Lilia Dragneva

Lilia Dragneva (b. 1975, Chișinău) is a visual artist, curator, and researcher active in the contemporary art scene of the Republic of Moldova. Since 2000, she has led the Center for Contemporary Art [ksa:k] and serves as curator of the BUNKER Gallery, where she regularly organizes exhibitions and develops an informal school for curatorial practices. Her artistic path began with experimental sound and image works influenced by avant-garde and Dada sources, later shifting toward critical discourse and the construction of new, symbolic narratives rooted in Moldovan society. She has participated in exhibitions such as After the Wall (Moderna Museet, Stockholm), Body and the East (Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana), and Senses Test Station (Moscow). As a curator, she has worked with artists from Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, Germany and the broader diaspora, initiating projects like WÄRMEPOL, the Evening School of Academic Drawing, and the ReVedere-Video Art and Experimental Film Laboratory. She also curated the national TV program ALTE ARTE (2004 - 2007) with support from Kulturstiftung des Bundes. She teaches art history, management, and curatorial practices at AMTAP (Art Academy). Between 2012 and 2017, she was a researcher at the Institute of Cultural Heritage and is currently finalizing a PhD on contemporary art in Moldova.