Mykola Ridnyi is an artist, filmmaker, and curator born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, now living and working in Berlin, where he holds a guest professorship in the Lensbased class at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). His practice spans from early public space actions to site-specific installations, photography, and short films, reflecting on the fragile yet resilient interplay between individual stories and collective histories. Ridnyi’s work challenges the representation of violence and war, avoiding the amplification of brutality in visual language. His works have been exhibited internationally, including at Schinkel Pavillon, Transmediale, and DAAD Gallery in Berlin; Albertinum in Dresden; Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; Bonniers Konsthall in Stockholm; the 56th Venice Biennale; and Kyiv Biennale, among other venues and events.