247e11e3fd305347be/IMG_5697.jpg" data-mid="235928445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba7b20b880286988662dea2863a67e88006cda143133e6247e11e3fd305347be/IMG_5697.jpg" /> <img width="2722" height="3403" width_o="2722" height_o="3403" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b579668ff47a5c3f57b9dd500de72943469ceff6d646a56b83d4e1594c03666f/IMG_5694.jpg" data-mid="235928435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b579668ff47a5c3f57b9dd500de72943469ceff6d646a56b83d4e1594c03666f/IMG_5694.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="5000" width_o="3333" height_o="5000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca61296ff213d468809d18d1b720631aee867b8e79e683b1c0ebc773d1e51701/SSH_8213.jpg" data-mid="235928494" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca61296ff213d468809d18d1b720631aee867b8e79e683b1c0ebc773d1e51701/SSH_8213.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed7232317bbc54c42f18d3a12aebc0a523dcb1cb13d863581b9c3e80c2a374ea/SSH_8222.jpg" data-mid="235928493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed7232317bbc54c42f18d3a12aebc0a523dcb1cb13d863581b9c3e80c2a374ea/SSH_8222.jpg" /> Shown at:Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, Netherlands Schwules Museum, Berlin, GermanyPinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine https://antonshebetko.com/A-Very-Brief-and-Subjective-Queer-History-of-Ukraine Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:55:57 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/A-Very-Brief-and-Subjective-Queer-History-of-Ukraine A Very Brief and Subjective Queer History of Ukraine 2022 publication&nbsp; This publication is an attempt to tell the story of Ukrainian queer community through a series of interviews with members of the community, researchers and artists. Even though it's written in a chronological order, this is a subjective attempt and does not intend to be the only correct reading of history or a 100% truthful reflection of the ideas expressed in it. The publication begins with a timeline, which spells out the main dates for the Ukrainian LGBTQ+ movement. The following chapters are 6 sections of 8 interviews, each beginning with a short introduction essay. The interviews cover the period from modernism to the present day. As an addition to the text, the publication includes visual research made in the last 5 years.&nbsp; Check the timeline (updated in March 2023) Order the publication <img width="4285" height="4285" width_o="4285" height_o="4285" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaa22baff9979325948a6f37b2939b66ef47832a736b8f3afb3ea2c901e6dad4/1658255474833.jpg" data-mid="149410100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eaa22baff9979325948a6f37b2939b66ef47832a736b8f3afb3ea2c901e6dad4/1658255474833.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d79fbc4a9d4ff4850a30b9d4a7a744e1348e495a6e3d0915f6ffad09b53fdb9c/1658255328581.jpg" data-mid="149410262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d79fbc4a9d4ff4850a30b9d4a7a744e1348e495a6e3d0915f6ffad09b53fdb9c/1658255328581.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82f2d1024efd3ae5e8e2cd2e3d6789a5fef339352cb0ab6c412f2ff1c3de2ce6/1658255328480.jpg" data-mid="149410253" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82f2d1024efd3ae5e8e2cd2e3d6789a5fef339352cb0ab6c412f2ff1c3de2ce6/1658255328480.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5ccb76dc4cd8531c5c8cde454801b4dc255ccbc409441b5625e5b8e95ba30ee/1658255328401.jpg" data-mid="149410245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5ccb76dc4cd8531c5c8cde454801b4dc255ccbc409441b5625e5b8e95ba30ee/1658255328401.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7822e450e8faddc4e5b790004b30e431645a4252e2b3d67bd18129d1b80dc18/1658255328416.jpg" data-mid="149410250" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7822e450e8faddc4e5b790004b30e431645a4252e2b3d67bd18129d1b80dc18/1658255328416.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/021b8df86d7e22c4548805f5c660cbfe08cae21fb5ff92f9c2ada4a4ff3a194e/1658255328448.jpg" data-mid="149410251" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/021b8df86d7e22c4548805f5c660cbfe08cae21fb5ff92f9c2ada4a4ff3a194e/1658255328448.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/948b06f46b17896577702ba7e3ac66bf82a41a89cd6dfd1c91be9f541feeed27/1658255431575.jpg" data-mid="149410117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/948b06f46b17896577702ba7e3ac66bf82a41a89cd6dfd1c91be9f541feeed27/1658255431575.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b35722e855222a603a6843685b93feb10fada68e6235396bbc76740b8ed9c0a4/1658255328650.jpg" data-mid="149410265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b35722e855222a603a6843685b93feb10fada68e6235396bbc76740b8ed9c0a4/1658255328650.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2da009c52aafc2f1d6c31d02f1a846480966cccd08e8cca205bbc8b0484b4050/1658255328547.jpg" data-mid="149410279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2da009c52aafc2f1d6c31d02f1a846480966cccd08e8cca205bbc8b0484b4050/1658255328547.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdc664babf46cd79fe347810091a15484fc3a09532059ffe09d2113f5d981239/1658255328496.jpg" data-mid="149410258" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bdc664babf46cd79fe347810091a15484fc3a09532059ffe09d2113f5d981239/1658255328496.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d74030fd3cefa23abb0be9f507e446f10df0e264034e1224278fcc5a0793fa84/1658255328513.jpg" data-mid="149410241" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d74030fd3cefa23abb0be9f507e446f10df0e264034e1224278fcc5a0793fa84/1658255328513.jpg" /> <img width="5761" height="5760" width_o="5761" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a68af9bbad9c94fbd8a48ca77ba66b61615f91a4de5435b886270d5dff5fed49/1658255328530.jpg" data-mid="149410260" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a68af9bbad9c94fbd8a48ca77ba66b61615f91a4de5435b886270d5dff5fed49/1658255328530.jpg" /> https://antonshebetko.com/Simeiz-1 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:28:44 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/Simeiz-1 Simeiz2021-ongoing photo, video Simeiz is a small village on the southern coast of Crimea which is temporarily occupied by Russia. In the Soviet era, an underground gay resort arose in the village. It started with a small nudist beach; a popular bar and night club, Hedgehogs, appeared later in independent Ukraine. From the 1990s on, Simeiz&nbsp;became a significant meeting point for members of the LGBTQ+ community from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Every year, about 4,000 people visited the place before the&nbsp;temporary&nbsp;occupation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. At the moment,&nbsp;Simeiz, as a gay resort, is threatened with disappearance due to the homophobic laws of the Russian Federation. If this happens, old photos and videos will be the only evidence of its existence and extinction. Special thanks to Zhanna Simeiz, activist, political drag queen and creator of Hedgehogs club for sharing and narrating her story. Stills from the video: <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/661ed029033f0d8c878f04b1842e0c5a817b6534c20e3fea1348d40885db28f2/_2022-02-14_224952.jpg" data-mid="171744336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/661ed029033f0d8c878f04b1842e0c5a817b6534c20e3fea1348d40885db28f2/_2022-02-14_224952.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62a93bf6f93eb24592b5cbe877af81a8fc5397cea91c82352ebc1a4ca50bd9b1/_2022-02-02_151602.jpg" data-mid="171744346" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62a93bf6f93eb24592b5cbe877af81a8fc5397cea91c82352ebc1a4ca50bd9b1/_2022-02-02_151602.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d202368b5f656e2291b8b98f7ef4016b23ebfd34f8220f5c88705881f6ca309e/_2022-02-15_220939.jpg" data-mid="171744343" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d202368b5f656e2291b8b98f7ef4016b23ebfd34f8220f5c88705881f6ca309e/_2022-02-15_220939.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/264765540b244d61f298eb038b88435a84ccb6932dda75948426fae485b6912d/_2022-02-15_003103.jpg" data-mid="171744337" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/264765540b244d61f298eb038b88435a84ccb6932dda75948426fae485b6912d/_2022-02-15_003103.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b238210495ec45c9de5346a0176b45a5ff314bbf9c3993fee15d0fa2496be3ca/_2022-02-14_222950.jpg" data-mid="171744334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b238210495ec45c9de5346a0176b45a5ff314bbf9c3993fee15d0fa2496be3ca/_2022-02-14_222950.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fd43bcee37a85b5c9ea3538a07077405934c776ced92a23fa215d830289072e/_2022-03-13_173650.jpg" data-mid="171744350" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8fd43bcee37a85b5c9ea3538a07077405934c776ced92a23fa215d830289072e/_2022-03-13_173650.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c45a9a6556b9c3391122ebefad757410232d6652bbed291101f3dd73f60f517d/_2022-02-16_174522.jpg" data-mid="171744347" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c45a9a6556b9c3391122ebefad757410232d6652bbed291101f3dd73f60f517d/_2022-02-16_174522.