Curators

Eszter Csillag

Artists Exhibiting:

Maria Kulikovska

About the Thematic Pavillion

Artist Maria Kulykivska, known as Kulikovska (b.1988, Crimea, Ukraine, ), is a Ukrainian artist and mother navigating life between Kyiv and Europe. Her work confronts the reality of the ongoing war while proposing an alternative to its killings. Drawing on traditional herbal healing learned from her grandmother in Crimea, she transforms inherited knowledge into a tool of survival and artistic practice. In Bullets of Flowers, medicinal herbs are embedded into bullets meant not to kill, but to mend, transforming weapons into instruments of care. Hanging body fragments evoke vulnerability, physical fragmentation, and the enduring value of the female form. In the second room, “the Table of Negotiation?” calls for recognition of lives lost to circumstances not of their choosing.

Please note that due to the historical layout of the Birgu Old Armoury building, we are unable to accommodate access to persons with limited mobility.