Nadiya Pankova

Ukrainian artist based in Bayern, Germany. Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Nuremberg Middle Franconia (BBK)
Nadiya Pankova was born in Donetsk (Ukraine) in 1985. There she got Music and Art education; there Nadiya got her Degree in Architecture and worked as an architect for some years. However, in time, Nadiya has realized that the architecture is actually not her field.
In 2014, Nadiya with her family moved to Kiev because of the war beginning in the Donbass region.
Since 2017, Nadiya Pankova has been living with her husband and two children in Fürth (Germany)- teaches art the children and adults, works in her studio. In recent years, Nadya has also emerged as a curator and exhibition organizer in Nuremberg and the surrounding region. In 2025, she became a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Nuremberg Middle Franconia (BBK).
Artist Statement
My work doesn’t take place in the studio alone: I often draw right in the middle of the action – at raves, concerts, and in dancing crowds. This practice of “extreme sketching” allows me to capture energy and movement in real time. I work on canvas, paper, cardboard, fabric – or directly on skin. I’m interested in how individuality expresses ...

2002 - 2009 Donbass Nationale Akademie für Bauwesen und Architektur, Makiyivka, Ukraine - Master of Architecture
2017 Outline, Online School - Graphic Designer
2021 On\Offline School SKVOT, Ukraine - Illustration
2021 On\Offline School SKVOT, Ukraine - Contemporary art
2024 On\Offline School SKVOT, Ukraine - Career of artists

Solo exhibitions
2024 - Alles, was man zum Überleben braucht. Der Fluchtkoffer - Konzeptuelle Schaufensterausstellung zum feministischen Kampftag - EDEL EXTRA – Verein zur Förderung ästhetischer Prozesse e. V.
2023 - Der Weg zum Bewusstseinskern - Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Nürnberg, Germany
2022 - "Mehrfarbiges Garnknäuel" - solo exhibition+project KunstProstIR - Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Nürnberg, Germany
2020 - Der Weg des Riesen / Zentrum für Alleinerziehende e. V. Grünes S.O.f.A - Erlangen, Germany
Group exhibitions
2025 - Offenes Atlier 2025 Landkreis Roth, Roth
2025 "Wald und Wiese" INTERNATIONALE KUNSTMEILE - Ratsstuben des Schlosses Ratibor, Roth
2025 Galerie Kaufhof: Kunst & Design am 5. und 6. April - Nürnberg
2024 - Raven MTHRS: Mütter in Kunst und Musik - kultur.lokal.fürth, Fürth, Germany
2024 - So unterschiedlich sind die Wege zur Freiheit… - Kulturwerkstatt Auf AEG - Nürnberg, Germany
2023 - The Story of my Art - Haus der Begegnungen - Schwabach, Germany
2023 - Ost Anders 2023 "Human + Machine" / Kulturwerkstatt Auf AEG - Nürnberg, Germany
2022 - Ost Anders 2022 / Kulturwerkstatt Auf AEG - Nürnberg, Germany
2021 - Ost Anders 2021 / Kulturwerkstatt Auf AEG - Nürnberg, Germany
2021 - Meininger Kunstorte /...