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e7ecb57065b5cb9e073ea2dc3a02839a6898236b96c046f16e4bfbcc4f85dcc/_2022-02-16_000111.jpg" data-mid="171744348" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e7ecb57065b5cb9e073ea2dc3a02839a6898236b96c046f16e4bfbcc4f85dcc/_2022-02-16_000111.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2666" width_o="4000" height_o="2666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e26294bb804059a2ad6c4934ea963d89f2b66e900cb3506db98ab9067e5090a/_2022-02-14_215304.jpg" data-mid="171744342" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e26294bb804059a2ad6c4934ea963d89f2b66e900cb3506db98ab9067e5090a/_2022-02-14_215304.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2666" width_o="4000" height_o="2666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a7cf5c7f956d551b774e98993aedb695b3001423775428c42fff20f37da7f2e/_2022-02-15_220731.jpg" data-mid="171744340" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a7cf5c7f956d551b774e98993aedb695b3001423775428c42fff20f37da7f2e/_2022-02-15_220731.jpg" /> <img width="5984" height="3990" width_o="5984" height_o="3990" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da9434689e80556ce18d7bfed8016ca791a4882dcc1cf3912cf958c382496c2a/_2022-02-14_230555.jpg" data-mid="171744339" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da9434689e80556ce18d7bfed8016ca791a4882dcc1cf3912cf958c382496c2a/_2022-02-14_230555.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2666" width_o="4000" height_o="2666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86ddb6506e4410b6754338bfcf29332d70cffeea94fa6ff915631add2492e592/_2022-03-08_145438.jpg" data-mid="171744345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86ddb6506e4410b6754338bfcf29332d70cffeea94fa6ff915631add2492e592/_2022-03-08_145438.jpg" /> Installation shot from Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands: <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e3b322504abc4d6075d848496b43e632d10bc6552173e459ac0a1b7aae68e7a/18.-Anton-Shebetko-_Dawid_Dobosz_low_res.jpg" data-mid="145448538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e3b322504abc4d6075d848496b43e632d10bc6552173e459ac0a1b7aae68e7a/18.-Anton-Shebetko-_Dawid_Dobosz_low_res.jpg" />Installation shot from BWA Studio, Wroclaw, Poland:<img width="5932" height="3947" width_o="5932" height_o="3947" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cdc5fc97ec64e22d734172136cd0c4c439d00f101ed956ddcca2259cccbc942/Anton_0660.jpg" data-mid="186561575" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cdc5fc97ec64e22d734172136cd0c4c439d00f101ed956ddcca2259cccbc942/Anton_0660.jpg" /> Shown at: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, NetherlandsOkna, Porto, Portugal VOLTA Art Fair, New York, USAUkrainian Museum, New York, USA&nbsp;Barbican, London, UK Screenings at film festivals: goEast Film Festival, Germanyimage+nation Film Festival, Canada Kyiv International Short Film Festival, UkraineUtrecht Queer Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands 2Annas Film Festival, Latvia Open Out Festival, Norway Queer Porto Film Festival, Portugal Queer Lisboa Film Festival, Portugal Slovak Queer Film Festival, Slovakia BARDAK Film Fest, Ukraine Outfilm Festival, Poland Mezipatra Film Festival, Czech Republic BEAST International Film Festival, Portugal Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece Sunny Bunny Film Festival, Ukraine Lovers Film Festival, Italy https://antonshebetko.com/We-Were-Here Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:26:36 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/We-Were-Here We Were Here2018 Photo, video, audio, print on textile We Were Here is a series of works depicting real LGBTQIA+ veterans of the war in the region of Donbas and was created in 2018. The series plays on the dual camouflage its heroes must wear: one in the army and the other in civilian life. After participating in this project, veteran Viktor Pylypenko established the organization “Ukrainian LGBT+ Military and Veterans for Equal Rights,” which, before the full-scale invasion, had about 130 members. At the moment, the organization has more than 600 members, most of whom are currently engaged in armed combat.The organization brings together queer individuals in the Ukrainian army, openly advocating for their acceptance and working to shift societal perceptions in a positive direction, despite existing homophobia. Initially spread through word of mouth, the organization is now well-known and accessible through a verified entry process.The project was implemented within the "Coming Out of Isolation: Through Art to Visibility" art residency organized by IZOLYATSIA and KYIVPRIDE NGO with the support of the EVZ Foundation. <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/920c30f5933ce5653e2409808e95589480ed80a11e6452664f5aa2ac0f0393e6/We-were-here-Shebetko-7small-.jpg" data-mid="145741897" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/920c30f5933ce5653e2409808e95589480ed80a11e6452664f5aa2ac0f0393e6/We-were-here-Shebetko-7small-.