Aljoscha (; 1974 in

Lozova Lozova (, ) or Lozovaya () is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Lozova Raion. Lozova hosts the administration of Lozova urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Lozova is th ...

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

, now

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

), born Oleksii Potupin (), is a Ukrainian visual artist known for large scale conceptual installations, sculptures, interventions, paintings and drawings based on ideas of

bioism Bioism is an artistic, philosophical, and ethical approach that proposes the creation and aesthetics of new non-suffering life forms and value systems based on biological thinking. Initiated and constantly developed by the artist Aljoscha, it exte ...

, biofuturism,

bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, me ...

and

bioethical Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, me ...

abolitionism Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies. ...

. Beyond the new aesthetics of

, his prioritized bioethical and philosophical ideas are the

eradication of suffering The eradication of suffering or abolition of suffering is a proposed goal within biotechnology and ethics to eliminate involuntary pain and suffering in all sentient beings. The concept involves using advanced techniques in genetic engineering, n ...

and the paradise engineering.

Bioism Bioism is an artistic, philosophical, and ethical approach that proposes the creation and aesthetics of new non-suffering life forms and value systems based on biological thinking. Initiated and constantly developed by the artist Aljoscha, it exte ...

(or biofuturism) represents an attempt to develop new life forms and to create an aesthetic for the future of organic existence. Each artwork is regarded by the artist as a hypothetical living being — an expression of synthetic vitality, complexity, morphological multiplicity, and deviance.

signifies a shift from reproductive to generative art: from representing existing biological forms to creating fundamentally new life worlds and alternative ontologies. This paradigm expands the concept of life by attributing evolutionary potential to inanimate matter and by opening a path toward a

symbiosis Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction, between two organisms of different species. The two organisms, termed symbionts, can fo ...

of art, bioethics, and

biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

. In Aljoscha’s visionary projection of the future,

living systems Living systems are life forms (or, more colloquially known as living things) treated as a system. They are said to be open self-organizing and said to interact with their environment. These systems are maintained by flows of information, energy an ...

will merge with the everyday — from living furniture and architecture to interplanetary biospheres — offering the artistic possibility of shaping non-suffering life forms. Thus,

appears not only as an aesthetic platform but also as an ethical manifesto of bioethical abolitionism — envisioning the transformation of museums into laboratories of biosensitive diversity and of art into a practical instrument for the responsible formation of future life. He studied 2001-2002 at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Blinky Palermo, Ma ...

, Germany (class of Prof. Konrad Klapheck) as well as 2006 at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria (class of

Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat (; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian photographer and visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and the West, femininit ...

Selected grants and prizes

* 2024 "AD Selects", Architectural Digest at TEFAF, New York, USA * 2024 Grant of Museum of Langenargen, Germany *2022 Grant of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony and

Goethe Institut The Goethe-Institut (; GI, ''Goethe Institute'') is a nonprofit German cultural organization operational worldwide with more than 150 cultural centres, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural ...

in Dresden, Germany *2020 Pollock-Krasner grant,

Pollock-Krasner Foundation The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 for the purpose of providing funding to visual artists internationally to further their artistic practices. It was established at the bequest of Lee Krasner, who was an American abstract expr ...

, New York, USA *2017 "Über die Umschwünge der himmlischen Kreise", public installation project funded by

Tonhalle Düsseldorf Tonhalle Düsseldorf is a concert hall in Düsseldorf. It was built by the architect Wilhelm Kreis. The resident orchestra, the ''Düsseldorfer Symphoniker'', play symphonic repertoire at the Tonhalle as well as opera at the Deutsche Oper am Rhei ...

, Germany *2012 Grant of Hybridartprojects (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in Mandrem, India *2011 Grant of The University's Museum of Contemporary Art (Mexico City), in Venice, Italy *2011 Grant of Kunstgarten Graz, Austria *2010-2011 Grant of Hybridartprojects in El Zonte, El Salvador *2010 "bioism uprooting populus", public installation project funded by Karin Abt-Straubinger Stiftung, Germany *2009 Art prize "Schlosspark 2009", Cologne, Germany *2008 I Prize in sculpture, XXXV Premio Bancaja, Valencia, Spain

Selected public collections

*Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, Dresden, Germany * Dommuseum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany *Fondazione Made in Cloister, Naples, Italy *Fondazione Sant Elia, Palermo, Italy *

Getty Center The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, United States, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust. The $1.3 billion center opened to the public on December 16, 1997, and is well known for its architecture, garde ...

, Los Angeles, USA *

ISREC The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC, ) is a not-for-profit institution founded in 1964 and located in Épalinges, Switzerland. Since 1 January 2008, it is organized into two distinct entities: * The ISREC Foundation whose ...

Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland * Karasin University, Kharkiv, Ukraine *Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany * Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany *

Ludwig Museum Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of modern art. It includes works from Pop Art, Abstract and Surrealism, and has one of the largest Picasso collections in Europe. It holds many works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lic ...

, Koblenz, Germany * Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany *M17, Kyiv, Ukraine *MArRC, Reggio Calabria, Italy *

MOMus Momus (; Ancient Greek: Μῶμος ''Momos'') in Greek mythology was the personification of satire and mockery, two stories about whom figure among Aesop's Fables. During the Renaissance, several literary works used him as a mouthpiece for their ...

, Thessaloniki, Greece *Museo Bilotti, Rende, Italy *Museum of Langenargen, Germany *Museumsquartier MQ4, Osnabrück, Germany *

Technical University Dresden TU Dresden (for , abbreviated as TUD), also as the Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony a ...

, Germany *Vatican Collection, Rome, Italy

Selected solo exhibitions

* 2025 :"Khēmia of Ma’at", Yermilov Center, Kharkiv University, Ukraine :"Mannigfaltigung von paradiesischen Welten", Cavazzen Palast, City Museum Lindau, Germany * 2024 :"Project Hope", Ludwig Museum Koblenz, Germany :"Celestial Bodies Guide Us Through Dark Times", Donopoulos International Fine Arts - DIFA, Thessaloniki, Greece :"Emergent Properties Evolve Existence", Galerie Maximilian Hutz, Hard, Austria :"Solidarity With the Victims", Brodsky Synagogue, Kyiv, Ukraine :"Translucent Minds beyond of Gravitation", Museum of

Langenargen Langenargen is a town in the district of Bodensee in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Demographics Population development: Sports Langenargen is an ideal venue for sports such as sailing. The town's location on the shores of the Bodensee ...

, Germany :"Monadology of Consciousness and Space", Lauffenmühle, Lauchringen, Germany :"Solidarity With Victims",

Tribeca Synagogue TriBeCa Synagogue (also known as Synagogue for the Arts and Civic Center Synagogue) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 49 White Street, in Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Designed by archi ...

, New York City, USA :"Deviations of Kindness", Sant'Angelo, Milan, Italy :"Mutative Transitions into Organic Utopia", Tempesta Gallery, Milan, Italy :"Schwebend im Äther des Unwirklichen", Dreieinigkeitskirche, Eschweiler, Germany * 2023 :"Composing Bioethical Choices", Dreieinigkeitskirche, Munich, Germany :"The Signs of Hope", Periscope, Salzburg, Austria :"Paradise Hypothesis", Galerie Priska Pasquer, Paris, France :"Transitional Era", Johanniterkirche, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria :"Composing Bioethical Choices", Fondazione Made in Cloister, Naples, Italy * 2022 :"Extraterrestrial Origin of Life", Altana Galerie, Technical University, Dresden, Germany :"Distant Posterity", Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany :"Flüstern des Raums / Forming Divinity", Osthaus Museum and Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, Germany :"Invincible Happiness Not Just For Humans, But For All Sentient Life", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany :"Bioethische Abweichung als Grundprinzip der Paradiesgestaltung“, Johanneskirche, Düsseldorf, Germany :"Anti-war Intervention in Kiew 2022", masc foundation, Vienna, Austria :"Wesen für Frieden und Freiheit", Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen, Germany :"The Evolutionary Optimism",

Bucerius Kunst Forum The Bucerius Kunst Forum is an international exhibition centre in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2002 through the '' ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius'' foundation. It is named after Gerd Bucerius and his wife, and located directly beside the ...

, Hamburg, Germany :"Reinvigorated, Rejuvenated", Bad Bentheim, Germany. :"Personal universe functions as a fundamental consciousness rather than a cosmic mess of discrete parts" Dommuseum Hildesheim, Germany. * 2021 :"Vivimos el mejor de los tiempos. Estamos comenzando a construir el Paraíso", Palacio de Santoña, Madrid, Spain :"¿Puedo alimentar a los monos de Gibraltar?", Espacio Sin Título de Cano Estudio, Madrid, Spain * 2020 :"Miraculous Draught", St. John the Divine, New York, USA :"Paradise Engineering Is an Epiphany of New Bioethics", MZKM at LAGA 2020,

Kamp-Lintfort Kamp-Lintfort () is a (small) town in Wesel District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north-west of Moers. Notable people * Jacob Wiener (1815-1899), medallist and engraver. * Adolf Storms (1919–2010), member of the Waffen-S ...

