CV

Margo Sarkisova was born in 1997 in Pokrovsk (Donetsk Region, Ukraine). Currently she Lives and works in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Margo is a young Assyrian artist of Ukrainian descent.

She graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts from
studio of IldanYakhin. She was finalist of the competition of modern fine arts dedicated to
Nathan Altman 2017, 2018, participated in festival of printmaking art PRINTFEST_100 in
Kyiv; Margo was selected for a group international exhibition at International Print Center New
York (USA) in January 2020. She was one of the many participants, who supported project
"Falling Shadow of Dreams" on the Gardens of Giardini "Ukrainian pavilion at the 58th
Venice Biennale;

Margo participated in projects and exhibitions in Ukraine, Germany, USA, Bulgaria, Italy.
Her artworks are in private collections in Denmark, Ukraine, USA, Australia, Norway, France, Canada, Italy, United
Kingdom, India, Germany, Scotland, Czech Republic, Austria.

Through visual art Margo explores theme of national identity and how the cultural context
influences on thoughts and life of a person.

Education:

Donetsk Art School, specialization "Interior Design" (Donetsk, Ukraine)
2013 - 2014

Kharkiv Art School, specialization "Interior Design" (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
2014 - 2016

Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, specialization "printmaking
graphics". (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Bachelor degree.
2016 - 2019

Personal projects

2017 - personal exhibition of graphics "Layering of meanings" Hudpromloft, Kharkiv;
2018 - personal exhibition "Dissent" space "ampersand food and art", Kharkiv;
2018 - personal exhibition of graphics "Uncertainty" KsiProstir, Dnipro
2020/2021 - project "6769", municipal gallery, ArtPidval, Kharkiv

Group exhibitions

2017 - international exhibition "A4 Ballpoint Pen", Karas gallery, Kyiv;
2017 - All-Ukrainian exhibition "Graphics in Kharkiv". Diploma in the nomination "First Print";
2018 - online project "Red" in the gallery "Colors of humanity" (USA);
2018 - International Exhibition ARTBOX.PROJECT New York 1.0. (USA);
2018, 2019 - All-Ukrainian exhibition "Graphics in Kharkiv";
2019 - group exhibition of graphics in the space "127garazh";
2020 - selected for participation in the international exhibition “Homebody: New Prints 2020 /
Winter in International Print Center New York (USA)
2020 - group exhibition # 2 "baby, baby", gallery "Fluffy Crimes", Chicago, (USA)

Competitions and festivals

2017 - competition "White Line"; HUDPROMLOFT space, Kharkiv;
2017, 2018 - festival of printed graphics "PRINTFEST _ / 100"; Kiev;
2017 - ex libris competition "EX LIBRIS - EX LIBERTAS", Bulgaria;
2017 - competition of actual drawing "Fragment", HUDPROMLOFT, Kharkiv;
2017 - Hidden Beauty Artbook Competition, KSADA, Kharkiv;
2018 - competition of illustrations to the works of G. Heine "Begegnungen I'm Heine-Kreis"
With the support of the Goethe-Institut in Ukraine. Kharkiv;
2018- V All-Ukrainian exllibris competition in memory of Felix Kider, Kherson;
2018 - finalist of the competition of contemporary visual art named after Nathan Altman,
Vinnytsia

Other projects

2017 - master class "cutout sketches" in the personal exhibition "Layering of meanings",
HUDPROMLOFT, Kharkiv;
2018 - the project "Mesopotamia" with Sergei Zhadan; artbook exhibition at the GOROD
Cultural Center, Munich, Germany;
2019 - One of the many participants in the project "Falling Shadow of Dreams" on the
Gardens of Giardini "Ukrainian pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy


Mentions on social networks, Publications, interviews

Interview for Unseen Sketchbooks, United Kingdom;

https://www.unseensketchbooks.co.uk/2020/07/30/interview-margo-sarkisova


Online project "7 Days, 7 Women, 7 Narratives", curated by Nina Mdivani (New York)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEhFOrWlTrF/?igshid=drfq77fpqpk

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEhrPo0lSSg/?igshid=13enee4g19j6


Article is devoted to the personal project "Uncertainty";

https://www.056.ua/afisha/81434/margo-sarkisova-neopredelennos


Publication in Quarter marks, a newspaper devoted to art. (June 2019) 

https://www.quartermarksquarterly.com/artists