Fragments of Presence

Was born in 1985 in Kyiv, where he currently lives and works. In 2010, he graduated from the Scenography Department of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, earning a Master’s degree. In 2019, he became the laureate of the first prize of the OBJECT CONTEMPORARY ART PRIZE in the field of contemporary art. Yurii Denysenkov works with painting, video, and installation. His artistic practice focuses on the exploration of fear, memory, ruins, and human loneliness in urban society. The artist examines the state of alienation of contemporary individuals, the transformation of personal and collective memory, as well as the fragility of presence in urban space. The artist’s key series include “Instinct,” “Memory Aberration,” and “Absence of Presence.”