Spartak Khachanov was born in 1984 in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan (I am Armenian by nationality). In 2011 he began studying at the Kharkiv Art School, where he specialized in sculpture under the supervision of Valery Pirogov, who shaped the artist's outlook. In 2015 Khachanov studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. In 2018-1919 he studied at the Kiev Academy of Media Arts (KAMA). Khachanov was a member of the creative group of artists "Hleb Zavod" from 2018-2019.Spartak Khachanov is a sculptor and contemporary artist who produces visually, politically and emotionally charged works in a variety of materials and genres. In his creative practice, Khachanov is interested in issues of political instability, war, emigration and nationalism, works in various media, including sculpture, installation, painting, graphics, photography, video, animation and sound.I am a multimedia artist from Ukraine. I am a political refugee and artist in exile living and working in Helsinki. During my asylum-seeking period, I lived in the Vantaa refugee center for two years.After an exhibition during my studies at the Kiev Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Dec 2018 - Jan 2019, I was faced with growing threats to my art, life and well-being from far-right forces in Ukraine. Starting with threats from a professor at the Academy, nationalist groups, in particular the notorious group C14, threatened my life. Artists at Risk (AR) intervened, and brought me to Helsinki, where I was a MOBILE Resident at HIAP until January 2020.I was born in 1984 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Because of the growing aggressive attitude of the local population towards the Armenian population in Azerbaijan, I had to leave for Armenia with my parents. When I was 7 years old, due to the deterioration of the economic situation and the beginning of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, I moved with my parents to Snizhne, Ukraine. Snizhne is located in the Donetsk Oblast, which has been in war since 2014. The themes of war and immigration have been close to me since my birth, and they still haunt me like my shadow. During my 39 years of life I was a refugee three times, and now I am a refugee for the fourth time.Date of birth: 17 September 1984Place of birth: UASR, BakuEducation: 2011-2015- Kharkiv Art College, specialty sculptor2015-2019- National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, specialty sculptor2018-2019- Kiev Academy of Media Arts, specialty contemporary artist.Address: Lipstikkakuja 5 b 43, 01400, Vantaa, FinlandPhone: +358413105196E-mail: spartakkhachanovwork@gmail.comWeb site: https://spartakkhachanovartist.com/Selected Exhibitions:2025: Solo exhibition “ Impersonal”, Nyky aika Photo Center, Tampere, Finland2024: Group exhibitions "My Home Somewhere ", Vantaa Art Museum ARTSI,Vantaa, Finland2023: Group exhibitions "Quantum Critic project 2023", Helsinki, Finland2023: Solo exhibition "WINDOW EXHIBITION" AT GLOBE ART, Helsinki, Finland2022: Exhibition "Cannibals, Kings and Gifts", CISTERNA DI PALAZZO ACQUAVIVA – ATRI, Pescara, Italy2022: Participation in a magazine exhibition (Shy Plumber, Anti-War Journal of Art and Anti-Art), Helsinki, Finland, Berlin, Germany2022: Participation in a magazine exhibition (NINABYRON For issue #6, the theme is 100 years of Antifascism, as in September 2022 Fascism was officially born in Italy), Rome, Italy2021: Group online exhibition "nude affiliation & portraiture", Pepney Gallery, Cavan, Ireland2020: Solo exhibition of Spartak Khachanov "Outside the Window", Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland2020: Participant in the exhibition "Self-Quarantine creative", New York, USA2019: HIAP Open Studios / Autumn 2019, Suomenlinna island, Helsinki, Finland2019: Group exhibitions "AR PAVILION HELSINKI – MASS MEMORY MACHINES", Gallery Rankka, Helsinki, Finland2019: Solo exhibition "Penis Parade", DELFI Gallery, Malmö, Sweden2019: Photo Project "Olympic Games Reloaded", Office of the Peace Committee, Helsinki, Finland2019: Photo project "Olympic Games Reloaded ", Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland2019: HIAP Open Studios / Summer 2019, Suomenlinna island, Helsinki, Finland2019: Participant in the exhibition "Decommunia_tion", Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany2019: Participant in the festival "Art Fair", in the group of artists "HLEBZAVOD", Business center Toronto, Kyiv, Ukraine2019: Participation in