Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei

Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei have been working as a filmmaker and visual artist duo since 2016. Their practice explores the intersections of documentary and fiction to engage with Ukraine’s recent history and present. Their work examines the lingering structures of post-imperial power and their impact on a new generation of Ukrainians, caught between historical trauma and an uncertain future.

Through multi-channel video installations and cinematic narratives, they capture the fractured nature of reality, where collective memory and personal experience intertwine. The duo’s practice reflects on the role of the extra, the unseen figures of history, and the ways in which individuals navigate shifting political and social landscapes.

In 2026, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza dedicated them a major solo exhibition “Pedagogies of War”. Their work was also presented at the Fondazione In Between Art Film in Venice, at the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kyiv, and at Jam Factory in Lviv. In 2025, they received the Curators’ Prize at OFFSCREEN for their installation You Shouldn’t Have to See This, which has been presented on several occasions, notably as part of “From Ukraine : Dare to Dream”, at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, as well as at Kunstverein Hannover and at the Chapelle de la Salpêtrière in Paris.

Their works have been exhibited in major institutions such as Kunstverein Hannover, the 36th Ljubljana Biennial, PinchukArtCentre / Palazzo Polignac (Venice), Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), Albertinum (Dresden), Haus der Kunst (Munich), Castello di Rivoli (Turin), Galeria Arsenał (Białystok).