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="2250" width_o="1500" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/640404ff6a93fed6d3fbe156687e5f191450d7dde4471c9074a4a360fc0833ce/We-were-here-Shebetko-6.jpg" data-mid="67857868" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f662772acd4c6e4821a3d6bf21d007442f39d7b553593ec60a569c9f3501d55c/IMG_1108.JPG" data-mid="67857772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f662772acd4c6e4821a3d6bf21d007442f39d7b553593ec60a569c9f3501d55c/IMG_1108.JPG" /> <img width="927" height="1390" width_o="927" height_o="1390" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9a6162ce4d76d4b5df9b263d0d58cf1dfe85c47ab18652c70eb4c91830f6e15/IMG_0869.JPG" data-mid="67857836" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/927/i/d9a6162ce4d76d4b5df9b263d0d58cf1dfe85c47ab18652c70eb4c91830f6e15/IMG_0869.JPG" /> <img width="1500" height="2250" width_o="1500" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55a89d5d26ac16e93090a60a0adecb7faa0108b06831826aa9c723fb983a1ef1/We-were-here-Shebetko-5.jpg" data-mid="67857864" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55a89d5d26ac16e93090a60a0adecb7faa0108b06831826aa9c723fb983a1ef1/We-were-here-Shebetko-5.jpg" /> <img width="934" height="1401" width_o="934" height_o="1401" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/001699b71bc5620065643f1d13ce29507162532e7746950a54f4cdc26ddf525a/IMG_1124.JPG" data-mid="67857848" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/934/i/001699b71bc5620065643f1d13ce29507162532e7746950a54f4cdc26ddf525a/IMG_1124.JPG" /> Installation shots from IZOLYATSIA, Kyiv: <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/906bc80a40de152232b6310b391fc45841efd3be684ba33a8be9ca15d4e50283/01dbb9602ca346295e811256227677d1.jpg" data-mid="67859566" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/906bc80a40de152232b6310b391fc45841efd3be684ba33a8be9ca15d4e50283/01dbb9602ca346295e811256227677d1.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba9445a1e831266602e8e7d96a6e5517c0e0d27a1e4c5f9948ffd136ca547a76/5671b6f4266dfc4c103b95b7e9b8ee8d.jpg" data-mid="67859554" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba9445a1e831266602e8e7d96a6e5517c0e0d27a1e4c5f9948ffd136ca547a76/5671b6f4266dfc4c103b95b7e9b8ee8d.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98f189d1edc53b0bdbf27a0f42025198402e36450d7dddc3ea3a54bbe16ce6ba/4a8be6808515f8cd5a2141b01f807f57.jpg" data-mid="67859563" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98f189d1edc53b0bdbf27a0f42025198402e36450d7dddc3ea3a54bbe16ce6ba/4a8be6808515f8cd5a2141b01f807f57.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e305fc34cd3ef0627e521be0b583959884dd07ca730351b56666edc98701d0ff/aaf565e68601fb229e8f5bb59f560d71.jpg" data-mid="67859557" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e305fc34cd3ef0627e521be0b583959884dd07ca730351b56666edc98701d0ff/aaf565e68601fb229e8f5bb59f560d71.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/422096ae517b80f2b94627e9165e5bab08d232b2cebe3121279ec6895492fc3a/9a311eab14ae1a75eeee131a91b64d2c.jpg" data-mid="67859552" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/422096ae517b80f2b94627e9165e5bab08d232b2cebe3121279ec6895492fc3a/9a311eab14ae1a75eeee131a91b64d2c.jpg" /> Installation shots from Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam: <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b61110eed69e1b50a32ed3ffaa54ea6e123c0e1e7edee3e860ddcbac5bb1b01a/1672318863465.jpg" data-mid="186558813" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b61110eed69e1b50a32ed3ffaa54ea6e123c0e1e7edee3e860ddcbac5bb1b01a/1672318863465.jpg" />Installation shots from Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart: <img width="6016" height="4016" width_o="6016" height_o="4016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1b17e1b1ad143418651d516b42d1785d66c357e9f0baee175c154b0e526b9a5/DSC_9167.jpg" data-mid="186558868" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1b17e1b1ad143418651d516b42d1785d66c357e9f0baee175c154b0e526b9a5/DSC_9167.jpg" /> <img