Yuliia Elyas was born in 1990 in Dnipro, Ukraine. She has a bachelor's degree in computer science from Dnipro National University. In 2016-2019 she studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy at the Department of Fine Arts. In 2022 she obtained a master's degree at the HKU of Fine Arts.
Elyas (co) initiated various long-term collaboration practices with the Second Thought reading group and the Out of touch: Making space from the blue hour project.
In her work, Elyas explores the mechanisms that form social narratives. From museum archives to technology, she is interested in what stories influence the formation of realities and what is the role of artistic intervention in it?
Her work often delves into unique geographies and unconventional temporalities within the realm of ideas.
I am
Her artistic work arises through the intersection of different media, such as performance, animation, installation and new media.
Part of the fellowship BAK cell Utrecht for situated practices 2023/2024
Exhibitions:
2024 What Hinders A Sermon Becomes One, St. Pancratius Church,Heerlen.
2024 Stedelijk Museum, lecture perfomance
What comes up must go down, Fifth International Khardzhiev Conference
2023 Utrecht Casco,
Mutual Support Platform,Uitfeest
2023 Rotterdam native Ukrainians.
2023 PuntWG, public reading for the kick of the residency program that support Ukrainian artists in need
2022 Art Rotterdam, 380 Art.
2022 Scaffolding Scaffolding, panel discussion Essential labour for Survival, Bak, Utrecht. Work was nominated for the HKU Awards.
2022 Ukraine fundraiser, The Gray Space in the Middle, den Haag.
2021 Virtual Empathy, Academic Gallery, Utrecht.
2021 Spacial Hair assembly, wax pouring performance, Plet, Amsterdam.
2020 “ReContext Histories”, Mystetskyi arsenal, Kyiev, UA, installation.
2019 ’Rietveld Uncut‘ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL, Film project “Dziga.”
2019 ‘Underwater Art festival’, Amsterdam,
2018 ‘Contextualism’ Plan B, Amsterdam, NL.
2018 Traffic signs. Project in the public space, Croeselaan, Utrecht.Project collaboration with the city of Utrecht..
2018 Ionna, Fijnhout, lived stream performance from Fijnhout gallery.
2017 ‘Cocoon’ Utrecht, Plompetronegracht 2 a, NL, perforamance live stream
2017 ’Selfie buddha’ Amsterdam, public space, live stream
Public talks
2018 June (Ksi Prostir) Dnipro,UA, lecture-performance
2018 July (Art i я) Kyiv, UA, lecture about Artistic practice
2020 Rietveld library, presentation of the books collection in relation to reading group activity, Radio Rietveld show.
2020 Het Hem, graduation project Patricja Rozwora, Kitchen conversations podcast.
2021 Film Academie, conversation with Misho Antandze about Eastern European identity, guest lecturer.
2022 Kitchen Conversation podcast, selection of books about Ukraine
2022 Panel discussion Essential labour for survival, BAK, Utrecht
2022 Stedelijk museum, panel discussion, launch of the publication “Beginning in the middle. Conversations on the post-soviet”
Teaching
2019-2018 Assistant for the Arduino workshop for Basic year students organized by Jesse Howward.
2019 Reading group “PESE”at Sandberg.
2022 Workshop for MAFA Students, techniques to cope with overwhelm
2022 Talking about artistic practice with students of Utrecht University, part of the course about art history in Eastern Europe.
2022 Assistance with displaced students from Ukraine at the HKU, Utrecht, translation, mentoring, care.
2022 Writing workshop with students from MAFA, HKU.
2022 Organised weekly art therapy meetings for Displaced people from Ukraine.
Publications
“Essential Labor for survival”, presented at PuntWG, nominated from MAFA HKU for Thesis Award 2022, organised in Den Haag, by Page-not-found.
Elyas (co) initiated various long-term collaboration practices with the Second Thought reading group and the Out of touch: Making space from the blue hour project.
In her work, Elyas explores the mechanisms that form social narratives. From museum archives to technology, she is interested in what stories influence the formation of realities and what is the role of artistic intervention in it?
Her work often delves into unique geographies and unconventional temporalities within the realm of ideas.
I am
Her artistic work arises through the intersection of different media, such as performance, animation, installation and new media.
Part of the fellowship BAK cell Utrecht for situated practices 2023/2024
Exhibitions:
2024 What Hinders A Sermon Becomes One, St. Pancratius Church,Heerlen.
2024 Stedelijk Museum, lecture perfomance
What comes up must go down, Fifth International Khardzhiev Conference
2023 Utrecht Casco,
Mutual Support Platform,Uitfeest
2023 Rotterdam native Ukrainians.
2023 PuntWG, public reading for the kick of the residency program that support Ukrainian artists in need
2022 Art Rotterdam, 380 Art.
2022 Scaffolding Scaffolding, panel discussion Essential labour for Survival, Bak, Utrecht. Work was nominated for the HKU Awards.
2022 Ukraine fundraiser, The Gray Space in the Middle, den Haag.
2021 Virtual Empathy, Academic Gallery, Utrecht.
2021 Spacial Hair assembly, wax pouring performance, Plet, Amsterdam.
2020 “ReContext Histories”, Mystetskyi arsenal, Kyiev, UA, installation.
2019 ’Rietveld Uncut‘ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL, Film project “Dziga.”
2019 ‘Underwater Art festival’, Amsterdam,
2018 ‘Contextualism’ Plan B, Amsterdam, NL.
2018 Traffic signs. Project in the public space, Croeselaan, Utrecht.Project collaboration with the city of Utrecht..
2018 Ionna, Fijnhout, lived stream performance from Fijnhout gallery.
2017 ‘Cocoon’ Utrecht, Plompetronegracht 2 a, NL, perforamance live stream
2017 ’Selfie buddha’ Amsterdam, public space, live stream
Public talks
2018 June (Ksi Prostir) Dnipro,UA, lecture-performance
2018 July (Art i я) Kyiv, UA, lecture about Artistic practice
2020 Rietveld library, presentation of the books collection in relation to reading group activity, Radio Rietveld show.
2020 Het Hem, graduation project Patricja Rozwora, Kitchen conversations podcast.
2021 Film Academie, conversation with Misho Antandze about Eastern European identity, guest lecturer.
2022 Kitchen Conversation podcast, selection of books about Ukraine
2022 Panel discussion Essential labour for survival, BAK, Utrecht
2022 Stedelijk museum, panel discussion, launch of the publication “Beginning in the middle. Conversations on the post-soviet”
Teaching
2019-2018 Assistant for the Arduino workshop for Basic year students organized by Jesse Howward.
2019 Reading group “PESE”at Sandberg.
2022 Workshop for MAFA Students, techniques to cope with overwhelm
2022 Talking about artistic practice with students of Utrecht University, part of the course about art history in Eastern Europe.
2022 Assistance with displaced students from Ukraine at the HKU, Utrecht, translation, mentoring, care.
2022 Writing workshop with students from MAFA, HKU.
2022 Organised weekly art therapy meetings for Displaced people from Ukraine.
Publications
“Essential Labor for survival”, presented at PuntWG, nominated from MAFA HKU for Thesis Award 2022, organised in Den Haag, by Page-not-found.