Tetyana Berezhna serves as Commissioner of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale and as Commissioner General of Ukraine at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, and Expo 2027 in Belgrade, Serbia. From 2022 to 2025, she served as Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine.
She has extensive leadership experience in central government. Her legal career spans more than ten years: she joined Vasil Kisil & Partners in 2011. She holds a law degree from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and completed an internship in the Canadian Parliament through the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program (CUPP). She has also studied at the Ukrainian School of Political Studies, Aspen Institute Kyiv, the Kyiv School of Economics, LSE IDEAS and Kyiv-Mohyla Business School.
She was named to the 2026 “UP100: The Power of Women” list in the “Politics and Public Administration” category. She is also ranked among the ten most effective public servants and politicians with a legal background by Yurydychna Gazeta (“Practice Leaders 2025”).
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DownloadIs Ukrainian culture experiencing a genuine renaissance today, or merely a surge of interest driven by the war?
Ukraine is reclaiming its own names, history, and cultural heritage. At the same time, the rejection of Russian cultural influence raises a new question: what are we creating in its place, and what will Ukraine’s cultural identity look like in the decades to come?
How can we shape a contemporary Ukrainian cultural identity that resonates with a broad audience without compromising depth or quality? What does it take to ensure the sustainable development of culture — strong institutions, effective public policy, private investment, and a fully functioning cultural market? And how can we make Ukrainian culture internationally recognised not only because of the war, but for its own intrinsic value and ability to compete on the global stage?
These are the challenges and questions surrounding the future of Ukrainian culture that we will explore during the discussion “Culture in Wartime: Weapon, Therapy, or Foundation of Identity?”.