Information — Olga Permiakova

Olga Permiakova

ABOUT

Olga Permiakova is a Ukrainian-Dutch visual artist based in Amsterdam. Her practice centers on an ongoing exploration of war, national identity, and memory. Working with a wide range of materials and visual strategies, she creates multi-layered works open to interpretation. Through the careful reconfiguration of familiar forms and narratives, Permiakova subtly shifts the viewer’s perspective, encouraging a reconsideration of what often remains unseen. Her work offers a space where personal histories meet broader cultural and political realities, providing a nuanced and accessible entry point into complex contemporary issues.

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EDUCATION

2015 - 2018 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, BA in Photography
2014 - 2015 Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL Photography
2013 - 2014 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL Preparatory Course

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / SUPPORT

2022 The Reclaim Award
2020 De Beeldmakers #2 – finalist
2019 GUP New 2020 Award
2018 - 2019 Photographer In Residence at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA)
2018 Profile Fund, GRA
2018 Schuurmans Schimmel Van Outeren Stichting

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Camouflage, Nutshuis, The Hague, NL
2019 Capri Blue / Traffic Yellow, Eight Cubic Meters gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Camouflage, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, BE
2019 Applied Sustainability, AUAS, Amsterdam, NL – permanent
2018 Camouflage, Embassy of Ukraine, The Hague, NL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Time is an unrenewable resource, W139, Amsterdam, NL
2019 GUP New 2020, Machinegebouw Westerpark, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Ukrainian Days, De Hoge Veluwe National Park, NL
2018 Fotofestival Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2018 Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
2017 New Wave Exhibition, !FESTrepublic.club, Lviv, UA
2017 For Sure, Cultureel Centrum ’t Fijnhout, Amsterdam, NL
2017 World As Image, SSBA Salon, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Rietveld Uncut, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Genomics, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, NL
2015 My Fantastic Enemy, De Affiche Galerij, the Hague, NL / The 3sec.gallery, Breda, NL

PUBLICATIONS

Het Parool, NZZ am Sonntag, Das Magazin, GUP New, GUP New 2020

ACQUISITIONS

Several works are part of the permanent collection of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) and are held in private collections.