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UAx Abakanowicz Fellowship and Mentorship
The UAx Abakanowicz Fellowship and Mentorship Programme supports war-affected art students who have chosen to remain in Ukraine, enabling them to continue their degree studies and develop their artistic practices. By 2025, nearly 100 Ukrainian students from 15 Ukrainian art universities will have received financial aid and reciprocal mentorship through this programme. The UAx Abakanowicz Fellowship Programme comprises three components: UAx Scholarships, UAx Mentoring, and the UAx Student Community. 30 selected Ukrainian students (six per school), known as Abakanowicz Fellows, receive emergency bursaries of up to €2,000 per student for one academic year. These funds address their urgent financial needs and enable them to continue their studies in Ukrainian higher arts education degree programmes. 30 students are annually matched with 12–15 international mentors from the sister school network for a year-long online mentorship. The mentorship offers invaluable inspiration and support, providing a safe space for students to discuss their experiences and fostering a sense of community. On average, three Abakanowicz Fellows per Ukrainian Sister School receive mentoring from on average one mentor from their non-Ukrainian Sister School during one academic year. The UAx Student Community now comprises 60 selected Abakanowicz Fellows, all representing diverse art disciplines from five Ukrainian Sister Schools. The UAx Office organises online events and webinars on topics of interest to the student community. Each cohorot of 30 students students are represented by five UAx Abakanowicz Fellows, one from each of the five participating Ukrainian Sister Schools, who form the UAx Representative Student Group. These five students take on the responsibility of organising a student event, bringing together 30 Abakanowicz Fellows. Student-mentor cohortsZhora PapoianDocumentary films Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Television Bohdan PrikhodkoFilm making Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Television Anna MakliukPainting Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts Kseniia RomashchenkoIllustration and animation Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts Sofia KharkovetsGlass art, Graphic Design Lviv National Academy of Arts
Danylo LazarievMusic Kharkiv І. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts Olena PryhunkovaMusic, composition Kharkiv І. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts Tihran SahatelianClassical guitar Kharkiv І. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts Anna VermenychCultural Studies, curation Lviv National Academy of Arts Taras KostivCultural Studies Lviv National Academy of Arts Olha HrihorovaArchitecture and graphic deisgn Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts Constantine HlyvliasPainting, Photography Lviv National Academy of Arts Oleksandra KlymenkoCinematography Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts Oleksandra KlymenkoCinematography Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arss Vladyslav NikorchukPhotography Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts Maria NykorukScreenwriting Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Television Alina ZadvirnaGraphic arstist and print maker Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts Dariia SilchukTextiles, fashion Lviv National Academy of Arts Halyna DubykPainting, Photography Lviv National Academy of Arts Artur SlisarenkoTheater Kharkiv І. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts Sofiia ZinchenkoTheater Kharkiv І. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts Vitalii ReshynskyiTheater Kharkiv І. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts Yuliia MatvieievaViolin A. V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Academy of Music Yelyzaveta KovalViolin A. V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Academy of Music Kirill-Oleksandr BenderovViolin A. V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Academy of Music Lidiia KorolevskaChoral singing A. V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Academy of Music Arsenii ZhuravelSinger, songwriter A. V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Academy of Music Sofia LacarinSinging A. V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Academy of Music Daria HoloskoFilm directing Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Televisionc Mykola BezkrovnyiProduction Management Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Televisionc Solomiia KozolupFeature film making, documentaries Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Televisionc
Anna KowalikAcademy of Fine Arts Warsaw Warsaw Prot JarnuszkiewiczkAcademy of Fine Arts Warsaw Warsaw Susanne BinningerFilmuniversität Babelsberg Germany Stefan SchwietertFilmuniversität Babelsberg Germany Björn StocklebenFilmuniversität Babelsberg Germany Martin HagemannnFilmuniversität Babelsberg Germany Barbara AlbertFilmuniversität Babelsberg Germany Sophie MaintigneuxFilmuniversität Babelsberg Germany Anne-Maartje LemmereisHKU University of the Arts Utrecht, the Netherlands Netherlands Henny Dörr and Mr Ronen AbasHKU University of the Arts Utrecht, the Netherlands Netherlands Susanne RosenbergRoyal College of Music in Stockholm Sweden Bartosz CajlerRoyal College of Music in Stockholm Sweden Britta BennoThe Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn Estonia Anne PikkovThe Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn Estonia
Elizaveta BurlakaGraphic design Kherson National Technical University Kateryna NovosadovaGraphic design Kherson National Technical University Iryna ZorinaGraphic design Kherson National Technical University Valeriia BereshchenkoGraphic design Kherson National Technical University Alina StasivInterior design Kherson National Technical University
