Season 1, Episode 8 1h 5min
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The guest of the eighth episode of the UFDA Podcast is Sana Shahmuradova, an artist who emigrated from Odesa and has built her own path within the international art scene. We talk about adapting and preserving creative identity after relocation, projects that connect personal history with key themes of contemporary art, and working across different cultural contexts. We also discuss the challenges Ukrainian artists face abroad, ways to build professional connections, participation in exhibitions and residencies, and the role of art as a tool for dialogue and testimony during wartime.
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The guest of the episode is Lesia Khomenko, whose practice combines intellectual depth, scale, and inner discipline. We talk about the strength of identity, the vulnerability that follows major projects, and painting that “hits the brain” no less powerfully than performance.
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The guests of the first episode of the second season of the UFDA Podcast are Borys Hrynyov and Maryna Koneva, founders and custodians of one of Ukraine's most renowned private art collections.
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The guest of the episode is Liona Radchenko, a cultural studies expert and curator of art projects.
She shares the story of her journey from over 20 years of work in television to organizing exhibitions and cultural initiatives in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro.