Maria Kulikovska is an artist, actionist-performer, researcher, and lecturer from Ukraine. She holds master’s degrees in Fine Arts from Kyiv’s National Academy, and Stockholm’s Konstfack University. Maria has previously worked as an architect in China and Switzerland. In 2015, she founded the international art group and open feminist art platform Flowers of Democracy. In 2022, Maria, along with her newborn baby, was forced to flee from Kyiv to Linz, Austria. From September 2022 to September 2023, she was based at the Helsinki International Artist Program (HIAP). She is currently working between Kyiv and London, and is undertaking PhD research in Leicester, UK. Maria Kulikovska was placed on the list of banned, “degenerative” artists in Russia due to her non-binary and politically charged art. She organised and performed numerous political actions and performances, participated in the various exhibitions, and has been nominated for several awards.
