Lesia Kulchynska, PhD, born in 1984, is a Kyiv-based art curator and visual studies researcher currently affiliated with Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History. She teached Cultural Studies and Media Studies at the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts, worked as a researcher at Pinchuk Art Center, as a curator at the Visual Culture Research Center and Set Independent Art Space (Kyiv). Lesia Kulchynska curated The School of the Lonesome chapter at The Kyiv Biennial 2015.