Vasyl Cherepanyn

Vasyl Cherepanyn (b. 1988) is the Head of Visual Culture Research Center and an editor of the Political Critiquemagazine (Ukrainian edition). He works as a senior lecturer at the Cultural Studies Department of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and holds a Ph.D. in philosophy (specialisation – aesthetics). He has also worked as a guest lecturer at the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Political Critique in Warsaw, Poland and the Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald of the Greifswald University, Germany.

Visual Culture Research Center was founded in 2008 as a platform for collaboration between academic, artistic, and activist communities. VCRC is an independent initiative, which is engaged in publishing and artistic activities, scientific research, organization of public lectures, discussions, and conferences. In 2015 Visual Culture Research Center received the European Cultural Foundation’s Princess Margaret Award.

Vasyl Cherepanyn’s residency is organised in collaboration with HIAP and Perpetuum Mobile.