NYC Curatorial

NYC Curatorial is a multidisciplinary creative collective focused on integrating the Ukrainian art scene into international cultural networks by organising exhibitions, residencies, and symposiums.

HOME BEYOND THE DAWN

HOME BEYOND THE DAWN is an immersive video installation featuring works by over thirty Ukrainian contemporary artists. It explores the evolving concept of home in Ukraine—something that continues to be under threat today. The included artworks give audiences access to a cross-section of contemporary art practices in Ukraine, with a diverse roster of artists from different regions, backgrounds, and generations.The project deals deeply with war and an embattled vision of home—where the strength of our walls, their protective capacities, and the need to keep enemies out are defining characteristics. It also, however, reaches for an expanded vision of home—where home is a space of open doors, community belonging, shared values, and welcome friends. While the project’s narrative approach and featured artworks are illustrations of this vision, the deep cooperation between our Ukrainian team and the commissioning body at the EU are an expression of these values in practice. The project’s vision of home is about Ukraine’s place within the larger democratic world, where respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, human rights, and the rule of law define neighborly relations and pluralistic forms of justice. Ukraine’s current struggle against the enemies of these ideals is more than a localized war of defense—it is the active conceptualization of what home can mean for us all.

HOME BEYOND THE DAWN was written and directed Natalia Matsenko, Yuri Yefanov, Clemens Poole, and produced with the support of the European Union External Action Service.

Featuring adapted artworks by:
Kateryna Aliinyk
Yehor Antsyhin & Lucy Ivanova
Katya Buchatska
Bohdan Bunchak
Dmytro Chepurnyi
Timur Dzhafarov (John Object)
Zhanna Kadyrova
Semen Khramtsov & Rina Khramtsova
Sytuatsiini klumby (Anna Nykytiuk, Dasha Chechushkova, & Kseniia Shcherbakova)
Anastasiia Leliuk
Yevhen Maloletka
Viacheslav Mashnytskyi
Sasha Maslov
Daniil Nemyrovskyi
Viacheslav Poliakov
Sofia Pomogaibo
Georgiy Potopalskiy (Ujif Notfound)
Polina Raiko
En Rozen
Vasyl Sai
Pavlo Sirko
Elena Subach
Sergei Sviatchenko
Stanislav Turina
Yuri Yefanov
Anna Zvyagintseva

Voice over by Natalia Matsenko
Sound design and score by Georgiy Potopalskyi
Visual direction and composition by Yuri Yefanov
3D modeling, digital artwork reproduction, and CGI
support by Pavlo Sirko (Hunko)
Media works courtesy of the artists
Osaka footage by Adrian Protesaru
Graphic design by Mila Kostianá

selected showings:
• Expo 2025, Osaka, Japan, 2025
• Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2025
• Promprylad, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, 2025–26
• La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France, 2026

photographed by Olia Koval, 2026

NYC Curatorial (Natalia Matsenko, Yuri Yefanov, Clemens Poole) is a multidisciplinary creative collective focused on integrating the Ukrainian art scene into international cultural networks by organising exhibitions, residencies, and symposiums. Their curatorial projects aim to foster the visibility of Ukrainian culture, decolonise the perspectives and approaches held by established institutions worldwide, and raise awareness of the threats posed by war to human and non-human life, safety, cultural heritage, contemporary culture, and democratic values. Since 2023, the group has collaborated with independent cultural actors and major institutions to carry out projects in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Mexico, etc., working with institutions like the Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Museumquartier, Vienna; MUSA museum, Guadalajara, and others.

NYC Curatorial specializes in Ukrainian contemporary art. We are happy to assist with all queries and welcome proposals for new collaborations. Please feel free to reach out via email or social media at the links below.