Maria Proshkowka is an artist from Kyiv, Ukraine. She graduated from Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs and studied at Modern Art School at the Modern Art Research Institute. Her work addresses problems of gender social studies, traumas and their impact on societies and self-identification issues. She was awarded a special prize by the contest of young artists МУХі 2017, as well as by VOGUE magazine, and participated in the American Arts Incubator in Ukraine. Her artworks are part of collections at Shcherbenko Art Center (Kyiv, Ukraine), MAMbo (Bologna, Italy) and private collections in Ukraine and abroad.

Participant in: August 2022 Fellowship: The Arts as a Tool for Peacebuilding