Dana Kavelina (*1995) is an artist and filmmaker from Melitopol, now living between Lviv and Berlin. In her practice encompassing primarily video and animation, she often touches upon military violence and war, historical and individual trauma, memory, and critical perspectives on the historical canon. Her works were presented in the Kyiv Perennial in Vienna, at the 60th Venice Biennale, at the M HKA Antwerp or the festival steirischer herbst amongst others. Furthermore, her film Letter to a Turtledove from 2020 was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Dana Kavelina is the winner of the 7th edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize and is shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize 2024.