Vasyl Cherepanyn to Curate the 14th Berlin Biennale
The 14th Berlin Biennale will be curated by Vasyl Cherepanyn, announced following a unanimous decision by an international selection committee. the committee comprised akiko Miki (Naoshima New Museum of Art), Emma Enderby (KW Institute for Contemporary art, Berlin), Julia Grosse (Gropius Bau, Berlin & University of the Arts Berlin), Marina naprushkina (Artist, Berlin), Marta Kuzma (Yale School of Art), Nicola Trezzi (Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin), and Pablo José Ramírez (Hammer Museum, Los Angeles).
Cherepanyn’s appointment was lauded by Axel again, Director of the Berlin Biennale, who highlighted the curator’s “distinctive perspective” stemming from both his geographical background and curatorial focus on ”collective artistic endeavors…deeply grounded in current social contexts and their urban surroundings.”
Born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, and currently based in Berlin, Cherepanyn is the co-founder and head of the Visual Culture Research Center (VCRC). The VCRC facilitates collaboration between academic, artistic, and activist communities and organizes the Kyiv biennial, as well as being a founding member of the East Europe Biennial Alliance (EEBA). Currently, Cherepanyn is part of the curatorial team for the Kyiv Biennial’s edition presented across multiple venues including the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, M HKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Dnipro Center for Contemporary Culture, Dovzhenko Center in Kyiv, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, and concluding at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in 2026.
Cherepanyn, a PhD in beliefs, is also a writer and editor, and brings a curatorial approach informed by his experiences working in Ukraine, particularly in light of Russia‘s ongoing war. He views the biennale as having the “potentiality of creating a kind of publicness defined not just artistically or academically but out of social-political necessity.”
The Berlin Biennale,established in 1998,is committed to experimental exhibition programs and fostering dialog between artists,thinkers,and the city’s inhabitants. organized by KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e.V. and funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation (supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media), the Biennale takes place biennially at various locations throughout Berlin.
