Ukrainian art duo wins award from OFFSCREEN Paris art event
Ukrainian art duo Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei have received the Curatorial Prize from the OFFSCREEN Paris art event for their video installation You Shouldn't Have to See This, which tells the story of Ukrainian children who were illegally deported to Russia and later brought back.
Source: OFFSCREEN Paris on Instagram
Details: The 2024 video installation You Shouldn't Have to See This is a silent piece showing sleeping children. At first, the scene appears tender but gradually becomes unsettling. The artists filmed Ukrainian children who had been forcibly taken to Russian territories and then returned.
The work drew attention earlier at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, where it was exhibited as part of the From Ukraine: Dare to Dream project presented by the PinchukArtCentre and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
The OFFSCREEN x Cultish Prize recognises outstanding artistic works presented at the OFFSCREEN Paris art event, which highlights artists working with still and moving images. Winners receive a monetary award of €10,000.
The prize was first awarded in 2024 to Susan Brockman for her work exhibited by Soft Network.
The selection is made by a jury of curators from OFFSCREEN and Publicis Luxe, a platform focused on artistic research and the role of culture in luxury brands.
OFFSCREEN Paris is a nomadic exhibition that features contemporary, historical, and avant-garde artists with experimental practices. It takes place annually in October as part of Paris Art Week.
About Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei
Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei are a Ukrainian art duo working with video, installation and performance. They formed their partnership in 2013.
Through their works, they explore the intersection of documentary and fiction, focusing on post-imperial power and how it affects a new generation of Ukrainians caught between historical trauma and an uncertain future.
Their works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the National Art Museum of Ukraine, M HKA (Belgium), Museum Folkwang (Germany), and within the Docudays UA, KISFF and DOK Leipzig festivals. They are laureates of the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2020) and the Malevich Award (2022) and participants of the Gaude Polonia and other international residency programmes.
In 2019, the duo won the main prize at the MUHi competition for young Ukrainian artists and received an award for Best Short Documentary at the Internacional de Cine Silente festival in Mexico.
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