Nikita FREEBOID Khudiakov
Originally from Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Birthdate: 15 December 1984
I am a Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist and cultural manager based in Berlin. My art practice is focused on Extended Reality (XR), Audio Visual (AV) and generative art.
As an artist, my primary focus is on war in Ukraine, environmental crisis, mental health, and speculative futures. I have a deep passion for the intersection of art, social initiatives, technology, and psychology.
I take on various roles, such as managing art festivals, development of art communities, particularly CryptoArt Ukraine and production of virtual spaces in metaverse.
One of my notable virtual experiences, “Metacouncil”, was presented at the Ars Electronica 2020 event, specifically during “In Kepler’s Gardens”.
2021 – now – founder and community developer of CryptoArt Ukraine community – website
2023 – Project manager for “AudioVisual Art on Solana”
2023 – Producer a PRJCTR metaverse space
2023 – Organizer and AV artist at AVJams (5 editions) at MotionLab (Berlin)
2023 – Organizer and AV artist at CODE BOOK (2 editions) at Lynk&Co (Berlin)
2023 – Media artist at CTM Vorspiel 2023 (Berlin)
2022 – Curator of a social NFT project “Collective Ukraine”. Exhibited at WebSummit 2022 and Art Basel Miami 2022
2022 – Media artist in multidisciplinary performance P.A.N.TER
2022 – Curator for ukrainian crypto artists for the auction at Evening of Immersion into Ukrainian Culture, organised by Friends of Ukraine in Switzerland
2022 – Co-curator of OIL BLOOD LIBERTY exhibition in Kunsthalle Hannover – press
2022 – fundraising and management of social and cultural projects to support Ukraine (most in CryptoArt Ukraine community)
2021 – Lead Artist at NFT DEB Hackathon of generative art
2021 – Festival organiser Novembre Numerique Ukraine 2021 – website
2021 – Virtual gallery creator for 4th Block Trienalle
2021 – XR mentor at Transcarpathia art residency
2021 – Director at POLEMAKIV CryptoArt show. IRL NFT exhibition of 120 art pieces and eductional programme
2020 – Co-founder of virtual art center Kara Agora link
2020 – Co-curator of Speculative Playrooms project link
2020 – Coordinator of Virtualite VR art festival link
2020 – founder of project HUBS FOR CULTURE web-site
2020 – Digital Wine – online meetups around New Media Art youtube channel
2019 – Coordinator of FRONTIER VR Art Festival (20+ lectures, 2 hackathons of VR art and 2 exhibitions of VR art and 2 VR parties) web-site
2018 – Developer and project manager at VR Museum of Blockchain Art (virtual gallery for Samsung Gear VR) link
2017 – CEO at Mykolaiv IT Cluster. More than 10 event including 2 IT conferences (MyWebTech – 400 participants, 21 speaker, 3 streams, expo-zone and MyJS – 300 participants, 21 speaker, 3 streams, expo-zone)
2017 – TEDx talk “How future is distributed”
2015 – Co-curator of exhibition “Survival Kit for Virtual Reality” (Budapest)
2015 – Project manager of VR Day (Mykolaiv). Exhibitions and a meetup about VR art.
2015 – Project manager of the first ukrainian hackathon of VR art “Survival Kit for Virtual Reality”
2014 – 2017 – Project manager in software development company MobiDev
2013 – Media installation “Museum touch” youtube video
2013 – Project manager of “Innovative Museum” project
2012 – 2013 – Project manage of “Mykolaiv Cultural Map” – link
2013 – Founder and director of NODA coworking. Managed more than 10 meetups about game development
2011 – 2012 Founder and coordinator of Cinema Community. Educational event on movie making each week
2008 – 2011 Founder and director of ART November Festival 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011