Born: Moscow 1986
Education:
2010-2011 - Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, the program "New strategies in contemporary art"
2007-2009 - Royal Drawing School, London, Postgraduate Diploma
2003-2007 - Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, BA Fine Art
2001-2003 - Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, Life drawing course
Work experience:
2022 - Became the Director of Higher Education at the Universal University
2020 - Founder and Director of the exhibition space U Contemporary at the Winzavod center for contemporary art
2020 - Became the Director of the Moscow school of contemporary art
2020 - Became the Head of the Fine Art faculty at the British Higher School of Art and Design
2016 - Became the Programme leader of the Continue Professional Development programme “Contemporary Art”
2014 - Became the Programme leader of Pre-Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
2011 - Started working as a fine art tutor at the British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow
Curatorial experience:
01.2024 - Group exhibition “Corpus”, CUBE Moscow.
09.2023 - Group exhibition “One-one”, gallery on Peschanaya.
07.2023 - Group exhibition “Close Your Eyes”, U Contemporary, Winzavod.
06.2023 - Diploma exhibition “Beams, columns and self-identification”, Zotov Center.
12.2022 - Group exhibition “Humgat”, CUBE Moscow.
11.2022 - Group exhibition “Kvartika No. 17”, U Contemporary, Winzavod.
06.2022 - Diploma exhibition “Refraction of Time”, All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts.
02.2022 - Group exhibition “Mythologemes”, Rostokino gallery, Moscow
09.2021 - Group exhibition “Reunification”, U Contemporary, Winzavod
06.2021 - Final degree show “Axiology of renewal”, White hall, Winzavod
07.2021 - Group exhibition “Looking for the light”, U Contemporary, Winzavod
05.2021 - Group intervention-exhibition“We lived so strangely for 2000 year” in the main collection of Russian museum of decorative arts, Moscow
10.2020 - Group exhibition “Path to the beginning”, U Contemporary, Winzavod
08.2020 - Final degree show “Decentralization”, Red hall, Winzavod
10.2019 - Group exhibition “Obsession”, Cube, Moscow
09.2019 - Group exhibition “In search of the beginning”, Media center, Zaryadye park, Moscow
06.2019 - Final degree show “Coexistence: marking the boundaries”, Red hall, Winzavod
02.2019 - Group exhibition “Labirint”, Richter space, Moscow
09.2018 - Group exhibition "Ways of communication", Fragment gallery, Moscow
06.2018 - Special project “britanka_сoop”, part of the Youth Biennale of Contemporary Art at the Winzavod center for contemporary art
04.2018 - Group exhibition "Tastes and symbols of time", Danilovsky Market, as part of collaboration with the cooking Novikov school
09.2017 - Exhibition of the best student’s projects from the Russian editional education, Small Hall, Artplay
08.2017 - Group exhibition “Essam”, Solyanka gallery, Moscow
07.2017 - Exhibition of final student’s projects in the gallery K35, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions:
09.2019 - “the Amber Room”, the Apartment space, Saint Petersburg
09.2018 - “Habitat bug. Environment error”, Museum of Russian estate culture, Moscow
03.2018 - “Space will be ours”, Film Museum, Frankfurt
04.2017 - “East-West: Further everywhere?” Art-Constantis gallery, Red October, Moscow
02.2014 - “Dialects” at the residence of the ambassador of the European Union, Moscow
12.2013 - Solo exhibition at the space ‘K136’, Berlin
10.2013 - “Visions”, Film Museum, Frankfurt
03.2012 - “Faces”, Synagogue on Bronnay street, Moscow
02.2011 - “The other side of the world”, culture center ‘House on Patriarchy’, Moscow
10.2008 - Solo exhibition, Vavilon gallery, Samara
02.2006 - Solo exhibition, Shepherd Market Gallery, London
09.2002 - Solo exhibition, Palace of Nations, Geneva
09.2001 - Solo exhibition, Gallery 27, London
07.1998 - Solo exhibition during the 10th International Music Festival of Vladimir Spivakov, Colmar, France
Selected group exhibitions:
09.2017 - Participated in the two-person exhibition “Searching For Freedom” at the City Museum, Liepaja
12.2015 - Took part in the show ‘the Pushpin Museum’, at the Zverevski center for contemporary art, Moscow
09.2011 - Took part in the Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, parallel programme, the exhibition “Space not”
07.2011 - Took part in the group show “Today-Tomorrow” at the Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
04.2009 - Participated in the exhibition ‘Dialects’ part Two at the Pushkin House, London
12.2008 - Participated in the First Salon of art “Route of Unity” dedicated to 285 years of Russian Academy of Arts
03.2008 - Took part in group exhibit “Dialects” at the Pushkin House, London
10.2007 - Participated in “SaLon Art Fair 2007 Show”, SaLon Gallery, London
01.2007 - Took part in the 1st Moscow International Art Festival "Traditions and Modern Life" in the Manezh, Moscow
11.2003 - Participated at the Art Fair “Art-Moscow” in the Manezh, Moscow
10.1999 - Took part at the group exhibit at the US Ambassador's residence house in Moscow
02.1996 - Participated in the group show at the Taft Museum, Cincinnati
Publications:
07.2020 - “Art community is in great need of professionals”, Colta
08.2019 - “Materiel of contemporary art: marking the boundaries”, radio Svoboda
01.2019 - “Art on the surface”, Tatlin
09.2018 - “Trends in Contemporary Art”, Tatlin
07.2018 - “Fiction”, Issue #30, City Magazine
10.2017 - “Gray or pink: Why we see colors differently”, the Village
Talks:
07.2021 - "The influence of contemporary art on urban changes" , Moscow Urban forum
06.2021 - “Dialogue of traditions and contemporary art”, Russian museum of decorative arts
11.2020 - "New heroes in contemporary art”, the VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art
09.2018 - “Art industry for young people”, Museum of Moscow
08.2018 - “Trends in Contemporary Art: do they exist?”, Gorky Park 90th Anniversary Festival
06.2018 - “Education in contemporary art: the search for identity”, BHSAD
06.2017 - “ART & Fashion” discussion in architecture at ARCH Moscow, Central House of Artists
Prizes and awards:
2018 - Award ‘For the best exhibition of the year “Britanka Coop”, BHSAD
2017 - Award ‘Ambassador of the school’, BHSAD
2013 - At the Phillips auction “Under the influence” in New York the work ‘Board of honor’ was sold for more than three-times the price of the auction high estimate.
2010 - Became member of the Moscow Union of Artist
2009 - Awarded the diploma of the prizewinner and received a medal for contribution in art development at the First International Salon of art “Route of Unity” dedicated to 285 years of Russian Academy of Arts
2007 - Received a special award ‘Young Artist’ of the 1st Moscow International Art Festival "Traditions and Modern Life" at the Manezh, Moscow
Museum’s collections:
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Taft Museum in Cincinnati, USA
Museum of contemporary russian art, Jersey City, USA
Public collections:
Paintings in the collection of the former President of Russia Boris Eltsin, Her Majesty the Queen of Britain, Prince Charles of Wales, Prince Michael of Kent, the Princess of Thailand.
Private collections:
Leonid Mikhelson, Mikhail Alshibaya, Alexander Smuzikov, Andrey Cheglakov, Vladimir Spivakov, Mark Kurtser