Meet Local Stickerbook - an independent one-of-a-kind magazine reflecting the Zeitgeist of the modern Ukrainian art scene during the war

Local Stickerbook is an independent magazine exhibiting works of contemporary Ukrainian artists. For each edition, around 20 artists are selected to represent their creations through the sticker format. The project was launched in February, 2021 as an initiative of Kyiv-based artists and curators. Since that time, the team successfully hosted several multi-format events (under the name of MetaSalon, MetaNatura, MetaPokaz) uniting various local musicians, artists and enthusiasts to explore metamodernistic ideas and approaches. This year Local Sticker Book was brought to Copenhagen, Bucharest, Anthens and beyond, also exhibiting Ukrainian artists, accompanied by live music of Ukrainian bands and DJ sets. - Vitalii Nemchenko.

After releasing two editions of the magazine, the team aims to keep investigating and documenting actual Ukrainian alternative art and introduce it outside Ukraine. For this reason, the third edition of Local Stickerbooks was presented already in Copenhagen, Athens, Bucharest and more cities to come. This initiative brings together creators of publishing-based practices giving opportunities for new kinds of international collaborations enabling Local Stickerbook to attract attention to such essential topics as the importance of art and the role of artists during the wartime. Diligently selecting works of mainly young local artists, the magazine’s team strives to push the boundaries of conventional aesthetics and show a brisk view of new reality, sending valuable cultural signals and messages to the international communities.

The Local Stickerbook team also provides artists and their families with immediate financial aid. The team intends to create a special financial support foundation giving 50% of profits and donations to the Ukrainian artists in need.

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1. Ksenia Inozemtceva
2. Sana Shahmuradova
3. Maria Matiashova
4. unfiltered visualization
5. Secondhead Showroom
6. Anna Dmytrenko
7. Postmortemtantra
9. Kateryna Byrun
10. Alena Yarysh
11. Etching Room
12. Reamor Ceramics
13. Ilya Todurkin
14. Lera Ganicheva
15. Anja Orm
16. Kinder Seele
17. Unknown
18. Evgeniy Derkach
19. Obies
Ilya Skubak - on the cover

Team:
Yan Tashtoush
Alexandra Sakara
Katia Samogon
Stasiya Lutova