Open Group was founded in August 2012 in Lviv, Ukraine by six young artists: Eugene Samborsky, Yuriy Biley, Anton Varga, Oleg Perkovsky, Pavlo Kovach and Stanislav Turina. The basic structure of Open Group’s activity involves engaging people in art projects for a set period when the projects are ongoing. The group’s work is based on analysing the interactions and communication between people, artists, the situation and space. Open Group represented the Ukrainian National Pavilion at the 56th and 58th Venice Biennale.
Permanent members of the group:
Yuriy Biley (b. 1988, Ukraine), lives and works in Wrocław, Poland and Lviv, Ukraine.
Anton Varga (b. 1989, Ukraine), lives and works in New York, USA and Lviv, Ukraine.
Pavlo Kovach (b. 1987, Ukraine), lives and works in Lviv, Ukraine.
Stanislav Turinа (b. 1988, Ukraine), lives and works in Mukachevo and Pavshyno, Ukraine.