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BORSHCH OF ARTRECLAIMING UKRAINIAN HERITAGE

Ukrainian-American arts Research Fellowship

Fellow 2026

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Mila Antkevych

Location:

New York

Area of Focus:

Modernist art, cultural exchanges, art education

Institution:

Columbia University, The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU

Mila Antkevych is a Ukrainian artist, researcher, and educator based in New York. An honors student at Columbia University, she majors in Visual Arts and Art History. At Columbia, Mila serves as a Peer Advisor and Teaching Assistant in the Visual Arts Department, where she supports undergraduate instruction and mentorship. Currently, she is a research intern at The MET Museum in the Special Collections department. Mila holds degrees from Uzhgorod State University and Bergen Community College, where she now teaches in the Language Department. Starting in September 2026, Mila will begin the MA Program in the History of Art and Archaeology at The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.


Born and raised in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, she researches modernist art in Transcarpathia and the cultural exchanges shaped by Ukrainian, Rusyn, Hungarian, Jewish, Romanian, Czech, and Slovak traditions. Her artistic practice explores Impressionism, Symbolism, and modernist aesthetics, using materials and techniques specific to particular historical periods to deepen her understanding of artistic processes.

Topic of the research paper/ Abstract:

I am focused on exploring the work of modernist Ukrainian Jewish painters from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially those active in Ungvar (Uzhhorod) between 1867 and 1918. My research aims to understand how hybrid cultural identities—formed by Jewish heritage, imperial histories, and shifting national borders—have shaped artistic expression, subject matter, and modernist experimentation in their artworks.