Born in Lviv, Ukraine
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2015 MFA, Bard College, Film/Video
2006 BFA, Pratt Institute, Computer Graphics and Interactive Media
Fellowships, Awards and Residencies
2023-24 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Sound Art Residency, Omaha, NE
2021 Guggenheim Fellowship
2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Digital/Electronic Arts
2020 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant
2020 Pioneer Works Technology Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Yaddo, Named Recipient of The Milton and Sally Michel Avery Residency for a Visual Artist, Saratoga Springs, NY
2019 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, New York, NY
2019 MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
2018 Millay Artist Residency, Austerlitz, NY
2018 VCCA Resident Artist Fellow, Amherst, VA
2017 Bronx Museum AIM Fellowship, New York, NY
2017 Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Artist in Residence, Queens, NY
2016 MASS MoCA, Artist in Residence, North Adams, MA
2016 New Work Grant, Eastern State Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA
2015 On our Radar, Creative Capital
2015 BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Artist Residency, Contemporary Artists Center, Troy, NY
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions and Screenings
2022 The tenacity of a fluid trace, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2022 The fields would slowly overtake you, CPM Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2022 Air Anxiety, Dat Bolwerck, Zutphen, Netherlands
2020 Cinereous, Remote Viewing, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Stone Soup, Sunview Luncheonette, Brooklyn, NY
2019 A Continuous Stream of Occurrence, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY (two-person show with William Lamson)
2018 Longcat, In-Between Theories, Digital Online Project
2017 Soon enough roads will be rivers, LUBOV Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Subdominant, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Queens, NY
2016 It takes 9 minutes to make a revolution, Carver Center for Art and Technology, Baltimore, MD
2016 - 2017 Institute of Corrections, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2022 This is not an ideal time, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Systems Entwined, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, NY
2020 A Faint Hum, Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2019 Solstice, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
2019 Solar Flashback, 26 Fulton Street, New York, NY
2019 Public Spaces, Clemente Soto Velez, New York, NY
2018 Overflow, Special Special, New York, NY
2018 Banned Words, PAD project, New York, NY
2017 CIM, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2017 Bronx Museum Biennial, Bronx, NY
2016 - 2017 CIM, Ukrainian Museum in New York, New York, NY
2016 A Certain Tension, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
2015 FotoFono, Brooklyn, NY
2015 RESPOND, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Social Photography IV, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
2014 Current Conditions, Apexart, New York, NY
2014 The Last Brucennial, 837 Washington Street, New York, NY
2013 Carbon Copied Continuum, Terminal Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Migrating Forms, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2010 convocatorias Espacio Enter, Tenerife Space of the Arts, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2010 Kunstfilmtag, Unsharpness of the documentary, WP8, Auditorium of the Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 Tel Quel, Video Dumbo Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Archetime Conference Exhibition on Time, The Tank, New York, NY
2008 International Movies and Stills, Basis Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Scanners, New York Video Festival, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
2007 Zero Gravity, Video Dumbo Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2007 The Luminists, Art in General, New York, NY
2007 Animex Festival, Middlesbrough, UK
Lectures and Public Engagements
2022 NADA, Ukrainian Artists in the Eight Years of War
2022 Pelham Arts Center, Pelham, NY
2022 Brooklyn Rail, zoom artist panel, New York, NY
2021 Visiting Artist Talk, Columbia University, New York, NY
2021 Separate Sundays, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
https://pioneerworks.org/programs/separate-sundays-january-2021/
2020 Visiting Artist Talk, The New School, New York, NY
2020 Visiting Artist Talk, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2019 Visiting Artist Talk, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY
2018 Artist Panel Talk, Trans-cen-der Art Group, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Visiting Artist Talk, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2018 Visiting Artist Talk, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2018 In between theories, Guest Artist Podcast Interview
2017 Artist Walkthrough, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2017 Lecture/Presentation, JCAL, Queens, NY
2017 Artist Panel Talk, Ukrainian Museum in New York, New York, NY
2016 Visiting Artist Talk, Carver Center Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007 Artist Talk, Art in General, New York, NY
Bibliography and Press
Ross, Laurence. “A Case for Action: CPM’s New Edition Project with Luba Drozd.” BmoreArt, 28 June 2023, bmoreart.com/2023/06/a-case-for-action-cpms-new-edition-project-with-luba-drozd.html
Volk, Gregory. “Two sparse Brooklyn exhibitions probe the elemental forces of life.” Hyperallergic, 3 Nov. 2022, https://hyperallergic.com/776094/two-sparse-brooklyn-exhibitions-probe-the-elemental-forces-of-life/
“Groundless Sound: Luba Drozd at CPM Gallery.” BmoreArt, 6 Sept. 2022, https://bmoreart.com/2022/09/groundless-sound-luba-drozd-at-cpm-gallery.html
Drozd, Luba, “Air Anxiety.” F Magazine, vol. 11 “Intimacy”, May 2022
Bishara, Hakim. “Ukrainian Artists Speak out as Invasion Intensifies.” Hyperallergic, 9 Mar. 2022, https://hyperallergic.com/713794/ukrainian-artists-speak-out-as-invasion-intensifies/
Wagner, Jasmine Dreame. Symptom of Society: Luba Drozd's PPE Fabrication Initiative, BOMB Magazine, 21 May 2020, https://bombmagazine.org/articles/symptom-of-society-luba-drozds-ppe-fabrication-project/
Burgis, Ben. “We Shouldn't Need GoFundMe to Respond to Catastrophes. We Need a Strong Welfare State.” Jacobin, 11 May 2020, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/05/gofundme-crowdfunding-coronavirus-covid-cancer-treatment.
