Women at War

The Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts is honored to present Women at War, curated by Monika Fabijanska, on view from July 13 to October 28, 2023. We invite you to attend the opening reception on July 13 from 6:00-8:00 PM EST.

Women at War features works by a selection of the leading contemporary women artists working in Ukraine and provides context for the current war, as represented in art across media. Several works in the exhibition were made immediately following February 24, 2022, when Russia began the full-scale invasion of Ukraine; others date from the eight years of war following the annexation of Crimea and the creation of separatist Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” in Donbas in 2014.

War is central to history. History has been written (and painted) by men. This exhibition provides a platform for women narrators of history and also examines gendered perspectives of war. Many artists in this exhibition struggle with the notion of victimhood and pose the question of what way women have agency during war.

The exhibition, curated by Monika Fabijanska, was listed among the ten best art exhibitions of 2022 by both The Washington Post and Frieze Magazine.

Participating artists:
Yevgenia Belorusets
Oksana Chepelyk
Olia Fedorova
Alena Grom
Zhanna Kadyrova
Alevtina Kakhidze
Dana Kavelina
Lesia Khomenko
Vlada Ralko
Anna Scherbyna
Kateryna Yermolaeva