I first became acquainted with feminist art in Kyiv in 2012, when Feminist Ofenzyva (Feminist Offensive) organised ‘Women’s Workshop’, a project which invited female artists to create their works in collaboration with the public.
I was particularly struck by the work of Zhanna Kadyrova. Famous in Ukraine for her enormous sculptures and mosaics occupying up to two floors of a building, Zhanna was sat with a pile of newspapers, cutting out photographs of people with nail scissors for a surreal collage of miniature figures.
Zhanna Kadyrova in the process of creating her collage, ‘Women’s Workshop’ exhibition, 2012. (c) Karina Sembe.
