Commissioner of ARSENALE 2012
Nataliia Zabolotna
Ukraine

Nataliia Zabolotna is the General Director of Mystetskyi Arsenal, founder and publisher of the leading Ukrainian art magazine ART Ukraine. She is also the author and director of various successful art projects: ART KYIV contemporary (annually since 2006), Great Sculpture Exhibition (annually since 2006), Great Antique Exhibition (annually since 2008), Fine Art Ukraine (annually since 2009), International Arsenal Book Fair & Festival (2011), First International Week of Contemporary Art Space Odyssey (2011) and the Independent exhibition (2011).

Artistic Director of ARSENALE 2012
David Elliott
Great Britain/Germany

David Elliott is a curator, writer and cultural historian, who has directed some of the most innovative and dynamic museums of modern and contemporary art worldwide. He curated the 17th International Biennale of Sydney (THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, 2008-2010); established and headed the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, and was the director and curator of the Modern Museum in Stockholm and the Modern Museum in Istanbul.

Curator of Special Project
Oleksander Soloviov
Ukraine

Oleksandr Soloviov is the Deputy Director and Chief Curator of Mystetskyi Arsenal. He is the leading Ukrainian curator, as well as one of the best local experts in contemporary art. From 2004 to 2010 he was the curator of the PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2007 Oleksander Soloviov curated the Ukrainian Pavillion at the Venice Biennial.

Curator of the discussion platform
Kateryna Degot
Russia

Kateryna Degot is an independent art historian, art critic, and curator. She was the senior curator at State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, and the culture and art columnist at Kommersant Daily, Moscow, Russia. Since 2008 Degot is the senior editor of Openspace.ru, the independent art website.

Curator of the Special Project
Fabio Cavallucci
Poland