Sergey Kantsedal is a curator based in Italy and the Artistic Director of Associazione Barriera, a non-profit space in Turin founded in 2007.
Positioned at the intersection of exhibition-making, research, and community-driven practice, Barriera fosters dialogue among artists, curators, collectors, and other cultural practitioners, with a focus on cross-disciplinary collaboration, including music, performance within underground cultures, and Eastern European studies.
Her independent curatorial work interweaves multiple languages and perspectives. He is also particularly interested in the heritage of the former Eastern Bloc and its influence on cultural, political, and gender identities.
Over the years, Kantsedal has collaborated with public and private institutions in Italy and internationally, including Salzburger Kunstverein in Salzburg; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and OGR in Turin; Triennale Milano, MUDEC, and Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan; Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella; MAMbo in Bologna; as well as PinchukArtCentre and the National Art Museum in Kyiv.
He took part in MEDITERRANEA 18, Young Artists Biennial in Tirana and a transnational research program A Natural Oasis? (San Marino-Kosovo-Montenegro-Malta). In 2024, he was a curator in residency at Salzburger Kunstverein (Austria) and in 2025 took part in ArcBucharest (Romania).
He graduated from the State Academy of Design and Arts of Kharkiv, attended Third Moscow Curatorial Summer School by V-A-C Foundation and CAMPO, curatorial practices course at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin (2015-2016).
Her independent curatorial work interweaves multiple languages and perspectives. He is also particularly interested in the heritage of the former Eastern Bloc and its influence on cultural, political, and gender identities.
Over the years, Kantsedal has collaborated with public and private institutions in Italy and internationally, including Salzburger Kunstverein in Salzburg; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and OGR in Turin; Triennale Milano, MUDEC, and Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan; Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella; MAMbo in Bologna; as well as PinchukArtCentre and the National Art Museum in Kyiv.
He took part in MEDITERRANEA 18, Young Artists Biennial in Tirana and a transnational research program A Natural Oasis? (San Marino-Kosovo-Montenegro-Malta). In 2024, he was a curator in residency at Salzburger Kunstverein (Austria) and in 2025 took part in ArcBucharest (Romania).
He graduated from the State Academy of Design and Arts of Kharkiv, attended Third Moscow Curatorial Summer School by V-A-C Foundation and CAMPO, curatorial practices course at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin (2015-2016).