width="6016" height="4016" width_o="6016" height_o="4016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bcf8cf965c3093820381be1bec8e5078d3b0cabe8c7a58baa0f80d70e4c581b/DSC_9171.jpg" data-mid="186558870" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bcf8cf965c3093820381be1bec8e5078d3b0cabe8c7a58baa0f80d70e4c581b/DSC_9171.jpg" /> <img width="5290" height="3531" width_o="5290" height_o="3531" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5748578c1ef2e61769912b7ad9e007bf293c985df4d395710933fc6342631ea9/DSC_9172.jpg" data-mid="186558874" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5748578c1ef2e61769912b7ad9e007bf293c985df4d395710933fc6342631ea9/DSC_9172.jpg" /> Installation shots from Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart: <img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2020b8c08184d49acd559dfe10a0afbfe2758224c3925424bafc013e3335f090/37_2025-__uni-form-Broken-Twill_AAA03883.jpg" data-mid="240592028" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2020b8c08184d49acd559dfe10a0afbfe2758224c3925424bafc013e3335f090/37_2025-__uni-form-Broken-Twill_AAA03883.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/307cb948fea761992bd07a7dd447b737f0ac66d81c0cde8acab39a604b268325/uni-form_opening_0828-309.jpg" data-mid="240592029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/307cb948fea761992bd07a7dd447b737f0ac66d81c0cde8acab39a604b268325/uni-form_opening_0828-309.jpg" /> Shown at: Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany Augarten Contemporary, Wien, Austria Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, United KingdomMelkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands IZOLYATSIA, Kyiv, Ukraine Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland&nbsp; Total Museum, Seoul, South Korea P61 Gallery, Berlin, Germany 033fotostad, Amersfoort, Netherlands&nbsp; Kmytiv Museum of Art, Kmytiv, Ukraine https://antonshebetko.com/To-Know-Us-Better Sat, 18 Jun 2022 13:42:53 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/To-Know-Us-Better To Know Us Better 2022-ongoing photo, text&nbsp; For many years I have been working with the Ukrainian LGBTQ community, its history, and its coexistence with a mostly homophobic and conservative Ukrainian society. In most of my projects the anonymity of the participants was a key requirement due to the inability to predict the consequences of a public coming out. However, in the few years that I have lived outside of Ukraine, there have been significant changes in society. Large-scale equality marches began to take place, safe spaces were opened across the country, positive media coverage, and hope for hate crime laws emerged. These were small but very important steps for the Ukrainian queer community. Yes, homophobia and transphobia are still quite common in all walks of life, but the queer community have embarked on a path to combat it — and are doing so successfully in many ways, including through their visibility. When I first started working on this project, I planned to go to Ukraine to take portraits of open Ukrainian queers. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has changed the lives of all Ukrainians, not just the queer community. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have died at the hands of Russian invaders. More than 14 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. Of course, there are representatives of the queer community among them. It was their portraits and stories that became the basis of this project. I shot it in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Spain. Some of the participants were in Europe long before February 24. The war started 8 years ago, and that is why I included queers from the temporarily occupied Crimea and Donbas in the project. I believe that those who participated in my project will be able to return to a free and safe Ukraine, a Ukraine that will survive and win. And I believe that they will not only be able to maintain all the progress we have all made over the last few years, but also accelerate it. The Ukraine of the future is a country in which human rights, inclusiveness, respect and belief in democratic values are not empty words. <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5be9703eaf1892527a1a4b9ad6bbcfb6ecee9fe89ad4b41e59378537daf87f6e/IMG_0511.JPG" data-mid="145746303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/5be9703eaf1892527a1a4b9ad6bbcfb6ecee9fe89ad4b41e59378537daf87f6e/IMG_0511.JPG" /> <img width="799" height="1200" width_o="799" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0dd0b3cbbcde752fdd948a66afb60f95a63e7355d880a94d8722aaa8979d5f08/Zosya.JPG" data-mid="145746302" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/799/i/0dd0b3cbbcde752fdd948a66afb60f95a63e7355d880a94d8722aaa8979d5f08/Zosya.