Nikita Kadan (*1982 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is artist and curator and studied monumental painting at the National Academy of Fine Art in Kyiv until 2007. He works with painting, graphics, and installation, often in collaboration with architects, sociologists and human rights activists. Complex questions about cultural heritage are often a point of departure for his artistic practice. Nikita Kadan is – amongst others – a member of the artist group REP (Revolutionary Experimental Space) as well as of the collective DE NE DE. Nikita Kadan’s works are presented in exhibitions worldwide, most recently at the Kyiv Perennial (2024) in Berlin and in the Dare to Dream (2024) exhibition at the Pinchuk Art Centre in Venice, among others. In 2015 Nikita Kadan represented Ukraine at the 56th Venice Biennale. His works can be found in the collections of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the MUMOK Museum of Modern Art in Vienna or the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
