Performative
Sculptures

This Sculpture poignantly captures the trauma and resilience of women impacted by war, embodying both the physical and psychological scars inflicted by conflict.

Created specifically for permanent collection of the National Museum of History of Ukraine in the Second World War.

Three Shoot Full Size Figures made of epoxy resin

Pregnant figure made of epoxy resin with sleeves inside.

An ongoing series of sculptures, Scars, was presented during 'Crimea Global: Understanding Ukraine through the South'.

Maria Kulikovska & Oleh Vinnichenko, "Under the Sky During Spring 2023", cast from Maria's body, epoxy resin, LxWxH: 310x470x2050 mm, 2023

The Table of Negotiations? is the work that was created during residence at the OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH in Linz from March until September 2022

Just 12 hours before the beginning of bombings all over Ukrainian cities, the figure was opened at Garage 33 Gallery-Shelter in the evening of February 23. A figure with shell casings from eastern Ukraine and flowers from the border of temporarily occupied Crimea

Cast sculptures of the artist's body with flowers and bullets inside, 2022

Performative sculpture installation. The art project was especially created for the pavilion of Crimea Summit, organized by Crimea Platform. From December 1, 2021 was installed on the territory of the main office of the Crimea Platform.

The full-sized sculpture was installed in 2020 as a part of the private collection of architect Roger Moos and musician Claudia Schaer.

Performative sculpture installation. The art project was created for Maria Kulikovska's MFA exhibition in Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden in 2020. And was shown for the second time in 2022 at Accelerator Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. For the third time, the sculpture was shown during Maria Kulikovska solo show at the Jøssingfjord Vitenmuseum in Norway, 2023.

Series includes 5 busts cast from ballistic soap with flowers.

Sculpture from ballistic soap with flowers. In a collection of the Zenko Foundation.

Soap sculpture with flowers inside. In a collection of the Odesa Fine Arts Museum.

Performative sculpture installation. This art project was especially created for the exhibition «Amazing Stories of Crimea», after which it's in a collection of the Mystetskyi Arsenal.

Six sculptures from ballistic soap were shot by Maria Kulikovska during the performance for the Ukrainian-Swiss film «The Forgotten».

Series of the casts of hands and feet from epoxy resin.

Full-sized sculpture cast from epoxy resin. Now the figure is in the collection of Q Contemporary Collection, Hungary / Double Q Gallery, Hong-Kong.

Figures from ballistic soap, represented in the park of Ebenbockhouse during the exhibition «Ukraine: Learning from a good neighbor 1918–2018».

Bust-cast from silicone with the addition of hair and chains.

Triptych of the casts from ballistic soap with the addition of blood, sperm, and plant juice, specially for the first ever exhibition in the park of Cidade da Cultura de Galicia – a cultural complex in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2018.

Soap pillar with epoxy resin cast of artist's body inside. The idea of the sculpture was born during the artist's residence at the Liverpool Biennial.

Series of 7 full-sized sculptural figures cast from epoxy resin, which are in a private collection.

Sculpture-cast from epoxy resin.

Sculpture-cast from epoxy resin. Replica and continuation of the sculpture «My Second Xena I», which was created in 2010. This figure was made in 2017 and is in a private collection.

Bust from epoxy resin as a part of the exploded sculpture.

Sculpture-cast from epoxy resin. Replica and continuation of the sculpture «My Second Xena I», which was created in 2010. The figure is in a private collection in the owner's estate in Kyiv.

Series of five life-sized figures cast from epoxy resin with the addition of flowers, chains, feathers, seashells, keys, and bones.

Replica and continuation of the sculpture «My Second Xena I». This figure became the first common art project of Maria Kulikovska with Oleh Vinnichenko.

Performative sculptural installation was made of salt blocks from an Soledar mine in the east of Ukraine. Replica of the sculpture installation «Soma — Body without Gender».

Series of cast objects from fibreglass, resins and wax. Created for a personal exhibition in Odesa.

Plaster mold residues of Maria Kulikovska's body. Made by hands of her ex-wife – Assyrian-Swedish artist Jacqueline Shabo to create a full-sized figure from ballistic soap «Maria with Child».

Sculptural triptych from ballistic soap. These artworks were nominated for the UK/raine Award, Saatchi Gallery, London, England, 2015. The sculptures are in a collection of Deutsche Telekom in Bonn, Germany.

Sculpture-cast from ballistic soap. Created in the process of removing forms from the body of Kulikovska by her ex-wife Jacqueline Shabo. The sculpture was installed in the garden of Verkligheten Gallery.

Series of sculpture-casts of the hands and feet from ballistic soap.

Sculpture-mold from plaster. The artwork was created in the spring of 2014 specially for the group exhibition «Postcards from Maidan», which was held at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art.

Sculpture-cast from plaster.

Performative sculpture, created from animal fats and installed between the walls of the gallery space and technical room of YermilovCenter.

Site-specific performative sculptural installation. For the first time, it was exhibited at Lavra Art Gallery in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2014, the installation was recreated at Saatchi Gallery in London.

Performative sculptural installation made of self-produced 27 salt pillars by Maria Kulikovska in collaboration with her mother. This project was nominated for a PinchukArtCentre Prize 2013.

200 plaster fragments-copies of Maria Kulikovska's body at the gallery of RuArts Foundation.

Installation of 700 homemade sugar and milk bricks inside the transparent container gallery of AKKU in the public park of Uster, Switzerland.

Three soap figures, installed on the territory of Izolyatsia Art Centre in Donetsk. On 9 May of 2014 these sculptures were destroyed by militants of dpr.

Silicone sculpture cast from the artist's body. The artwork was represented as a special guest project at the competition's exhibition of young Ukrainian artists (MUHi 2011).

Series of more than 200 plaster sculptures-casts of Maria Kulikovska's body. First sculptures from this series were made in fall of 2010. The sculptures and their images are actively used in artist's installations and actions, which are organized within the framework of the project «Flowers of Democracy» since 2015.

Series of plaster molds of the artist's face.

Plaster cast of the artist's face. The sculpture is lost forever.

20 plaster sculptures-casts. On 9 June of 2014 a group of pro-russian terrorists shot at all sculptures, which were exhibited at Izolyatsia Art Centre. All sculptures from the series «Army of Clones» were destroyed.

First sculptural copy of Maria Kulikovska's body. The figure was created in the basement of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.