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/422d098aaa6e10a256808ed93c176107adae6732f57af1069a906d1d465aae79/Kinder-Limo.JPG" data-mid="145746306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/422d098aaa6e10a256808ed93c176107adae6732f57af1069a906d1d465aae79/Kinder-Limo.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc0e94856ebb8f1a9a8b33d8e9aaa07ea4c792cd1604671484ebebe2d4d42249/Angelique_27.JPG" data-mid="145746304" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/bc0e94856ebb8f1a9a8b33d8e9aaa07ea4c792cd1604671484ebebe2d4d42249/Angelique_27.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdce273f4731b56f59f3f0bb950ccd9ff7dd28a36eba766a0794f5f3bbc2e11f/Salem.JPG" data-mid="145746313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/bdce273f4731b56f59f3f0bb950ccd9ff7dd28a36eba766a0794f5f3bbc2e11f/Salem.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef04bed9faf4f0a4b4342490c68a18b77da167d62d4e060e1d3a94aac5eb11f0/Witold.JPG" data-mid="145746311" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/ef04bed9faf4f0a4b4342490c68a18b77da167d62d4e060e1d3a94aac5eb11f0/Witold.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18864572b916057bd6b151b012bb3b9d45e7dabfef55ab6d232fa6f6f48d1e37/Maksim.JPG" data-mid="145746307" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/18864572b916057bd6b151b012bb3b9d45e7dabfef55ab6d232fa6f6f48d1e37/Maksim.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2178c5d2203199b237584298550ba82fb948bb4f3df514931ef4c841ee5761d/Valeriia.JPG" data-mid="145746309" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/f2178c5d2203199b237584298550ba82fb948bb4f3df514931ef4c841ee5761d/Valeriia.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c653fb3e12bab66ae460e46863bca2ddd20bd7bcfb69968c4499b583c6cc5825/IMG_9507.JPG" data-mid="145746314" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c653fb3e12bab66ae460e46863bca2ddd20bd7bcfb69968c4499b583c6cc5825/IMG_9507.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8c3362e59ac343f87db2c4dc77bd6bcb317a60db961cf0f4f69d2339676e978/Klem.JPG" data-mid="145746305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/d8c3362e59ac343f87db2c4dc77bd6bcb317a60db961cf0f4f69d2339676e978/Klem.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b01cd97920ded6280a9c60ff2517bd3dcf8becc017f6c7bf9fa83b135885c66/Laslo_27.JPG" data-mid="145746312" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/5b01cd97920ded6280a9c60ff2517bd3dcf8becc017f6c7bf9fa83b135885c66/Laslo_27.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4403a41f03bb901bd8d3f87423189e89f170869cf5dbbef103d3fa640771d7d6/Taras.JPG" data-mid="145746308" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/4403a41f03bb901bd8d3f87423189e89f170869cf5dbbef103d3fa640771d7d6/Taras.JPG" /> Installation shots from Foam, Amsterdam: <img width="4298" height="3223" width_o="4298" height_o="3223" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ce227df3f89d0114eea1d3375e5f8a86161fd24d72b852cbe3f4dfce0a24555/P1010074.jpg" data-mid="152473443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ce227df3f89d0114eea1d3375e5f8a86161fd24d72b852cbe3f4dfce0a24555/P1010074.jpg" /> <img width="4456" height="3342" width_o="4456" height_o="3342" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bfeb10f4176655446deaf61e81397a55e78bcd1a73d1ad295675a1a2ffc4b48/P1010079.jpg" data-mid="152473444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bfeb10f4176655446deaf61e81397a55e78bcd1a73d1ad295675a1a2ffc4b48/P1010079.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aeb1aff84d9545271ba0b9679205978e7b198836764df3227fdd1dd1bd584a3e/IMG_4983.jpg" data-mid="152473442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aeb1aff84d9545271ba0b9679205978e7b198836764df3227fdd1dd1bd584a3e/IMG_4983.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60da14160da4eb40293f1f2c61333704e09258eddc386bb288825c459a36f118/IMG_4966.jpg" data-mid="152473441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60da14160da4eb40293f1f2c61333704e09258eddc386bb288825c459a36f118/IMG_4966.jpg" /> <img width="4472" height="3354" width_o="4472" height_o="3354" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bce5de460499962f31dbb3b5984168ce2512b5135319fc5d61de8a49a21397e7/P1010095.jpg" data-mid="152473440" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bce5de460499962f31dbb3b5984168ce2512b5135319fc5d61de8a49a21397e7/P1010095.jpg" /> Installation shot from Melkweg, Amsterdam: <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58aa784eefd4fc09207877104dd75d063db07766fe5ec3c3de5c689d053f95fb/1672318863465.jpg" data-mid="176786215" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58aa784eefd4fc09207877104dd75d063db07766fe5ec3c3de5c689d053f95fb/1672318863465.jpg" /> Installation shots from Photo Elysée, Lausanne: <img width="4000" height="2670" width_o="4000" height_o="2670" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f9150f9700063cf0f4c89989195045ada6ca600007dca73434a67707ed55488/22015_008_PE__Ukraine_Luthy.jpg" data-mid="176786278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f9150f9700063cf0f4c89989195045ada6ca600007dca73434a67707ed55488/22015_008_PE__Ukraine_Luthy.jpg" />Installation shots from Never at Home, Wien: <img width="4642" height="3094" width_o="4642" height_o="3094" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6809d5a89e644c244ee59d28620962dcd00717ce78e3afba633024b0c88e288/eSeL_Joa-2091.jpg" data-mid="196262398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6809d5a89e644c244ee59d28620962dcd00717ce78e3afba633024b0c88e288/eSeL_Joa-2091.jpg" /> Shown at: Foam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Photo Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Never at Home, Wien, Austria BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands Unity Theater, Liverpool, United Kingdom Okna, Porto, Portugal Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland https://antonshebetko.com/Proposal-for-the-statue-of-Billy-Herrington-for-the-city-of-Odesa Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:45:46 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/Proposal-for-the-statue-of-Billy-Herrington-for-the-city-of-Odesa Proposal for the statue of Billy Herrington for the city of Odesa 2025 BronzeA small bronze sculpture portrays American gay porn actor Billy Herrington, who later in his life became known worldwide as a meme. Billy himself appreciated such status and frequently visited meme-related conventions and expos. In July 2022, amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a petition to the President of Ukraine regarding the replacement of the Monument to Empress Catherine the Great with a monument to Billy Herrington received more than 25,000 votes. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to the petition and asked the Odesa City Council to discuss the demolition of the monument. Subsequently, the statue of Catherine and several other monuments tied to imperial and Soviet legacies were taken down. The original petition presented itself as a humorous call to combat imperial and colonial symbols in Ukrainian public spaces. At the same time, it also relied on a joke that framed Herrington’s image through a homophobic lens. The original concept drew from a popular meme image, reducing Herrington to a caricature. On the contrary, this sculpture responds by taking the proposal seriously and making a work that idealizes Herrington. It arose as a counteraction to acts of homophobia and the appropriation of anti-colonial rhetoric. <img width="1934" height="2901" width_o="1934" height_o="2901" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b9cadd7f918af89e60bc578975eeee6ac8136775b5578086f67fccd902f743c/Anton-Shebetko-Billy-Herington-8.jpg" data-mid="230579443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b9cadd7f918af89e60bc578975eeee6ac8136775b5578086f67fccd902f743c/Anton-Shebetko-Billy-Herington-8.jpg" /> <img width="1121" height="1682" width_o="1121" height_o="1682" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2fd1fbd5deb4610ac29da4dc4ff4c31df41db38d053ed61894635b84a3476ea/Anton-Shebetko-Billy-Herington-4.jpg" data-mid="230579441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2fd1fbd5deb4610ac29da4dc4ff4c31df41db38d053ed61894635b84a3476ea/Anton-Shebetko-Billy-Herington-4.jpg" /> Installation shots from Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam: <img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37ec8a0d8377476073bc6956626744599e8f93eea317f41e7d5e73c19c70f2ac/DSC04873.jpg" data-mid="230579466" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/37ec8a0d8377476073bc6956626744599e8f93eea317f41e7d5e73c19c70f2ac/DSC04873.jpg" /> <img width="6788" height="4525" width_o="6788" height_o="4525" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f43373509a7183d482734d000d9fc33d466677bcb4c9a5944b92cabcefebe49/DSC04859.jpg" data-mid="230579465" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f43373509a7183d482734d000d9fc33d466677bcb4c9a5944b92cabcefebe49/DSC04859.jpg" /> Shown at:Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NetherlandsPinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine https://antonshebetko.com/It-s-not-your-problem-neon Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:11:12 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/It-s-not-your-problem-neon It's not your problem 2022neon Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine took place on February 24, 2022. During this time, more than 9,000 people died, not counting tens of thousands in the occupied territories. Overly 12 million people have been forced to flee their homes. In fact, the Russian-Ukrainian war began 8 years ago with the occupation of Crimea and the invasion of Donbas, which is often forgotten. Every war has irreversible consequences on many levels, and above all on human life. The war that is taking place several thousand kilometers away seems alien. Distance affects the experience of war, attitudes towards it and even awareness and interest. Nevertheless, large-scale wars always lead to severe social, economic and political consequences, which are felt not only in the countries directly involved in the wars. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/baeeb88492b15682d0eddb417285c6638ac55bd290dbd9751c76a7b0f34be84b/Anton-Shebetko--Its-not-your-problem--Neon--38x87cm--2022.JPG" data-mid="174364858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/baeeb88492b15682d0eddb417285c6638ac55bd290dbd9751c76a7b0f34be84b/Anton-Shebetko--Its-not-your-problem--Neon--38x87cm--2022.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b3347b2fe1873d9317e7875f24667476662ae880458e6fccb27bb3b795c7f44/Anton-Shebetko--Its-not-your-problem--Neon--38x87cm--2022.JPG" data-mid="174364859" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b3347b2fe1873d9317e7875f24667476662ae880458e6fccb27bb3b795c7f44/Anton-Shebetko--Its-not-your-problem--Neon--38x87cm--2022.JPG" /> Installation shots from Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart: <img width="6016" height="4016" width_o="6016" height_o="4016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dd894b569d2e6acc1bc7375209fb8b1ed3ffead74efaf755d76c83429c037c9/DSC_9074.jpg" data-mid="186565428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9dd894b569d2e6acc1bc7375209fb8b1ed3ffead74efaf755d76c83429c037c9/DSC_9074.jpg" />Installation shots from Augarten Contemporary: <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e49a378964dbfd952c1c0a13248ffebf9a84e181a5ff9651560198db292025f8/eSeL_Joa-3647.jpg" data-mid="196263141" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e49a378964dbfd952c1c0a13248ffebf9a84e181a5ff9651560198db292025f8/eSeL_Joa-3647.jpg" /> Shown at: Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany nGbK, Berlin, Germany Augarten Contemporary, Wien, AustriaMuseum Jan, Amstelveen, Netherlands Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, GermanyRon Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands https://antonshebetko.com/The-Pride-Camouflage-Flag Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:52:56 +0000 Anton Shebetko https://antonshebetko.com/The-Pride-Camouflage-Flag The Pride Camouflage Flag 2024print on a flag cloth In many nations, true progress toward LGBTQIA+ rights remains elusive, with queer individuals still facing criminalization for their identities. At the same time, in the countries of "west world" that present themselves as safe havens for LGBTQIA+ people, regression is occurring, as highlighted by numerous human rights organizations.The Pride&nbsp;Camouflage&nbsp;Flag reimagining the Progress&nbsp;Pride&nbsp;Flag, one of the newest iterations of the rainbow flag tradition embraced by the queer community. Ambiguous symbolism of&nbsp;camouflaging&nbsp;of queer identity arises from the fusion of conflicting concepts: while the notion of "camouflage" typically connotes concealment, the flag's vibrant appearance serves as a rallying cry for unity and the imperative to openly assert their rights through visibility and advocacy.The flag draws inspiration from the presence of queer individuals in the Ukrainian army, who are simultaneously combating Russia's aggression and advocating for equal rights within Ukraine. <img width="2786" height="1857" width_o="2786" height_o="1857" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d35631f8c477bf743d174c6511f3d9fca088e5e66b6333723256ac55d852c87/Anton_Canopy_SophiaXu-11.jpg" data-mid="212358051" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d35631f8c477bf743d174c6511f3d9fca088e5e66b6333723256ac55d852c87/Anton_Canopy_SophiaXu-11.jpg" /> Shown at:Amsterdam Art Week, Amsterdam, Netherlands