Jura Golik is a curator, art manager, and lens-based artist from Kharkiv (Ukraine). Now based in Graz (Austria)
Since 2020 Jura has been studying History and Theory of Arts at Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. From 2019 to 2021 worked as an art manager at the Municipal Gallery in Kharkiv. In August 2021 together with friends launched an independent project PATIO, drawing inspiration from creative local youth in Kharkiv. In September 2022 moved to Lviv and was a resident at Jam Factory Art Centre via the program “Navigations”. Since December 2022 member of MYPH. Since April 2023 guest student at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in the photography department (Leipzig, Germany). Was exhibited in Ukraine, Poland, France, Austria, and Sweden.
Bird-Emigrant
Inspired by the music album “Ptaha Emigrant” by BusiCama band. The series combines film photography and linocut techniques.
After the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, a lot of Ukrainians had to leave their homes, moving inside the country or abroad. In “Bird-Emigrant” Jura Golik captured the dual state of mind, where black and white photography documents the real world, and new and temporary homes of displaced Ukrainians. The linocut lair creates the metaphorical dimension, where the artist draws parallels between emigrants and birds, who leave their nests when winter comes, but always find their way back home.
Supported by Federal Ministry Republik of Austria. Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport.