Viktoryia Hrabennikava

Visual artist, queer-fem activist, cultural researcher.

Hrabennikava - Belarusian visual artist, researcher of culture and art. Queer-activist, from 2022 co-curator of Archive of Queer Culture and Art from Belarus (AQCAB).

Born in Vitebsk in 1998. 2016 - 2022 studied and worked in Mensk. Currently based in Warsaw.

In 2020 finished The Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts with specialization in international cultural relations.

In 2021 finished an educational program in The European College of Liberal Arts in Belarus (ECLAB), concentration "Contemporary Art Studies".

Hrabennikava's practice focused on personal state and interpersonal relations under the influence of political and social context. The topics Hrabennikava touches are directly related to their identities and experiences, but are analyzed through optics of decolonial and queer studies. As an artist she works with topics and narratives they went through in the 'real' life whether she transfers emotions and experience to their work almost documentarily, or gets figuratively influenced by the events.

Queering, body, human rights, representation of femininity and movement towards non-binary gender narratives, mental health -- are the themes that are reflected in their works. Hrabennikava's artistic and activist practices intersec, outside their personal projects Viktoryia cooperates with NGOs and grassroots activist initiatives focused on gender studies and human rights.