Bio
I am an interdisciplinary artist, born in 1991 in Borovichi, Novgorod Region, Russia. Since 2022, I have been living and working in Georgia.
Since October 2022, I have been a member of the horizontal creative initiative tmp_space, and since 2023, I have also been a part of the art group “Particles”.
Artist Statement
My practice focuses on the interaction between the real and the imagined, where utopian thinking becomes a tool for critiquing the present and reimagining the future.
In my projects, I explore the mechanisms of collective and personal experience. I observe how humans interact with non-human agents—natural and technological objects, as well as symbolic structures. I am interested in how instability and crisis act as catalysts for the rethinking of values and norms, and how moments of change and destruction influence one’s perception of the world and relationship with the self.
The projects are built through working with material structures and simple actions—collecting, fixing, moving. I work with subtle changes in structure and perception—altering rhythm, creating points of pause, and leaving traces of interaction. These elements become ways to reassemble everyday experience.
I often collaborate with other artists, seeing it as a way to bring together different perspectives.
Education
2024
- 2024 — Present: Studying at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Joseph Backstein.
2021
- Paideia (Change) — a school of interpreting contemporary art for the artist and the viewer.
2015-2020
2008-2012
Additional education
2024
- “Worker’s Paradise” Art Lab, author: Ekaterina Vasilieva.
2023
- Walking Art School, author: Ekaterina Vasilieva.
- Video art laboratory, author: Alena Tereshko.
2022
- “New Meanings”, author: Ekaterina Vasilieva.
Curatorial projects
2024
- “White: The beginning|The end” tmp_space, association Particles (Georgia, Batumi).
- “1937” solo exhibition of the artist Lolita Chaprak tmp_space (Georgia, Batumi).
- Ecology & Art” exhibition tmp_space (Batumi, Georgia).
2023
- “THE BORDERS”, association Particles (Georgia, Batumi).
- “State Expenses” solo exhibition of the artist Alexandr Staub tmp_space (Georgia, Batumi).
- Art-laboratory “Being here: Particles” (association Particles) (Georgia, Batumi, Makhinjauri settlement).
2022
- “Presence”, tmp_space (Batumi, Georgia).
Selected group exhibitions
2024
- «DЕATH” exhibition within the framework of the festival “RUBEZH”, curator Alsu Garapova, art space “Zazerkalye” (Georgia, Tbilisi)
- «FEELINGS”, exhibition within the framework of the 4th annual festival of installation art, curator Giorgio Granata, space NPAK, (Armenia, Yerevan)
- “Working Paradise” Online group exhibition in the virtual space “Wall” curator Ekaterina Vasilieva
- «KRASNENKAYA ANTIBIENNALE 2024” curator Ekaterina Vasilieva (St. Petersburg)
- “Far From Home”, exhibition within the framework of the festival “Human”, curated by Olga Sharlat, art space ‘Zazerkalye’ (Georgia, Tbilisi).
2023
- “THE BORDERS”, association Particles (Georgia, Batumi).
- “KRASNENKAYA BIENNALE 2023”, curator Ekaterina Vasilyeva (St. Petersburg).
- “BEING HERE: PARTICLES”, Tato ART SPACE Bridge Gallery (Georgia, Tbilisi).
- “თებერვალი. February. Лютий. Февраль”, tmp_space (Georgia, Batumi).
- “CLOSING”, tmp_space (Georgia, Batumi).
2022
- “KRASNENKAYA ANTIBIENNIAL 2022”, curator Ekaterina Vasilyeva (St. Petersburg).
2021
- “47 AFTER 74”, space Room DC GAZA, curator Ekaterina Vasilieva (St. Petersburg).
Performances
2024
- “Masses of people”, video performance (Georgia, Tbilisi).
2023.
- “VICIM”, video performance (Georgia, Batumi, Makhinjauri settlement).
2022
- “Labyrinth VS Freedom”, performative practice (Georgia, Batumi).
- “21 DAYS”, performative practice (Georgia, Batumi).
Public Speaking and Artis Tolk
Artist Talk, Festival “Human” (Georgia, Tbilisi).