Natalia Moussienko

Dr. Natalia Moussienko is a leading research fellow at the Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (Kyiv). She is the author of numerous books and articles on art history, cultural diplomacy, cinema and urbanism, including Art of Maidan (2016), Kyiv Art Space (2013) and Arts and Politics (2002). In 2016, the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine awarded Dr. Moussienko a gold medal for her achievements in cultural diplomacy. She was also awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research at the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center, in Washington, DC (2011–2012), and a Thesaurus Polonia Fellowship to study at the International Cultural Center in Krakow (2017 and 2022). Dr. Moussienko is an initiator and curator of Art of Maidan, a continuing project begun in 2014 to document the explosion of artistic creativity during the Revolution of Dignity in 2013–2014 and the premonition of a Russo-Ukrainian war in it. Central to the project is a book and exhibition that has already been presented in 19 locations in Ukraine, the United States and Europe. The artistic representations of wartime are currently the focus of Dr. Moussienko's attention.