Zhanna Kadyrova, born in 1981 in Brovary, Kyiv region, Ukraine, is a multidisciplinary artist known for her innovative approaches in sculpture, photography, video, and performance. She graduated from the Taras Shevchenko State Art School in 1999.

Kadyrova has received numerous accolades, including the Kazimir Malevich Artist Award and the Grand Prix of the Kyiv Sculpture Project in 2012, as well as multiple awards from PinchukArtCentre: the Special Prize in 2011, Main Prize in 2013, and the Special Prize – Future Generation International in 2014.

From the outset, Kadyrova's artistic practice has embraced a diverse range of media—including sculpture, photography, video, and performance—anchoring itself in a thoughtful engagement with site and space. Frequently reinterpreting the aesthetic ideals of the socialist past still embedded in Ukrainian cultural heritage, Kadyrova's work draws symbolic and material inspiration from urban construction materials. Ceramics, glass, stone, and concrete thus become central elements, infusing her work with both physical and metaphorical weight.

When russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Kadyrova was compelled to adapt her artistic focus. Relocating to the Carpathian Mountains, she initiated the humanitarian project PALIANYTSIA, which has since been exhibited internationally across Italy, Germany, Norway, Japan, France, the U.S., Sweden, Austria, Georgia, Romania, Thailand, and India. Now back in Kyiv, Kadyrova has created new works reflecting on the war, presented in her first major retrospective at Kunstverein Hannover in Germany.

The artist is a member of "R.E.P." group (Revolution Experimental Space).