Marina Shkarupa
✦ Internationally Exhibited
✦ Held in Museum Collections
✦ Held in Private Collections Worldwide
Born in 1965 in Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Region, USSR.
Marina Shkarupa is a contemporary Ukrainian painter whose artistic practice is centered on conceptual art, primarily working in oil on canvas. Through expressive figurative compositions and symbolic imagery, she explores the human experience, collective memory, and the search for new realities.
Shkarupa creates layered and emotionally resonant paintings that invite viewers to engage with contemporary social, cultural, and environmental challenges.
Her works are held in museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art and The Abu Dhabi Art Hub, as well as in private collections worldwide.
Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous exhibitions in Ukraine and internationally, establishing an active presence in contemporary art and cultural exchange.
2016 — The Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2016 — Museum of Modern Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2015 — Museum of Modern Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2014 — Museum of Modern Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2014 — Art Kyiv, Arsenal, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 — Gallery of the 6th Floor, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 — “The Image of Balance”, J. Grether Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011 — Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2010 — “Echoes of Florence”, Gallery “36”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2010 — All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting, Kyiv, Ukraine
2010 — All-Ukrainian Triennial of Abstract Art, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
2009 — “Erogenous Zone”, Gallery “Da Vinci”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 — Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2008 — Solo exhibition, Gallery “36”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2007 — Solo exhibition, Gallery “36”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2006 — Solo exhibition, Gallery “36”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2005 — “Air. Made in Ukraine”, Museum of the History of Printing and Books, Kyiv, Ukraine
1998 — “Videoforms” Video Art Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France
1997 — “The Study of Cause and Effect of Negative and Positive Resonance Spikes”, Gallery “Slavutych”, Kyiv, Ukraine
1995 — “Synthesis”, Museum of Ukrainian Fine Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