, Germany :"Durchbruch des Seins in den unbegrenzten Freiraum der Möglichkeiten", Galerie Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany * 2019 :"Bioethische Funktionslust", Galerie von Braunbehrens,

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

, Germany :"Bioethical Aberrations", Städtische Galerie Sohle 1,

Bergkamen Bergkamen (; Westphalian: ''Biärgkoamen'') is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated south of the river Lippe, approx. north-east of Dortmund and south-west of Hamm. Bergkamen, a fairly new town i ...

, Germany :"Our philosophy determined by biological information processing principles", Marienkirche, Ortenberg, Germany :"Panspermia and Cosmic Ancestry", KWS and Galerie Susanne Neuerburg,

Einbeck Einbeck (; Eastphalian: ''Aimbeck'') is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, on the German Timber-Frame Road. History Prehistory The area of the current city of Einbeck is inhabited since prehistoric times. Vario ...

, Germany :"Geschwindigkeitsbeschleunigung der Evolution", Galerie Maximilian Hutz,

Lustenau Lustenau (; ) is a town in the westernmost Austrian States of Austria, state of Vorarlberg in the district of Dornbirn (district), Dornbirn. It lies on the river Rhine, which forms the border with Switzerland. Lustenau is Vorarlberg's fourth larg ...

, Austria :"Alterocentric Eudaimonia", Kunststation St. Peter,

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Germany :"Urpflanze", , Düsseldorf, Germany :"Modelle der nie dagewesenen Arten", Kunstverein

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn (district), Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pade ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. * 2018 :"Peak Experience", Beck & Eggeling Gallery,

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. :"Panspermia", Anna Nova Gallery,

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

. :"So long as the mind keeps silent in the motionless world of its hopes, everything is reflected and arranged in the unity of its nostalgia. But with its first move this world cracks and tumbles: an infinite number of shimmering fragments is offered to the understanding. А. Camus", Futuro Gallery & Anna Nova Gallery, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. * 2017 :"A Biology of Happiness", Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria. :"The Hedonotropic Force", Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Germany :"Know Thyself", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Mykonos, Greece :"The Gates of the Sun and The Land of Dreams"

Schloss Benrath Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) is a Baroque-style ''maison de plaisance'' (pleasure palace) in Düsseldorf-Benrath, Benrath, which is now a borough of Düsseldorf. It was erected for the Elector Palatine Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, ...

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

. :"The Gates of the Sun and The Land of Dreams", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany. :"A Notion Of Cosmic Teleology", Sala Santa Rita,

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. :"Early Earth Was Purple", Ural Vision Gallery,

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Hungary. * 2016 :"Iconoclasm and Bioism", Julia Ritterskamp,

, Germany :"Auratic Objects", Donopoulos International Fine Arts,

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

, Greece. :"From Homo Faber to Homo Creator", Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany. :"Lotophagie", Gallery Anna Nova,

, Russia. :"Archaeen", Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany. :"Bioethics", Gallery Y,

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

, Belarus. * 2015 :"Paradise Engineering", Flora, Cologne, Germany. :"Hadaikum", Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany. :"Animism and Bioism",

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 ...

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

, Bulgaria. :"Funiculus umbilicalis", St. Petri,

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

, Germany. :"Synthetic , Elysium", Daab Salon, Cologne, Germany. * 2014 :"Bioism", Erarata Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. : "Lotuseffekt",

, Sofia, Bulgaria. * 2013 :"We love you stars. May you adore us", Galerie Claudia Junig, Cologne, Germany. :"Der ca. 20 Lichtjahre große Nebel enthält Staubsäulen, die bis zu 9,5 Lichtjahre lang sind und an deren Spitze sich neue Sterne befinden", Raum e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany. :"Daidaleia – the presence of fabulous edifices", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece. * 2012 :"Sensorial Panopticum", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany. :"Abiogenesis", Kunstraum d-52, Düsseldorf, Germany. * 2011 :"Objekt als Wesen", Kunstverein APEX,

Göttingen Göttingen (, ; ; ) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. According to the 2022 German census, t ...

, Germany. :"Bioism Involved", Kunstgarten

Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...

, Austria. * 2010 :"The children of Daedalus", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece. :"Living architectures", Beck & Eggeling Gallery in cooperation with Henn Gallery,

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

, Germany. :"Bioism aims to spread new and endless forms of life throughout the universe", ARTUNITED,

, Austria. * 2009 :"Biofuturism", Krefelder Kunstverein,

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its c ...

, Germany. :"Bioism", Museo di Palazzo Poggi,

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

, Italy. * 2008 :"Objects – Drawings – Paintings", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Notes

External links

Website of the artist Aljoscha

Artsy: Aljoscha

Aljoscha: Germinating New Art

Aljoscha biography.

Salve-magazine.de: Aljoscha

Annanova-gallery.ru/en: Aljoscha

Creativemindclass.com: Aljoscha Interview
{{Authority control 1974 births Living people People from Hlukhiv Ukrainian male sculptors