Category: Events

Šopa Gallery, Hlavná 40, Košice 03.10.2024 17.00

Lisa Deikun / Queer Resistance: mundane tactics of survival

We would like to invite you to Šopa Gallery for a reading and discussion on the topic of Queer Resistance, led by our resident, Belarusian artist, Lisa Deikun. In a world where simply existing as a queer person can be seen as an act of resistance, this reading event, inspired by Donna Haraway’s concept of […]

Šopa Gallery, Hlavná 40, Košice 18.09.2024 18.00

Iryna Loskot: Wakeful lion

We invite you to start the first days of autumn at Šopa Gallery, where we will say goodbye to our artist-in-residence, Ukrainian artist Iryna Loskot. Iryna will present the result of her residency in the form of a studio video installation. During armed conflicts, the migration of animals, including birds, is hampered: birds may change […]

Šopa Gallery, Hlavná 40, Košice 12.09.2024 17.00

Iryna Loskot: Transplant / workshop

We invite you to a creative workshop led by our current artist-in-residence, Ukrainian artist, Iryna Loskot.  About the workshop: Due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many Ukrainians are still forced to migrate to Europe. They often face hostile attitudes and difficulties in integration. During the workshop, we will exchange experiences of plant […]

Šopa Gallery, Hlavná 40, Košice 06.08.2024 18.00

Meet & Greet w/ Lisa Deikun a Iryna Loskot

We invite you to our summer edition of Meet & Greet, a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with artists in our community. This time you will be introduced to our artists-in-residence Lisa Deikun from Belarus, who is currently based in Poland, and Ukrainian artist Iryna Loskot. LISA DEIKUN (BY)  is interested in […]

Šopa Gallery, Hlavná 40, Košice 04.07.2024 17.00

Wild Garden Utopia workshop III: EMPATHY WITH A PLANT

We invite you to become part of a new chapter of the long-term botanical sci-fi project Wild Garden Utopia, created by the Hungarian artistic duo Kitti Gosztola and Bence György Pálinkás. Through a series of workshops, we imagine a future where Japanese knotweed, a so-called invasive alien species, is the only plant in Europe, and […]

Šopa Gallery, Hlavná 40, Košice 28.06.2024 18.00

Kinga Bartniak: The weary tree blossoms twice

We invite you to the final presentation of the three-month residency of designer and textile artist Kinga Bartniak called THE WEARY TREE BLOOM TWICE in the form of Open Studio. Kinga will present the details of her artistic research on embroidered Slovak textiles. In the final stage, she focused on the traditional folk phenomenon “kútna […]