BIO
Alisa Sizykh is a filmmaker and video artist based in Hamburg, originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Her work often explores personal and socio-political themes, blending documentary realism with symbolic fiction. Known for her emotionally raw storytelling, Alisa creates deeply relatable and poignant pieces that invite viewers to question societal norms and reflect on their own roles within larger global contexts. Through her films and installations, she addresses ethical dilemmas and human experiences, encouraging a deeper understanding of the world and the people within it.
EDUCATION
Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (BA, film and theatre directing) 2020 - 2022
Hamburg University of Fine Arts (BA, time-based media) 2022 - Present
“STIBET I” funding program by DAAD 2023
Hamburg Stipendium 2024 - 2025
EXHIBITIONS
Group exhibition “Stolen Past, Threatened Future” in Exhibit Eschenbachgasse by Office Ukraine, Vienna 2025
Group exhibition "Hybrid Peace | Day To Day War“ in Mom Art Space, Hamburg 2025
Group exhibition “Are you that body?” in Krupa Gallery by Art Project Revolution in frames of Warsaw Gallery Weekend 2024
Group exhibition "These Roots Are Made for Walking" - Art.Camp.Fest 2024 in Kunstraum Tangente Herbsthausen, Gartow 2024
Group exhibition "1 hour train ride" in Galerei Flut, Nebenflut, HFK Bremen 2024
Group exhibition "Hybrid Peace" in Mom Art Space, Hamburg 2024
Group exhibition "Observations on the Memory of the Present" in Galerie 21 im Vorwerk-Stift, Hamburg 2023
Group exhibition "Are you here with us?" by the Antiwarcoalition.art in frames of Dutch Media Week and REMIX Fest at Hilversum, the Netherlands 2023
Group exhibition "Suit/Case" in Kunstraum Tangente, Vasenthien 2023
Group exhibition "Hybrid war" in Mom Art Space, Hamburg 2023
Group exhibition "Baby better have my menstruation. I ain’t no museum” as part of Diagonale Film Festival in Kunsthaus Graz 2023
Group exhibition "No peace is also no solution" in TEARAPART Gallery, Hamburg 2023
Group exhibition "Re: Feb. 24/UKR" in WESTWERK, Hamburg 2023
Group exhibition "LADYLAND" in Kanister, Hamburg 2023
Group exhibition "Sense of war" in Frappant Galerie, Hamburg 2023
Group virtual exhibition "Aggression explodes in silence" Art Space Kolo (https://readymag.com/u2513350486/4133852/) 2022
Group exhibition "Rapid Rabbit Reloaded" in Frappant Galerie, Hamburg 2022
Group exhibition "All this justifies thinking of..." in Mom Art Space, Hamburg 2022
Solo and group exhibition "VER-SAMMELSTELLE" in MUMA Gallery, Hamburg 2022
Group exhibition "Contraspemspero", HFBK Hamburg (http://contraspemspero.com/) 2022
Group exhibition "Without Restrictions" in Kunstraum Tangente, Wendland 2022
Solo exhibition "NaibudeKino" from the cultural group "CosmosCamp", Kyiv 2022
FILM FESTIVALS + FILM SCREENINGS
Solo screening "Monitor Ukraine #17” in Theater Magdeburg 2025
Ukrainian Kinomood Festival 2 by KINOCLUB in Hamburg 2024
"Solidarity Screenings: Moving Image and War in Ukraine” by Kyiv Biennial in Amsterdam, Prague, Riga, Malmo, Bratislava, Vienna 2022-2023 (https://2023.kyivbiennial.org/)
Screening “365 Days of Full-Scale War in Ukraine - Visual Diary” by Office Ukraine in Meuseums Quartier, Vienna 2023
Ukrainian Kinomood Festival by KINOCLUB in Hamburg 2023
39th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival 2022 Kassel, Germany
La Guarimba Film Festival 2022 Amantea, Italy
Film screening with cultural group verSAMMELstelle in MUMA Gallery, Hamburg 2022
Film screening "Monitor Ukraine #2” in Theater Magdeburg 2022
"Svoiimy Slovamy” ("Своїми Словами") Film Festival 2022 Kyiv, Ukraine
Mediawave Film Festival Competition 2022 Győr, Hungary
McGuffin Film Festival 2022
SUPP indie online platform 2022
"NaibudeKino" by the cultural group "CosmosCamp" 2022 Kyiv, Ukraine
XII Muestra Audiovisual "Cortos de la polis Joven" 2021 Costa Rica
Lift-Off Global Network Limited 2021 England
National Short Film Festival 2021 Washington, D.C.
AFTERLIFE Film Festival 2021 Johannesburg, South Africa
Solo screening of first short film "Awakening" in Kharkiv, Ukraine 2020
ART RESIDENCES
Film Campus Innsbruck 2025 as part of DIAMETRALE film festival, Austria (02.04.2025 - 05.04.2025)
ArtCamp Tangente 2024 with Herbsthausen & JANUN Hannover & WasWennLand (15.08.2024 - 26.08.2024) Gartow, Germany
ArtCamp Vasenthien 2023 with JANUN e.V & TANGENTE (27.07.2023 - 07.08.2023) Wendland, Germany
Film residency "CINEMAMBULANTE – KINO GUARIMBA" (10.09.22 - 22.09.22) by La Guarimba Film Festival in Calabria, Southern Italy
Art residence "UKRAINE: LEBEN, LIEBE, KRIEG UND FREIHEIT" (01.08.2022 - 31.08.2022) by "Ukrainian days in Hamburg" in Hamburg (https://udays.org/artresidence)
ArtCamp Vasenthien 2022 with JANUN e.V & TANGENTE (22.07.22 - 02.08.22) Wendland, Germany
OTHER ART PROJECTS
Member of ArtCamp Tangente, which is annual programme with Herbsthausen & JANUN Hannover for artists in Gartow, Germany (https://linktr.ee/kunstcamp) July 2022 - Present
Member of Artworkshops.hh for Ukrainian children in Hamburg (https://www.instagram.com/artworkshop.hh/) October 2023 - Present
Artworkshop for children as part of exhibition "Dance, Dance, Revolution” in Kunsthaus, Hamburg 2024
One of the founder and member of KINOCLUB and Ukrainian KINOMOOD Festival in Hamburg (https://www.instagram.com/kinoclub.hh.ua/) August 2022 - May 2024
Film workshop "Cinema without Racism" as part of the Ver-bilden Workshop by verSAMMELstelle (https://www.instagram.com/p/CvZlPHmsPnt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) 2023
2021
Towards the sun (experimental, 05:33 min)
The Human voice (drama, 09:19 min)
P1250314 documentary dialogue of students 28.08.21 (documentary, 15:59 min)
2022
15.02.22-24.02.22 KYIV (documentary, 03:35)
Once I got lost at home... (experimental, 12:35 min)
The Girl with a Garnet (experimental/video installation, 03:00 min)
Siesta (experimental/video installation, 03:35 min)
Daniel Benjamin (musical documentary, 61:43)
2023
High School Graduation (experimental documentary, 50:48/20:55 min)
Circles (music video, 04:22 min)
Sticky Sun (music video, 02:18 min)
Art Diary (documentary, 05:07 min)
The Tale of the Little Girl (fiction, 03:42)
2024
Drop In (documentary/immersive video installation, 14:32 min)
Music Clips (music video, 04:45 min)
Gong Collection (commercial, 01:05 min)
Electricity (music video, 04:02 min)
Dreams (music video, 03:53 min)