the exhibition "Bread Conversion", as a member of the art group "HLEBOZAVOD", Hlebzawod Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine2019: Group exhibition "Hlebzawod Art Prize", Hlebzawod Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine2018: Exhibition of students of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture "Mystetskyi Arsenal", Kyiv, Ukraine2018: Participation in the exhibition "Infantilismus", as a member of the art group "HLEBOZAVOD", Hlebzawod Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine2017: Participant in the exhibition Triennale "Sculpture 2017", Kyiv, Ukraine2017: Exhibitor at the Anatoliy Krivolap Prize, Kyiv Fortress, Kyiv, Ukraine2015: Participant of the "One out of 1.5 Million" exhibition dedicated to the Armenian Genocide, Buzok Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine2013: Group exhibition at the Union of Artists, Kyiv, UkraineArt Festivals:2024: Art festival "Estação Viva 2024", Porto, Portugal2021: The International Winter Festival of Environmental Art "Mythogenesis", Vantaa, Finland, Vinnytsia, Ukraine2020: Media art exhibition ARTEFACT: Chernobyl 33, media art festival MADATAC, Madrid, Spain2019: Arts Festival "Sofia Art Week", Sofia, Bulgaria2019: Festival of media and performing arts, Work Atelier Plastilin, Sofia, Bulgaria2019: Participant in the festival "Art Fair", in the group of artists "HLEB ZAVOD", Kyiv, Ukraine2017: Participant of the international art festival of the Carpathian region "CARPATHIAN SPACE-2017", Ivano-Frankivsk, UkraineGrants, competitions, scholarships:2023: Was selected for the project "Suomen tarinat",Finland2022: Kone Foundation, Finland2022: The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Finland2022: FONDAZIONE ARIA, Pescara, Italy2019: Artists at Risk (AR) Scholarship Perpetuum Mobile, Finland2017: Participated in the art competition Anatoly Krivolap, Kyiv, Ukraine2014: Participant of the international competition for the creation of the monument to the centenary of the Armenian genocide, the temple of "Surb Harutyun", the organizers of the Armenian community of Kharkiv, UkraineResident programs:2019: Resident member "MOBILE Resident at HIAP", Helsinki, Finland2019: Resident member "Radar", Sofia, Bulgaria2017: Resident member, 'Sculpture symposium', Ivano-Frankivsk, UkraineRealized projects in non-gallery:2017: The first stage of the art project at the Pavlov Psychiatric Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine2018: The second stage of the art project at the Pavlov Psychiatric Hospital, Kyiv, UkraineTalking artist:2021: Conversation of the artist Spartak Khachanov, art residence HIAP, Helsinki, Finland2019: Spartak Khachanov conversation about political propaganda and art, Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland2019: Conversation of the artist Spartak Khachanov, Work Atelier Plastilin, Sofia, Bulgaria2019: Conversation of the artist Spartak Khachanov in the bookstore "Arkady", Helsinki, Finland2019: Artist Khachanov Spartak "Attacks, Destruction Censorship in Art Institutions in Kyiv","Decommunia_tion", Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz,Berlin, Germany2019: Artist Khachanov Spartak " Can an artist express his opinion in a belligerent country", Art Museum's HAM Hall, Helsinki, FinlandParticipation in discussion events:2024: Suomen tarina, Discussion event "Historians without borders", Helsinki, Finland2024: GAP ART SUMMIT '24/Panel discussion on Global Perspectives on Censorship, Helsinki, FinlandPublication and interviews:01.03.2024 HS27.02.2024 Selkomadia21.07.2022 II Giornale dell'Arte10.07.2022 segnonline08.07.2022 Collezione da Tiffany31.10.2019 e-flux23.06.2019 The Guardian and Art Review Khachanov Spartak, interview with international editor, writer, and critic Oliver Bashiano21.10.2019 The Washington Post, Interview by Will Englund29.01.2019 TAZ, Interview by Bernhard Clasen07.03.2019 HYPERALLERGIC25.01.2019 BBC News, interview by Gleb Savchenko20.02.2019 Rauhanpuolustajat19.12.2019 The Armenian Mirror-Spectator29.05.2019 Ute Kilter "When you go to Kyiv Art Week, and it turns out to beArt Fair..."20.02.2019 KHHR15.03.2019 Ute Kilter "The presentation of "HZ" in "WW" is dedicated"17.11.2018 Ute Kilter "Art prize and nepotism from the Khlebozavod group"03.06.2018 Ute Kilter "Infantilism in Kiev style"25.01.2019 Hromadske25.01.2019 Hromadske25.01.2019 240p 1hh25.01.2019 Генітально – Вікна новини25.01.2019 Автор «парада членов» покинул Украину из за угроз25.01.2019 Anatolijsharij