Green, Jeff. “America’s Garage Hobbyists Fight the Pandemic With 3D Printers.” Bloomberg, 22 Apr. 2020, www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-04-22/america-s-garage-hobbyists-fight-the-pandemic-with-3d-printers.
Chapman, Glenn. “Crowdfunding Fills Gaps For Virus-Displaced Workers.” International Business Times, 11 Apr. 2020, www.ibtimes.com/crowdfunding-fills-gaps-virus-displaced-workers-2956475.
Postrel, Virginia. “Medical Face Masks: An Illustrated History.” Bloomberg, 10 Apr. 2020, www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-10/medical-face-masks-an-illustrated-history.
Meier, Allison. “Members of the Pratt Community Sew Masks and 3D-Print Face Shields to Combat COVID-19.” Pratt Institute, 7 Apr. 2020, www.pratt.edu/news/view/members-of-the-pratt-community-sew-masks-and-3d-print-face-shields-to-comba.
Sosa, Anabel. “Hero of the Day: Artist Luba Drozd Making Face Shields for Hospitals.” New York Post, 3 Apr. 2020, https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-in-ny-artist-luba-drozd-making-face-shields-for-hospitals/.
Levine, Deborah. “No, Mr. President, Healthcare Workers Aren't Stealing Masks. You Failed Them.” The Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/30/low-tech-medical-equipment-saves-lives/.
Jacobs, Andrew, and Rachel Abrams. “Hive Mind of Makers Rises to Meet Pandemic.” The New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/health/coronavirus-innovators.html.
Perlin, Jenny, The Hoosac Institute Journal #3 N.p., September 2019 https://hoosacinstitute.com/Luba-Drozd
EDNA 2018, Millay Colony, August 2019, p23
D'Agostino, Paul. “Nota Bene with @Postuccio [Iv].” Art Spiel, 29 Mar. 2019, https://artspiel.org/nota-bene-with-postuccio-iv/.
WERKS Spring 2018: International Contemporary Art Magazine (Volume 1), June 2018, Print
“Goings on About Town.” The New Yorker, 4 Sept. 2017, https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/bronx-calling-the-fourth-aim-biennial
Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial exhibition catalog, Bronx: Bronx Museum, 2017, p. 56. Print
Graves, Cassidy Dawn. “Light-Soaked Galleries, Meditative Street Ads, and More Art Exhibitions.” Bedford + Bowery, 16 May 2017 http://bedfordandbowery.com/2017/05/light-soaked-galleries-meditative-street-ads-and-more-art-exhibitions/.
CIM exhibition catalog. New York: The Ukrainian Museum, 2016. Pp. 12-21, 80-83. Print
Steinhauer, Jillian. “After a Call for Change, Artists Respond.” Hyperallergic, 13 Feb. 2015, http://hyperallergic.com/182346/after-a-call-for-change-artists-respond/.
Ast, Olga. Infinite Instances: Studies and Images of Time. Brooklyn: Mark Batty, 2011, p. 40-41. Print
Crean, Melanie. Melanie Crean: The Luminists: Art in General New Commissions Program. New York: Art in General, 2010. Print
Teaching Experience:
2019 Pratt Institute, Department of Digital Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Introduction to 3D practices for artists, Graduate Level
2018 Pratt Institute, Department of Digital Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Introduction to 3D practices for artists, Graduate Level
Post Production, Undergraduate Level
3D modeling, Undergraduate Level
2018 NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn NY
3D Animation, Undergraduate Level