Sofia PetrenkoGraphic design Kherson National Technical University Sofia PetrenkoGraphic design Kherson National Technical University Valeriia VivcharykPerformance theatre Kyiv Municipal Academy of Circus and Performing Arts Anna KosenkoChoregraphy Kyiv Municipal Academy of Circus and Performing Arts Maria AbramovaActing Kyiv Municipal Academy of Circus and Performing Arts Artem BarannykovCircus art Kyiv Municipal Academy of Circus and Performing Arts Ivan TkachenkoActing Kyiv Municipal Academy of Circus and Performing Arts Tanya KostyniukThater directing Kyiv Municipal Academy of Circus and Performing Arts Mariia VoitsekhovychScenography National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv Anna MashkovskaScenography National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv Anna MashkovskaGraphic Art National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv Mariia MartyniukGraphic Art National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv Uliana PashkovaGraphic Art National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv Karyna VasylenkoArchitecture National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv Viktoriia MakhmudovaGraphic design National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv Oleksandr MashovetsJazz R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music, Ukraine Bohdan KobkoJazz R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music, Ukraine Oleksandra DoJazz R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music, Ukraine Hlib AkimchenkovJazz R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music, Ukraine Ann DoshynaJazz R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music, Ukraine Varvara ZaytsevaJazz R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music, Ukraine Diana Demidova
Transcarpathian Academy of Arts Nikoletta Loskorikh
Transcarpathian Academy of Arts Eugenia Holyak
Transcarpathian Academy of Arts Vitalina BoikivGraphic design Transcarpathian Academy of Arts Oleksandra VlasiukGraphic design Transcarpathian Academy of Arts
Lewis WilkinsLondon Contemporary Dance School The Place United Kingdom Sasha RoubicekLondon Contemporary Dance School The Place United Kingdom Linda VilkaArt Academy of Latvia Latvia Matīss ZvaigzneArt Academy of Latvia Latvia Iván CebriánBerklee College of Music Spain/United States Matt BakernBerklee College of Music Spain/United States Blair StevensonOulu University of Applied Sciences Finland Nina PatrikkaOulu University of Applied Sciences Finland Anna EichlerPolish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology Poland Agnieszka ZiemiszewskarPolish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology Poland Luca GuerriniSchool of Design of the Politecnico di Milano Italy
Veronika PolovykActing Kharkiv State Academy of Culture Maryna KadurinaActing Kharkiv State Academy of Culture Marharyta FalPhotography Kharkiv State Academy of Culture Oleksandra ZatulaDirecting Kharkiv State Academy of Culture Mykhailo ArkatovMusic production Kharkiv State Academy of Culture
Daria AndriienkoFashion design Faculty of Design Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Illya MozghovyiFashion design Faculty of Design Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Jaeden TerletskyiFashion design Faculty of Design Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Liliia KalytaGraphic design Faculty of Design Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Sofiia VoropaiMultimedia design Faculty of Design Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Vladyslava ZarubaievaMultimedia design Faculty of Design Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Erika VasyletsActing Luhansk State Academy of Culture and Arts Julia SalamatkinaDirecting Luhansk State Academy of Culture and Arts Olena HrankivskaMusic / piano Luhansk State Academy of Culture and Arts Anastasia DavydionokActing Luhansk State Academy of Culture and Arts Andrii BazhenovMusic Luhansk State Academy of Culture and Arts Mykyta PerederiiActing Luhansk State Academy of Culture and Arts Viktoriia DmytrukMultimedia design Mykhailo Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and Design Daria RakEnvironmental design Mykhailo Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and Design Anna KomlykGraphic design Mykhailo Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and Design Alina PopovaMultimedia design Mykhailo Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and Design Anastasiia BoikoMonumenttal and easel painting Mykhailo Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and Design Vladyslav NosenkoGraphic design Mykhailo Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and Design Anastasiia BezkorovaynaChoreography National Academy of Culture and Arts Manegement Marina DolgerChoreography National Academy of Culture and Arts Manegement Olesia KichukVocal National Academy of Culture and Arts Manegement Sofia KopytkoActing National Academy of Culture and Arts Manegement Anastasiia RoiMusic production National Academy of Culture and Arts Manegement Illia KvasMusic production National Academy of Culture and Arts Manegement
Fredrik FloenOslo National Academy of the Arts Norway Andreas BergOslo National Academy of the Arts Norway Martin SonderkampStockholm University of the Arts Sweden Anja SusaStockholm University of the Arts Sweden Rolf ChristiansonStockholm University of the Arts Sweden Geert KestensLUCA School of Arts Belgium RRonny SmedtsLUCA School of Arts Belgium Roel Vande WinkelLUCA School of Arts Belgium Robbrecht DesmetLUCA School of Arts Belgium Joana CraveiroSchool of Arts and Design Leiria Portugal Martim PedrosoSchool of Arts and Design Leiria Portugal Vygintas OrlovasVilnius Academy of Arts Lithuania Rokas DavydenasVilnius Academy of Arts Lithuania Martynas LapasVilnius Academy of Arts Lithuania Aiste KisarauskaiteVilnius Academy of Arts Lithuania Rocardas BratkeviciusVilnius Academy of Arts Lithuania Updates from fellows and mentors
The UAx Abakanowicz Fellowship Programme 2025-2026The open call for the UAx Abakanowicz Fellowship 2025-2026 is now launched for Ukrainian students! The fellowship programme supports 30 war-affected art students, allowing them to continue with their degree studies in Ukraine, and develop their artistic practices through bursaries and mentorship. Learn More
“Filling the Heritage” Exhibition: A Creative Exploration of Cultural IdentityRunning from October 18 to December 1, 2024, at The Hermitage in Warsaw, this exhibition features young Ukrainian artists, Abakanowicz Fellows, who creatively reflect on heritage, supported by UAx Sister Schools and the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation. Learn MoreFollow us!
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