Yuriy Kruchak

Yuriy Kruchak is a Kyiv-based artist and curator working in the intersection of art and social studies. His interests include interdisciplinary and post-artistic practices and the intensification of connections between the artistic process and various strata of modern society. Kruchak’s artistic strategies depend on the specific problem and usually involve engagement with different communities in the creative process. When working in public spaces, he transforms the audience into actors and creates a community that interprets and reveals social structures in an urban environment. His work explores the relationship between art and reality, as well as the relationship between the artist and the audience.

Yuriy Kruchak studied Scenography at Kharkiv State Art College (1989—1991) and Environmental Design at the Kharkiv Art-industrial Institute (currently Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts) (1991—1996). He received a Master’s in Painting from the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kyiv in 1999, a laureate of the Gaude Polonia scholarship (2018).