KHRYSTYNA KIRIK

Khrystyna Kirik (b. 1995, Kyiv) is a Berlin-based sound and media artist, performer, and composer. Her work spans live performance and installation, drawing together self-built instruments, found objects, low-frequency haptics, field recordings, and neo-folk vocal forms. Originally trained as a jazz double bassist, she has moved toward hyper-ambient sound to make felt what usually stays unseen — the traces of war, ecological loss, the resonance of the body itself.

Her composition State of Latitude (2026) won the Karl Sczuka Förderpreis and was released on Standard Deviation. Other recent works include the vibrational performance The Core (with Mark Bain, 2025–26), the audiovisual performances Biophilic Vision (2026) and Sub-sur-face (2024), and the video work While You Were Dreaming (2026).

A designated artist of the international SHAPE+ platform (2024), Kirik has performed at experimental music festivals, contemporary art spaces, and institutions across Europe and beyond. Her performance geography includes the CTM Festival (Berlin), Rewire (The Hague), Conflux Festival (Rotterdam), Skaņu Mežs White Night (Riga), UH Fest (Budapest), Interstice Festival (Caen), as well as Kyiv’s K41 (∄) and CXEMA among others. She has participated in international residencies, including Dampfzentrale (Bern), OUT.RA (Barreiro), Vašulka Kitchen (Brno), and Styria-Artist-in-Residence (Graz).