Ulyana Kalenik – Visual artist, work under the pseudonym Nevzorova. Born in 2001 in Minsk. Works in the direction as street art, art activism, graphics, illustration, painting, video, performance, music.��Study
2018 – Graduated from the Gymnasium-College of Arts named after I.O. Akhremchik. Minsk. Belarus��2019 – Graduated European College of Liberal Arts in Belarus, the specialty "Gender Studies" ��Work ��2018-2020 - "Belarusian National Center for Artistic Creativity of Children and Youth" position - teacher of painting ��2019-2020 - Work in printing company Aviart , position designer. Minsk. Belarus ��2020 - Work in the advertising agency "Leo Burnett Kryn" in the position of designer-copywriter. Minsk. Belarus ��Publications:��Magazin Lerchenfeld №59 2022��Research project on the “Attention Strategies of Video Activism on the Social Web” 2021��pARTisanka magazine №35, 2021��Moscow art magazine №116, 2021��Blok magazine “The Most Memorable Year: Highlights of 2020” ��Projects:
2021
Participated in the exhibition “ASA Open Studios” in Hamburg, Germany��Participated in the exhibition "The Body And The City" at Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, China��Participated in the exhibition “An Incomplete & Unreliable Guide to Social Media War Room” at the gallery Georg Kargl Fine Arts. BOX. Vienna, Austria
Exhibition at the windows gallery of ERSTE Foundation in Vienna, Austria��Participated in festival “Fantazery” Dragobrat. Yasinia town. Ukraine.��Participated in the exhibition “Belarus – Screams of the Silenced” The Drey Space Hague, The Netherlands.��Participated in exhibition “Regler, aktivism och verk” Domkyrkan Göteborg, Sweden. � �Participated in the Artists in Residence program Art Residency – STATUS project. Konstepidemin in Göteborg. Sweden.��Participated in an exhibition Every Day. Mystsetskyi Arsenal. Kyiv. Ukraine.��2020��Participated in Artists in Residence programme at Q21/ MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, Austria.��Participated in exhibition Belarus.Protest.Art gallery 59 Rivoli in Paris, France.�
Participated in exhibition BELARUS // ART OF RESISTANCE gallery Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.��On July 1st, I participated in the performance «The Heritage» by Nadya Sayapina.��Participated in the International Minsk Autumn Art Salon, Belarus.��2019��Exhibition within the Y Gallery of Contemporary Art the exhibition was held as a result of the residency “Art in Action” project. The exhibition was also brought to other cultural spaces in Belarus, such as "Dom 46" in Grodno and "Polotsk State University" in Novopolotsk, as well as to the town of Molodechno and the city of Gomel.
Participated in the Night of Museums festival, in the Art Palace, Minsk, Belarus.
Participated in the Art-Minsk festival in the Art Palace, Minsk, Belarus.
�2018
Participated in German project “Face Art - Face Future”, which resulted in the exhibition of video ��art at the“TSEH” in Minsk, Belarus.����Participated in an exhibition of sketches at the National Center of Modern Art in Minsk, Belarus.����Participated in the exhibition“Karma Review” in the space "Lo-Fi Customs", Minsk, Belarus.
2019, Linocut
Exhibition within the Y Gallery of Contemporary Art the exhibition was held as a result of the residency “Art in Action” project. The exhibition was also brought in the cultural spaces of other Belarusian cities, such as "Dom 46" in Grodno and "Polotsk State University" in Novopolotsk, as well as to the town of Molodechno and the city of Gomel.
08.06.2019��In order to put any drawing in a public space, need the permission of the district administration. For several months I showed my draft to the administration, their comments were:"too much black", "too much conceptual", "too much incomprehensible" and eventually the sketch turned into an abstraction.
Despite the fact that the graffiti was approved, it was repainted after 2 days. �
This Poster Can Be The Reason For My Detention�October 22, 2020. Happening, video [0:56]�Operator: Polina Nevzorova ��This work was widely circulated on the Internet and provoked a discussion of Belarusian realities. I wanted to show the absurdity of the current legislation. According to the Belarusian law (Article 23.34) , an unauthorized single picketing equal to a mass event leads to a fine of up to 50 basic units or imprisonment of up to 15 days.�I assumed that after this action I would be detained, but the story turned out differently. On November 12, In the apartment where I lived with my sister was searched in connection with the criminal case against my sister Maria Kalenik. During the search, the poster was found and confiscated along with computers, flash drives, books and leaflets. Maria told the police that the poster belonged to her to protect me. The text "This poster can be the reason for my detention" was recorded in the report before the detention Maria.Today Maria is recognized as a political prisoner under Article 342 part 1 �This publication was followed by reciprocal actions from citizens of Belarus, for example a guy named Roman posted a video on Instagram he's also standing on the bus with a poster in his hand that reads, "you won't be detained, because one for all and all for one" After Roman published the video, he received a court summons because a case was filed against him for participating in mass events. ��Publications:��Magazin Lerchenfeld №59 2022�Research project on the “Attention Strategies of Video Activism on the Social Web” 2021�Blok magazine “The Most Memorable Year: Highlights of 2020” �Moscow art magazine №116, 2021�pARTisanka magazine №35, 2021��
This Poster Can Be The Reason For My Detention�
The Ministry of Internal Affairs Reminds�October 17.2020 Ulyana Nevzorova and Polina Nevzorova��On October 16, most citizens of Belarus received a message from the Ministry of Internal Affairs with the text: �Dear citizens, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reminds you that the drawing of inscriptions on buildings, structures or other objects, entail administrative responsibility or criminal liability up to 12 years of imprisonment. Take care of your city!�The next night, I put this graffiti on the wall. I wanted say that I know the law and I know about criminal liability. But the fact that the graffiti is on the wall expresses my disagreement.
16.10.2020��This graffiti was made by Valeria Bukina, it was located in my yard and I decided to take a photo
17.10.2020��The next day the graffiti was censored by the municipal services
The white-red-white flag is the historical flag of Belarus, which was changed when Lukashenko came to presidency and changed the state symbols to red-green. This flag has a symbolic and historical meaning for many citizens it is used as a symbol against the current government, the state has recognized this flag as an extremist symbol and for the use of the flag there is administrative responsibility
18.10.2020��The next day the graffiti was completely repainted by the utilities. That same day, my sister Polina Nevzorova and I decided to take part in this public process.
19.10.2020��We used the Krtek character because the Belarusian state news claimed that the Czech authorities were paying protesters to participate in rallies. We decided to ironically support this fiction.
21.10.2020��The flag was repainted in two days to the state symbols
By that time the police car was patrolling around the yard
Restored footage of the documentary. �The computer was confiscated by police on October 12, 2020 during the search in my apartment, �the information on the computer was deleted automatically
The project “No_name_11_08_20” �Documentary film, 5 parts of 45 minutes each�Ulyana Nevzorova and Ilya Gurin-Babayeu���A frame from an interview with people who suffered from police violence in a pre-trial detention center.
The footage shows Anna describing how she was tortured during her detention at the police station. �
Other participants of the interview asked not to publish the material on the Internet, the link to the film is available on request
The "most active protesters" were given a mark on their backs by the police .
People with such tags were subjected to more severe beatings by the police .
Poster for the International Day Against the Death Penalty in cooperation with the human rights organization “Viasna”
the
Bad Room�Audio-video installation�2021 Hamburg, Germany
Text on paper:�In stressful situations, I fall into a sleepy state with the desire to close the doors of the room, lie down on the bed, and wait out the difficult moments in my sleep. I can lie in bed for a week in a half-asleep state, where it is hard to distinguish dreams from reality. During this week, there is a foul odor in the room, dishes accumulate on all the surfaces nearest the bed, every action is performed with particular difficulty. This state is often accompanied by existential fear, a sense of anxiety about the future, discomfort with the changes �in my life, excitement that I am missing out on important moments, such dream periods are a very intense experience for me, I am flailing between criticizing myself and taking care of myself. I dream about music, and after waking up, it lingers in my head and accompanies me all day long, and my dreams are like a walk during which I reflect on the moments that worry me in the real world. I want to let you into the room, the room is the most comfortable and sincere place for my creativity. In the solitude I feel no shame about my condition and I remain true to myself. This is an installation in which I try to visualize a state.
Music and video for a slideshow with the works of my father, as part of work on the archive of the Belarusian association of photographers "Meta" in the 80s-90s