Exhibition Details

GALLERIA CONTINUA is delighted to present Strategic Locations, a solo exhibition by Zhanna Kadyrova, at its Paris space in the heart of the Marais.
One of the most powerful voices in contemporary Ukrainian art, Zhanna Kadyrova is internationally recognized for her ability to explore the boundaries of matter and form. In the current context, she uses found objects and materials to create works that poignantly reflect life in war zones. Since 2022, Kadyrova has chosen to remain in Ukraine, significantly limiting her international projects, to focus on creating work directly on-site. The exhibition Strategic Locations thus resonates with the collective experience of Ukrainians, intersecting testimonies of a war that continues to impact Europe, while paying tribute to the strength of human resistance and the persistence of life.
The exhibition brings together works created in 'strategic locations' of the warfare, within conflict zones, within occupied territories, or on the shifting front lines. Delving into the reality of the war in Ukraine, the exhibition traces the military geography on the Ukrainian territory since 2014, beginning with the annexation of Crimea, and passing through several sites where natural and historic landscapes were violently transformed into war geography, theatres of operations, or sources of exploited resources, human and natural.