Les Vynogradov is a cultural manager, writer, musician, and game designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. He is currently a Weltoffenes Berlin fellow with Initiative Neue Musik Berlin (INM). Les is a project manager at Kyiv Contemporary Music Days, running the Instrumental grant program and Contemporary Classical Music Portfolio UA. He is the co-founder of Zapravka Initiative for Art Residency Support. Previously, he was the Head of Visual Art at the Ukrainian Institute and helped launch the EXTER residency program; Visualise exhibition support program; and Ukraine Everywhere, a program promoting the visual culture of Ukraine online.
Les is the co-founder of Heden Smugglers, an indie game studio working on an adventure title Hedenite. He has a solo music project anom and is a member of the doom metal band Vin de Mia Trix. Les is contributing a monthly column, Follow the Fellow, to INM’s field notes online magazine.
Photo by Valentyn Kuzan
