Kyiv, Ukraine, 1995
Kobylianski works with materials commonly associated with construction and disappearance — mineral dust, cement slurry, pigments, and sand applied to raw fabric — allowing them to register time, pressure, and removal.
His practice is process-driven and subtractive. Rather than composing images, he establishes conditions in which these elements cure, settle, imprint, and are partially removed. What remains is not a depiction of an event, but evidence that something has occurred.
Applied directly by hand, the process remains open-ended. Form emerges only after the material has cured, as its behavior determines how trace becomes embedded in the surface.
Removed from their functional role, they hold memory rather than utility. Positioned between object and surface, presence and absence, the work resists narrative and symbolism, inviting slow looking — where meaning emerges through material behavior, and the surface functions as a physical record rather than an image.
CV
solo exhibitions 2025 hiddi - one grand gallery, portland, or
selected group exhibitions 2025 after image 003 - after/time collective,
portland, or
show of support (benefit exhibition) - tappan collective,
los angeles, ca
2024 paragon of wonder - tappan collective,
los angeles, ca
en motion - well well projects,
portland, or
fairs 2025 seattle art fair - solo booth,
one grand gallery, seattle, wa
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