Special Prize

Uli Golub

Born in Kharkiv in 1990, she currently lives and works in Oakland, the USA. Uses such media as video, installation, 3D animation and collage. A graduate of the Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia (Moscow) under the guidance of Sergey Bratkov and a post-graduate student at the Karazin National University. Took part in international exhibitions and biennale, including “Memories from the future. Incredible adventures of the bearded women. Behind the scene”, xpon-art gallery, Hamburg, Germany (2019), PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018, Kyiv, “I am not a robot”, Electro Museum, Moscow (2018), “Versus”, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2017), the Festival of Young Ukrainian Art, Art Arsenal, Kyiv (2017), “Trans-people. State of insecurity”, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2016).

Special Prize

Awarding Uli Golub the second special prize, the jury said:
“The jury found the work of Uli Golub to be very promising. They were impressed by its playfulness, originality, imagination, humor and surrealism. The jury thought that the work was particularly special in the way that it talks about delicate issues, such as the ‘Other’ and acceptance of it in a borderline provocative way. The jury thought that the work constituted an especially potent metaphor for discussing some of the most pertinent issues of today: migration, inclusion, exclusion and difference. They were impressed by the inventiveness, craziness, and sense of engagement of Look, She’s Got a Beard! The title alone says it all.”

Artworks

Uli Golub
Look, She’s Got a Beard!

Video 39’00”, stereo sound