Elena Kostenko ( born in 1983 in Kazakhstan, USSR), currently based in Paris, France
Artist, founder of Aporia Studio, an experimental space for interdisciplinary research and socially engaged artistic practice.
Projects and exhibitions:
2025, More than a seat at the table: Accessibility, Accountability, Affability, Two seminars about ethical
collaborative practice, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL)
2025, Re-Viewing Sites of Preservation, within N.o.H collective, at Nieuwe Vide Artspace ( Haarlem, NL)
2024, A.i.R. at Nieuwe Vide Artspace ( Haarlem, NL)
2023, publication at New Feathers Anthology (Denver, USA)
2022, Grounding, the ZINE CAMP festival at WORM with N.o.H. Collective and PrintRoom (Rotterdam, NL)
2022, The ephemeral English exhibition, group show at L’institut national supérieur de l’education artistique et culturelle (Guingamp, FR)
2020, Towards a Foreword, by N.o.H. Collective in collaboration with PrintRoom/Art Bar (Rotterdam, NL)
2020, 15 03 20, publication by N. o. H., contributor ( International)
2020, The Other Side, 16 mm film, ROOTS Film Festival, ( The Hague, NL)
2019, Self, group exhibition, Helena van Doeverenplantsoen (The Hague, NL)
2017 – 2018, #onehourinstallation, an Instagram-based intervention, claiming temporal art objects (location varies)
2016, Holy Patterns, artist intervention at Rotterdam International Art Fair ( Rotterdam, NL)
2015, Woest, Zomer Expo 2015, group show, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague ( NL)
2015, The Moon, digital animation, Art Video Israel ( AVI), a participant (Netanya, Israel)
2015, Wolf in sheep’s clothing, multimedia project, Iris Art Centre (Athens, Greece)
Grants and Awards:
2025, Culture Subsidy | Municipality Haarlem (NL), for the exhibition Re-Viewing Sites of Preservation, co-developed and produced with Notes on Hapticity collective and the Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2024, project grant with Notes on Hapticity collective, Niuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL)
2023, Grounding, First Prize, New Feathers Award, Denver, (USA_
2021 Donation Scheme Grant | Foundation Stokroos for the publication 16 10 20 by Notes on Hapticity, Den Haag (NL)2020, PRO Kunstproject Subsidie Granted by STROOM, Den Haag (NL)
Other activities:
2025, ongoing, founder of APORIA STUDIO (Paris, France)
2019, ongoing, co-founder of the Notes on Hapticity collective (NL)
2017-2020, coordinator of Philosophy evenings at Haagweg 4( Leiden, NL)
2016–2019, guest tutor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, printmaking department (GAFA, Guangzhou, China)
Education:
Sorbonne Université, Lettres, CIMER, Master program ( ongoing, Paris, FR)
Leiden University, Art History Department. Arts, Media, and Society track (Leiden, NL)
The Royal Academy of Fine Art, The Hague. Fine Arts department, sculpture (The Hague, NL)
Rietveld Academy. O-Yaar program (Amsterdam, NL)
Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia. Master 2 in Fine Art, Fine Art Department, New Media ( Moscow, RU)
The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Fine Arts Department, sculpture (Saint-Petersburg, RU)