Exhibition Media & Production Intern

THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM
Pedagogies of War
Exhibition Media & Production Intern
Paid Internship • Fall 2026 – January 2027

Position at a Glance

Department: Curatorial / Exhibitions

Reports To: Executive Director and Exhibitions Project Manager

Type: Part-time, paid internship; also eligible for academic credit through the intern’s institution

Schedule: Beginning at approximately 3–5 hours per week in September 2026, with hours increasing progressively through the fall and peaking during the exhibition’s installation period in January 2027

Location: The Ukrainian Museum, 222 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003; some remote work possible during early phases

How to Apply

Please submit the following materials to info@ukrainianmuseum.org:

A brief cover letter describing your background, AV experience, and interest in this internship

CV or résumé

Subject line: “Pedagogies of War Internship — [Your Name]”

Application Deadline: Rolling; early applications encouraged

The Museum will work with the intern’s institution to facilitate academic credit where applicable.

About the Exhibition

The Ukrainian Museum presents Pedagogies of War, an exhibition by Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, curated by Chus Martínez — the first North American presentation of the artists’ work, opening January 30, 2027. Bringing together six major audiovisual installations — including two newly commissioned works, Open World (2025), co-produced by TBA21–Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary for the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, and We Didn’t Start This War (2026) — the exhibition examines how war becomes an operating system that reshapes perception, conduct, and everyday life beyond the battlefield. It raises questions of war’s impact on civil society, on the suspension of democracy, and on freedom and rights, and of how war shapes a vision of the future filtered by destruction.

Every itinerancy of this exhibition is a failure of peace — but it represents an undeniable effort on the part of Ukrainian cultural practitioners to sustain a meaningful relationship and dialogue between the events of war and the people who, inside and outside Ukraine, strongly believe in civil society and in their right to decide upon their future.— Chus Martínez, Curator

Pedagogies of War opens coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the full-scale invasion and anchors the Museum’s 50th Anniversary season. The exhibition will be designed and installed by The Ukrainian Museum jointly with Cooper Union,  two East Village institutions united by a shared commitment to programmatic partnership, social practice, and contemporary discourse on war. 

Public programming extends this network of Downtown Manhattan collaboration further: in partnership with other cultural institutions downtown, the Museum will present curator talks and a roundtable discussion. Bard College and The Ukrainian Museum are also planning an interdisciplinary film and education program bringing Ukrainian documentary cinema into dialogue with the exhibition through curated screenings, filmmaker conversations, and open educational resources for students and educators.

About the Artists

Roman Khimei (Ukraine, 1992) and Yarema Malashchuk (Ukraine, 1993) have worked together as filmmakers and visual artists since 2016. Working at the intersection of documentary and fiction, their practice engages with Ukraine’s recent history and the present conditions of its society and ecosystems. Through multi-channel video installations that combine cinematic narratives with technological mediation, they examine the lingering frameworks of post-imperial power and their impact on a generation caught between historical trauma and an uncertain future.

Curator Chus Martínez is Head of the Institute Art Gender Nature at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, and curator at der TANK, the Institute’s exhibition space. She previously served as Chief Curator at El Museo del Barrio, New York; Chief Curator at MACBA, Barcelona (2008–2011); Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein (2005–2008); and Artistic Director of Sala Rekalde, Bilbao (2002–2005). For dOCUMENTA(13) (2012) she was Head of Department and a member of the Core Agent Group.

The Opportunity

The Ukrainian Museum is seeking a paid Exhibition Intern with a background in digital arts and audiovisual production to support the development and installation of Pedagogies of War. This is an opportunity for a graduate student, ideally from a program in digital arts, integrated media, or a related field,  to gain hands-on experience with the full arc of a major international exhibition, from early research and logistics through final installation.

The internship is structured to build over time. The intern will begin with a lighter research and administrative workload in the fall semester, progressively taking on more substantive responsibilities as the exhibition approaches, with the most intensive period of work occurring during installation in January 2027. This structure is designed to accommodate an academic schedule while offering meaningful, real-world exposure to exhibition production at its most instructive stage.

Given the exhibition’s six large-scale audiovisual installations — requiring coordination across multiple institutions, lenders, and technical partners — AV literacy is essential. Candidates who understand multi-channel video, projection, and audio installation in a gallery context will be best positioned to contribute meaningfully during the installation period.

Responsibilities

Research & Preparation (Fall 2026)

Support digital research and tech related aspects of the exhibition, working closely  with  artists (Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk), and the exhibition manager

Support day-to-day pre production tech research and logistics

Oversee the installation's technical rider (power, voltage, and plug requirements)

Coordinate with Building Engineer to ensure that the museum’s power grid can safely handle the equipment without tripping breakers or throwing off the HVAC systems that protect the museum’s permanent collection

Advise on rentals for additional equipment as required for the exhibition

Assist with AV equipment coordination, and technical documentation as needed

Assist with logistical coordination between the Museum, TBA21–Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Cooper Union, and other collaborating institutions and individuals.

Support administrative and communications tasks related to the exhibition’s development.

Installation & Production Support (December -January 2027)

Assist on-site during the exhibition installation period, providing hands-on support for the setup of six major audiovisual installations, including two newly commissioned works.

Help coordinate among collaborators — artists, designers, technical crew, lenders, and Museum staff — during the installation period.

Support day-to-day production logistics throughout the installation schedule.

Assist with AV troubleshooting, equipment coordination, and technical documentation as needed.

General

Attend planning meetings and contribute actively to team communications.

Perform other duties as needed to support the exhibition’s successful presentation.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a graduate student in digital arts, integrated media, or a related field, with direct experience in audiovisual production and a genuine interest in contemporary art addressing conflict, social history, and the politics of representation. We recognize that few candidates will meet every qualification listed — if this description resonates with your background and interests, we encourage you to apply.

Required

Currently enrolled in, or a recent graduate of, a graduate program in digital arts, integrated media, film/video, or a related discipline.

Working knowledge of audiovisual technology in a gallery or production context: multi-channel video, projection systems, audio installation, and related equipment.

Strong technical and organizational skills; ability to manage shifting workload demands across a long-arc project.

Comfort working independently as well as collaboratively across institutions and time zones.

Availability to increase hours as the exhibition approaches, including on-site flexibility during the January 2027 installation period.

Preferred

Interest in contemporary art, and in particular art that engages with conflict, civil society, and social history.

Prior experience in gallery installation, technical production, or exhibition coordination

A technical curiosity in New Technologies
 

About The Ukrainian Museum

Founded in 1976 by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, The Ukrainian Museum is the largest museum of Ukrainian heritage outside Ukraine. Located in New York’s East Village — steps from Cooper Union and NYU — the Museum stewards over 8,000 folk art objects, 3,000 fine art works, and 30,000+ archival documents spanning centuries of Ukrainian artistic achievement.

Each year, the Museum presents major international exhibitions, public programs, and educational initiatives that serve the Ukrainian diaspora, recent arrivals displaced by war, students and scholars, and curious New Yorkers from across the city and around the world.

As the Museum marks its 50th Anniversary in 2026–2027, its work carries a particular urgency: Ukrainian culture faces existential threats from ongoing war and systematic erasure. Pedagogies of War — opening five years after the full-scale invasion — is both a major artistic event and a civic act. The Exhibition Intern will be part of that effort.

The Ukrainian Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a workplace that supports equality and diversity. We welcome candidates dedicated to high standards of scholarship, performance, and professionalism.